Comparative Adjectives

Student’s name: Huamanchumo Barrientos Diego Level: Basic 03

20 kg
50 kg

SLOW SLOWER HEAVY HEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable) → - er Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables) → more…

old → older slow → slower dangerous → more dangerous

warm → warmer tall → taller expensive → more expensive
Irregular comparative forms:
big → bigger, hot → hotter good → better, far → further
heavy → heavier, happy → happier bad → worse, little → less

Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.

New NEWER younger YOUNG
long LONGER cleaner CLEAN
nice NICER darker DARK
big BIGGER more boring BORING
good BETTER hotter HOT
fat FATHER happier HAPPY
modern MODERNER easier EASY
friendly smaller SMALL
MOREFRIENDLY cheaper CHEAP
famous FAMOUSER

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. My house is (big) BIGGER than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) MORE BEAUTIFUL than that one.
3. A holiday by the sea is (good) BETTER than a holiday in the mountains.
4. The weather this summer is even (bad) WORSE than last summer.
5. I think mathematics is (difficult) MORE DIFFICULT than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a FASTER one.

2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something MORE INTERESTING
3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was WARNER
4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were MORE EDUCATED
5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is MORE CONFORTABLE
6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is MORE BEATIFUL

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. CHINA IS BIGGER THAN ITALY _
2. SHE IS YOUNGER THAN HER BROTHER _
3. HIS CAR IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MY CAR. _