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Comparative Adjectives PDF
Comparative Adjectives PDF
ADJECTIVES
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Contenido
Comparative form of adjectives ........................................................................................................................ 3
How can we forming the comparative? ........................................................................................................ 3
EXERCISES .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Write the appropriate comparative form of the word in each blank. .......................................................... 5
Which sentences is correct? ......................................................................................................................... 5
Fill in the gaps with the comparative form given. ......................................................................................... 6
Choose the correct answer in the following sentences. ............................................................................... 6
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Comparative form of adjectives
When we compare things, people or even ideas we look at what makes them different from each
other.
Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the other.
They normally come before any other adjectives.
For example:
Your son is braver than mine.
Carla’s flat is lighter than yours.
She’s twice as pleasant as her sister.
Gold is more valuable than silver
When comparing with as .. as, the adjective does not change. When comparing with than,
however, some changes are necessary, depending on the number of syllables the adjective has:
If the word ends with consonant-vowel-consonant, the last consonant is usually doubled in the
comparative, like bigger (big), hotter (hot), fatter (fat).
When we have 2-syllable adverbs ending in -y must be compared with the word more, like quickly
more quickly and NOT quicklier
Other 2 or more syllables adjectives: use more with the unchanged adjective
The comparative of some shorter 2-syllable adjectives can be formed with –er, like simple-simpler,
clever-cleverer, narrow-narrower.
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BE CAREFUL! For every rule, there is at least one exception and there are some adjectives have
different forms of comparatives:
Good/well – better
bad – worse
little – less
much (many) – more
far – further
Finally, another common mistake is writing "then" instead of "than” so pay attention!
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EXERCISES
1-
a. Mary is slier than Sara
b. Mary is more sly than Sara
c. Mary is more slyer than Sara
2-
a. The moon seems more closer tonight
b. The moon seems closer tonight
c. The moon seems closeier tonight
3-
a. I had the score gooder than him at the exam
b. I had the score more good than him at the exam
c. I had the score better than him at the exam
4-
a. My friend’s purse is more pretty than mine
b. My friend’s purse is prettier than mine
c. My friend’s purse is prettyer than mine
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Fill in the gaps with the comparative form given.
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