Comparative adjectives

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We use adjectives to describe things.

For example:

We use comparative adjectives to compare two things.

For example:

For one syllable adjectives we add ‘-er’ – Listen to the difference:

Big - Bigger
Adjective Comparative Adjective

Big Bigger

Small Smaller

Hot Hotter

Cold Colder

There are 5 vowels in the English language – a, e, i, o, u. The other

letters are all consonants.
As you can see here, for one-syllable adjectives that end consonant-
vowel- consonant, you must double the final consonant before adding
‘er’. Like big - bigger. You have 2 ‘g’s here.

For two-syllable adjectives that end in ‘y’ we remove ‘y’ and add ‘ier’ –
listen to the difference.

Easy - Easier

Adjective Comparative Adjective

easy easier

happy happier

For two or more syllable adjectives, we put ‘more’ before the adjective.

Modern - More Modern

Adjective Comparative Adjective

modern more modern

beautiful more beautiful

expensive more expensive

‘Good’ and ‘bad’ are irregular adjectives and have special comparative
forms – listen to the difference.

Good - Better
Adjective Comparative Adjective

good better

bad worse

Comparative adjectives in sentences

We use comparative adjectives in this structure:

Noun + be + comparative + than + Noun

For example: The orange ball is bigger than the blue ball.

Or
The black shoes are more expensive than the red shoes.

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