RULES ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE + THAN

1) Adjectives with ONE syllable: Add -er old older

cheap cheaper
2) *adjective ending in -e, add -r
large/strange larger/stranger
3) *ending with a vowel and consonant,
double the last consonant
hot hotter
big bigger

4) Adjectives that end in -y: easy easier

Change -y to -ier busy busier

5) Adjectives with TWO or MORE syllables: important more/less important

more/less + adj + than polite more/less polite

6) Irregular forms: bad worse

good better
far farther
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING GRID WITH THE MISSING FORMS OF THE ADJECTIVES .

ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES

hard harder poor poorer pleasant more/less pleasant

good better great greater busy busier

bad worse pretty prettier cold colder

strong stronger heavy heavier sensitive more/less sensitive

easy easier interesting more/less interesting funny funnier

long longer successful more/less successful far farther

rich richer polite more/less polite strange stranger

difficult more/less difficult strict stricter cheap cheaper

expensive more/less expensive far further small smaller

1. easier than
2. better than
3. more successful than
4. luckier than
5. more powerful than
6. more useful than
Look at the information on Alison and Bernard. Use the the comparative
form of the adjectives to compare them and make sentence.

Short / tall / old / young / rich / big (family) / small (house)

1) Alison is shorter than Bernard.

2) Alison is older than Bernard.
3) Bernard is younger than Alison.
4) Bernard is richer than Alison.
5) Bernard is taller than Alison.
6) Alison’s family is bigger than Bernard’s family
7) Alison’s house is smaller than Bernard’s house.