LESSON 2: COMPARATIVE

GRAMMAR

Ways of adjectives Comparative Examples

Short adjectives Kind + er Kínder, smarter

Adjectives ending in - Y Funny + ier Funnier, happier

Adjectives ending in – e Large + r Larger, closer

Adjective with two Big + ger Bigger, fatter

consonants and one
vowel
Long adjectives More + important More important

Irregular adjectives: good – better old – elder/older

Bad – worse late -

latter Little/ few - less

Many/much -more

Far – farther/

further

Use than: my life is better than it was five years ago.

You can use an adverb in the same way: Carol drives more carefully than Peter.
Source: Grammar chart 3 by Carrazco Freddy

EXERCISE:
10. Write the comparative forms of the adjectives with More - er.

1. Fast faster
2. Heavy heavier
3.
4. Dangerous more dangerous
5. Light lighter
6. Rare rarer
7. Common more common
8. Bad badder
9. Good gooder
10.Interesting more interesting

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 11. Amusing more amusing
Source: Imagen 3 American inspiration for teens 4
EXERCISE:

12. Read and put True (T) or false (F) according with the text.

1. In Rio de Janeiro each carnival parade lasts around 24 hours. F

2. At carnival time the hotels in Rio are more expensive than usual. T

3. Carnival in Rio is longer than the New Orleans carnival. T

4. The New Orleans carnival starts in February or March. F
5. The carnival in New Orleans is less famous than the one in Rio. F
6. The New Orleans carnival is the biggest in the world. F

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EXERCISE:

12. Write 10 sentences in comparative form according to the vocabulary

below.

Smartoldtallbusydarkdeeplarge windyhotrottenamusing

Roughplayfulsmallbeautifulpoordifficultquietlowemptyill

1. My cellphone is smarter than cousin`s cellphone

2. My dog is as play full as my cat
3. My brother is as small as my father
4. The English as difficult as mathematics
5. My back pack is less older than my wallet
6. My cellphone is as smart as tv
7. I`m taller than my cousin
8. My soup is as hot as my rice
9. I`m ore amusing than my friend
10. My brother is less busy than father