COMPARATIVE

ADJECTIVES
these are Jack and Mike, Jack is short and Mike is tall

Jack is shorter than Mike

Mike is taller tha Jack
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
We often need to compare different things and people and to do
this we use comparative adjectives
Small-Smaller Big-Bigger Tall-Taller Short-Shorter
ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
We make its comparative form by edding the suffix ER
Short-Shorter
and if the adjective has a short, vowel and consonant at the end
we need to double the consonant
Big-Bigger

Jack is quite sociable and Mike us very sociable

Mike is more sociable than Jack

If it's a 2 and more syllable adj. we need add the word MORE
before the adjective
Sociable-More sociable
EXAMPLES TWO OR MORE SYLLABLE
Sociable-More sociable
Interesting-More interesting
Boring-More boring
The opposite of the word MORE is LESS
Sociable-Less sociable
Interesting-Less interesting
Boring-Less boring
 Jack is shorter than Mike , but Mike is
more sociable than Lack

TWO AND MORE SYLLABLE AND EDING IN -Y

We change -y into -i and adding the suffix ER at the end
Easy-Easier Lazy-Lasier Happy-Hapier Funny-Funnier
but you also can use MORE to the adjectives
Easy-More easy
Lay-More lazy
Happy-More happy
Funny-More funny

Jack is a good speaker but Mike is not

a very good speaker

Jack is a better speaker than Mike

Some adjectives have irregular form
Good-Better
Bad-Worse
Far-Further/Farther
HERE BELOW SOME EXAMPLES
Paris is further from here tha Berlin
Today the weather is better
My car is worse than Jack's

Mike is 25, Kate is 25, and Jack is 40

Mike is as yougn as Kate

Jack is not as young as Mike and Kate
IQUAL COMPARISON AS ADJECTIVE AS
Mike is as young as Kate
NOT AS ADJECTIVES AS
Jack is not as young as Mike and Kate
 Mike is 25, Kate is 25, and Jack is 40

Mike and Kate are much younger yhan Jack

Jack is much more experiences than Mike and Kate
BIG DIFFERENCES
When we talk about big differences we use the worst ,much, a lot,
far before the comparative
Mike and Kate are much younger than Jack
a lot
far
Jack is much more experiences thanMike and Kate
a lot
far
SMALL DIFFERENCES
When we talk about small differences we use the words a little, a
little bit , a bit, slighlty plus the comparative
Jack is a little(bit) younger than Mike
a bit
slightly
Jack is a bit more experienced than Mike and Kate
a little(bit)
slightly