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Summary: comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives
To compare two people or things, we usually use the comparative form.

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Adjectives Comparative form

short adjectives tall taller (than)
(1 syllable) weak weaker (than)
smart smarter (than)
short adjectives ending in big bigger (than)
consonant/vowel/consonant thin thinner (than)
(1 syllable CVC) hot hotter (than)
short adjectives ending in “y” heavy heavier (than)
(2 syllables) pretty prettier (than)
happy happier (than)
longer adjectives famous more famous (than)
(2 or more syllables) beautiful more beautiful (than)
expensive more expensive (than)
irregular adjectives good better (than)
bad worse (than)
far further (than)

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