COMPARATIVE SENTENCES

El COMPARATIVO se usa para comparar diferencias entre los dos objetos. Se

emplea en oraciones donde comparamos dos nombres, de la manera siguiente:

SUBJECT + VERB + ADJECTIVE (comparative form) + OBJECTIVE

Sujeto + verbo + adjetivo (forma comparativa) + objeto

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE FORM

GOOD BETTER THAN
BAD WORSE THAN
NEW NEWER THAN
OLD OLDER THAN
LONG LONGER THAN
SHORT SHORTER THAN
BIG BIGGER THAN
SMALL SMALLER THAN
FAT FATTER THAN
THIN THINNER THAN
PRETTY PRETTIER THAN
LAZY LAZIER THAN
TALL TALLER THAN
BEAUTIFUL MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING THAN
COLORFUL MORE COLORFUL THAN
INTELLIGENT MORE INTELLIGENT THAN
DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS THAN
INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING THAN
EXAMPLES

1-Argentina is bigger than Colombia,

2-Rodrigo is more handsome than Miguel,

3-Venus is hotter than Earth,

4-I am taller than my sister,

5-I think my English is getting better

6-My house is larger than your house.

7-This box is smaller than the one I lost.

8-Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.

9-Andrea is more intelligent than her sister.

10-Your homewor is worse than mine

 HOMEWORK
I- Write the Comparative form of these adjectives.

a- Good ______________ j-Bad _________________

b-New ______________ k-Expensive _________________

c-Long _______________ l-Thin ___________________

d-old ________________ m-Intelligent ________________

e-big _________________ n-Pretty _________________

f-high ________________ o-Lazy __________________

g-Attractive ___________ p-Tall ___________________

h-small _______________ q-Cheap _________________

II-Fill in the correct form of comparative.

1-My eyes are (big) _______________ than your eyes.

2-This dress is (beautiful) ____________________ than that one.

3-This book is (interesting) ____________________than your romantic book.

4-Non-smokers usually live (long) ____________________ than smokers.

5-Lions are (dangerous) ____________________ than monkeys

6-A holiday by the sea is (good) ________________ than a holiday in the 7-

mountains.

7-It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) _____________________ than a

beer.

8-I am ( tall ) _______________ than me

9-Your grades are ( bad ) _______________ than Betty´s

10-Today is ( cold ) _______________than yerterday.