THURSDAY THE SEVENTEENTH OF APRIL

GRAMMAR

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

TO MAKE THE COMPARATIVE OF SHORT ADJECTIVES WE NEED TO ADD:

-ER

TALL  TALLER
SMALL  SMALLER
LONG  LONGER

SPELLING RULES (excepciones):

1. Si el adjetivo termina en consonante + vocal + consonante, se dobla la

última consonante y se añade –ER:

BIG  BIGGER
WET  WETTER
HOT  HOTTER

2. Si el adjetivo termina en –e, solo se añade –r.

LARGE  LARGER

3. Si el adjetivo termina en –Y, se sustituye la “y” por una “i” y se añade –

ER.
 HAPPY  HAPPIER
DRY  DRIER
EASY  EASIER

TO COMPARE WE NEED TO ADD THAN (QUE)

Examples:
- ENGLISH IS EASIER THAN MATHS.
- I’M TALLER THAN MY SISTER.
- AN APPLE IS BIGGER THAN A TANGERINE.

2. LONG ADJECTIVES (adjetivos largos)  2 OR MORE SYLLABLES

BEAUTIFUL, BORING, EXCITING, DANGEROUS, DIFFICULT…

TO MAKE THE COMPARATIVE OF LONG ADJECTIVES WE NEED TO FOLLOW A

STRUCTURE:

MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN (el adjetivo se queda igual, no se modifica)

Examples:
- Maths is more difficult than Art.
- The teacher is more intelligent than Fabio.

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