English 2nd Year

Secondary School Nº 19
Comparative Adjectives.
 We use comparative adjectives to compare two people or two things. (not three or
more)
 There are two ways to form the comparative adjective.
1. Short adjectives: add –er + than.
2. Long adjectives: use more + adjective + than.

Short adjectives: add -er examples

RULE: add "-er" old → older
Adjectives ending in -e, just add -r late → later
Adjectives ending in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last
big → bigger
consonant
Adjectives ending in -y, change the y to i happy → happier

Long adjectives: use

examples
more
modern → more modern
RULE: use "more"
expensive → more expensive
Irregular adjectives Good → better
Bad → worse

1. Fill in the blanks with the comparative form of the adjectives in parentheses.

1. Marla´s hair is shorter than my hair (short).

2. Our house is __________ than your house (big).

3. These jeans are __________ than my old jeans (expensive).

4. This book is __________ than that book (funny).

5. The city is __________ than my village (interesting).

6. My dog is __________ than your dog (fat).

7. Is French __________ than English? (difficult)

2. Look at the picture. Write complete sentences.

1. The tree / tall / than house The tree is taller than the house.

2. The truck / big / the car____________________________

3. The red car / expensive / the blue car.

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4. The cat / clean / the dog____________________________

5.The motorcycle / fast / the car________________________

6. The girl / tall / the boy______________________________

7. The girl´s hair / curly / the boy´s hair

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8. The boy / talkative / the girl.

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