Bigger and better

Grammar A Complete the chart below with the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.

J'bad cheap easy hard noisy quick

big convenient expensive important old slow
boring cool fun interesting personal small
busy difficult good new popular useful

Irregular adiectives
bigger newer more boring more interesting worse
busier noisier more convenient more personal better
cheaper older more difficult more popular
cooler quicker more expensive more useful
easier slower more fun
harder smaller more important

B Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives.

1. Postcards are -�sl�ow er__ (slow) than email.
;..:..;;..:_

2. Cell-phone service is more

_____ expensive (expensive) than regular phone service.
3. Texting is often easier (easy) than sending an email.
4. I think sending e-cards ismore _____
convenient (convenient) than sending regular cards.
5. To me, black and white photos are nicer (nice) than color photos.
6. I think pop-up ads are worse (bad) than spam.
7. It's _____
more important (important) to have a phone than to have a computer.
8. Tablets are better (good) than laptops when you're working on the bus.

C Complete the conversation with the comparative form of the adjectives. Add than where necessary.
Some adjectives need less.
Dong-Un I love my new tablet. It's so much better than (good) my old laptop.
Loni I know. And the new tablets are more expensive (expensive), too. Some cost only $200.
Actually, this one was much cheaper (cheap) my laptop.
Dong-Un And they're more convenient (convenient) laptops. They're more fun (fun), too.

I like the touch screen. And they have a longer (long) battery life, too.

Loni Right. I know laptops are more popular (popular) tablets these days, but I like my old
laptop. It has a _____ bigger (big) memory. And it's _____easier (easy) to work on
when I have to write long papers.
74 Dong-Un Yeah, but it sure is a lot _____
heavier (heavy) a tablet!