COMPARATIVES

COMPARATIVES USING
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
-er more
1 syllable nice, tall, fast, hard nicer, taller, faster, harder -
2 Ending –ly,-y,-er,-ow, -le * -
syllables friendly, scary, clever, narrow, friendlier, scarier, cleverer,
gentle narrower, gentler
careful, pleasant - more careful, more pleasant
3 generous, important, - more generous, more
syllables intelligent important, more intelligent
* Notes: only for adjectives
* With adverbs end with –ly (quickly, slowly, seriously), use ‘more’ to form the comparative
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjective Comparative adjective
Good Better
Bad Worse
Far Farther/further
IRREGULAR ADVERBS

adverb comparative adverb

badly worse
early earlier
far further/farther
little less
much more
well better
COMPARATIVES USING NOUN
To form the comparative of nouns, use “more (both countable and uncountable), less
(uncountable), and fewer (countable)”
Example:
1. More tables
2. Less milk
3. Fewer birds
WRITE THE COMPARATIVE
FORMS OF THESE
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS AND
NOUNS
1. Low ______________________________
2. Water ______________________________
3. Tourists ______________________________
4. Carefully ______________________________
5. Dangerous ______________________________
6. Wide ______________________________
7. Expensive ______________________________
8. Dirty ______________________________