Grammar Pit Stop

COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
(with short
adjectives)
Look at these pictures!

Piggy bank A Piggy bank B

What can you say about those
pictures?

Aha…I
know the
answer!

Piggy bank A is bigger than piggy bank B

Piggy bank B is smaller than piggy bank A
 How to form ‘comparative
adjectives’?
 Adjectives of one syllable, add –er:
long – longer short – shorter
 Adjectives of one syllable end in –e, add –r
only:
nice – nicer late – later
 Adjectives of one syllable and in consonant-
vowel-consonant, double the last consonant
and add –er:
big – bigger hot - hotter
Next rules…..
 Adjectives of two syllables end in –y, we
change the ‘y’ into ‘i’ and add –er:
pretty - prettier easy – easier
 Some adjectives have an irregular
comparatives:
good – better bad – worse
Let’s have a
practice….

HAPPY ANGRY LAZY

Fast or Slow?

A horse is faster than a turtle

A turtle is slower than a horse
Hot or Cold?
Coffee Syrup

The coffee is hotter than the syrup

The syrup is colder than the coffee
Grammar Pit Stop
COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
(with long
adjectives)
Look at the following example!

Doraemon is more popular than Hello

Kitty
Remember this!

delicious more delicious

In adjective with two or more
syllables, we use “more” before the
Try this!

Palace – Rose – beautiful

expensive
That’s all for today guys….
See you soon……………!!!!!