COMPARATIVE

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Spelling rules
 Compartives adjectives
• Most of the we add -ER

small smaller
 adjectives ending in - e
•Safe •Safer
•nice •nicer
 adejctives ending in a single vowel + a
single consonant

•Slim •Slimmer
•flat •flatter
Two syllable
adjectives
 more
• polite • more polite
more
• famous • more famous
 Adjectives ending in –ow ,-er , -le ,-et

• Narrow • Narrower
• Clever • Cleverer
• Simple • Simpler
• quiet • quieter
A B
adjectives anding in - y

• Easy • Easier
• Happy • Happier
• Healthy • Healthier
adjectives with more
than two syllables
All adejectives
•We add more
• flexible more flexible
• interesting more interesting
• beautiful more beautiful
Irregular adjectives
• good • better
• bad • worse
• further • farther
• little • less
 bigger
more expensive
slower
better
 heavier
hotter

happier

more beautiful
more difficult
 larger

worse

more important
cheaper

more boring
comparison
Modifying comparatives
more less

• Lions are a bit smaller than cows.

• Tim is a bit taller than
Gina • Tobby is a lot tallerh tan
Gina.