Comparative Adjectives

We use comparative adjectives to show how

people or things are different in some way.
1. One-syllable adjectives: add -er 2.- Adjectives ending in –e: add -er

Eg: cheap-cheaper
Eg: large-larger
clean-cleaner
safe- safer
light -lighter
late-later
slow –slower
nice-nicer
3.- Adjectives ending in one vowel and a
4.-Two-syllable Adjectives ending in -y:
consonant: double the final consonant and
Change -y to –i and add –er.
add –er.

Eg: hot-hotter Eg: easy-easier

sad-sadder lazy-lazier
wet-wetter noisy-noisier
big-bigger funny-funnier
fat-fatter sexy-sexier
silly-sillier
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5.- Two or more syllable adjectives: add 6.-Irregular adjectives: change completely
more before it.

Eg:
Eg: tiring-more tiring
good-better
precise-more precise
bad-worse
interesting-more interesting
Far-further/farther
beautiful-more beautiful
expensive-more expensive
confortable-more confortable
 When we compare two or more people or things
WE HAVE to use the Word THAN after the adjective.

1.- Eg: cheap

Motorola Cellphones are cheaper than Huawai Cellphones

2.- Eg: Large

Whales are larger than sharks

3.- Eg: hot

The weather is hotter from May to August than the rest of the year.

4.-Eg: Learning French is easier than learning German.

5.-Eg: Climbing is more tiring than cycling.

6.-Eg: Headphones sound better than the earphones.