2022-2023 AKADEMİK YILI

BAHAR DÖNEMİ İNGİLİZCE II

Öğr. Gör.
MÜGE SARI

COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
 
we use the comparative form + than to talk about the differences
between two people, places, or things.
e.g. Mike’s taller than his brother.
5.HAFTA He’s more popular than him.
 
COMPARATI FORMATION OF THE COMPARATIVE OF ADJECTIVES
VE  
Adjectives of one or two syllables form the comparative by adding –
ADJECTIVE er. e.g. fast – faster.
S Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative with
more.
e.g. beautiful – more beautiful.
 
 SPELLING RULES

With short adjectives (one syllable), we add –(e)r at the end of the
adjective

If the adjective ends in one vowel and one consonant, we repeat

the last consonant.
5.HAFTA big – bigger, fat – fatter, thin – thinner, hot – hotter.
 
* One-syllable adjectives ending in –e take –r in the comparative
COMPARATI form.
VE Nice – nicer, large – larger.
ADJECTIVE
S Adjective Comparative
old older
slow slower
big* bigger
nice* nicer
 Adjective Comparative
famous more famous
difficult more difficult
careful more careful

expensive more expensive

5.HAFTA
With long adjectives (two syllables or more), we use more before
the adjective.
COMPARATI
VE
ADJECTIVE Adjective Comparative
S happy happier

hungry hungrier

If the adjective ends in –y, we omit -y and add –ier at the end of the
adjective.
 Adjective Comparative
good better
bad worse
far further/farther

5.HAFTA
COMPARATI Some common irregular comparatives are:
VE
ADJECTIVE
S
 Complete the sentences. Use the COMPARATIVE form of
the words in italics.

1. Comfortable This chair is more comfortable than that

chair.
2. large Your apartment is …LARGER THAN…. mine.
5.HAFTA 3. hot Thailand is ………HOTTER THAN…. Korea.
4. important Love is …MORE IMPORTANT THAN money.
COMPARATI 5. lazy Ken is LAZIER THAN Tom.
VE 6. bad My cooking is …WORSE THAN……. my wife’s.
ADJECTIVE 7. tall My brother is ……TALLER THAN…. I am.
S 8. expensive İstanbul is …MORE EXPENSIVE THAN…..
Ankara
9. small Hatchback cars are…SMALLER THAN……………
sedan cars.
10. warm Adana is …………WARMER THAN…………………
Balıkesir.