ENGLISH YEAR 5

UNIT 1 TOWN & CITIES

LESSON 5
 What are Comparative Adjectives?
Words used to describe and compare between
two nouns at the same time.

safer quieter noisier bigger more better

handsome
fast faster
small smaller
big bigger
 Spelling Rules
• High = higher
• Big = bigger
• Safe = safer
• Noisy =noisier
• Exciting =more exciting
• Dangerous =more dangerous
• Good =better
• Bad =worse
Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
Safe = safer

r Large = larger
Nice = nicer
Simple= simpler
Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
smart = smarter
Cold = colder

er clever
Stupid
= cleverer
= stupider
 Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
Ugly = uglier
pretty = prettier
ier noisy= noisier
happy = happier
 Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
Consonant
Big = bigger
+ Thin
Fat
= thinner
= fatter
er Vowel:
Hot
Consonant
= hotter
A,e,i,o,u (double)
 Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
comfortable= more
comfortable

more expensive = more expensive

Handsome = more
handsome
boring = more boring
Adjectives which have three or more syllables are
not necessarily using ‘more’ in comparative form.
 Characteristics of comparative
adjectives
Good = better
irregular Bad = worse
Far = farther
The spelling of adjective in comparative form is
different than the original form.
 village town

Living in the village is safer than in

the town.
 bus motorbike

Bus is slower than motorbike.

 pizza burger

Pizza is bigger than burger.

 city village

Living in the city is noisier than in the

village.
 I phone Nokia 3310

Iphone is more expensive than Nokia

3310.
 Classroom Online
learning learning

Classroom learning is better than

online learning.