Comparatives

Comparatives

by Lorene Vilela

Comparatives​

​We use the comparative when we compare two people, places, things, or events

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​Ex.: The blue suit is cheaper than the brown suit.

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      The brown shirt is nicer than the blue shirt. 

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​We add er to adjectives which have one syllable and add the word than after the adjective:

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Ex.: cheap - cheaper than

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​When the adjective ends in e, we just add r:

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Ex.: nice - nicer than

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​When the adjective ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC), we double the last letter and add er:

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Ex.: thin - thinner than

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​When the adjective ends in y, we change the y to i and add er:

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​Ex.: pretty - prettier than

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happy - happier than

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Irregular Forms:

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​Ex.: good - better than

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bad - worse than

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Comparatives

​When we compare two people, objects, or events, we use more + adjective + than with adjectives of three or more syllables, or adjectives with two syllables that don’t end in y.

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​Examples

​ casual: The grey dress is more casual than the black dress.

        elegant: The black dress is more elegant than the grey dress.

        famous: This shoe store is more famous than that one.

Multiple Choice

The dog is _____________ the cat.

• bigger

• biger than

• more big

• bigger than

Multiple Choice

The Pacific Ocean is ____________ the Atlantic Ocean.

• largeer than

• more large

• larger than

• large

Multiple Choice

John's car is ____________ my car.

• expensiver

• more expensive

• more expensiver

• more expensive than

Multiple Choice

Chocolate ice cream tastes __________ strawberry ice cream.

• gooder than

• gooder

• more good than

• better than

Multiple Choice

Juan's suitcase is ____________ mine.

• more heavy than

• heavyer than

• heavier

• heavier than

Multiple Choice

This project is ____________ the last one. 

• worst than

• worse than

• worser than

• worse

Multiple Choice

The green dress is __________ the blue dress

• most expensive than

• expensiver than

• more expensive

• more expensive than

Multiple Choice

A watch is ______________ a ring.

• more fashionable

• most fashionable than

• fashionabler

• more fashionable than

Multiple Choice

Luis is _______________ Carlos.

• happyer

• happyer than

• more happy than

• happier than

Multiple Choice

Alex is _______________ Brian.

• more anxious than

• most anxious than

• anxiouser

• more anxious