Comparatives

COMPARATIVES

We use COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

to describe or compare two people

or two things.

1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE (cold)

ADJECTIVE+ER

colder (than)

1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE -E (large)

ADJECTIVE+R

WRONG: largeer

RIGHT: larger

1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE -CVC (wet)

ADJECTIVE ENDING IN CONSONANT+VOWEL+CONSONANT=

DOUBLE CONSONANT

WRONG: weter

RIGHT: wetter



2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE -Y (foggy)

ADJECTIVE+ier

WRONG: foggyer

RIGHT: foggier

2 OR MORE SYLLABLES (beautiful)

MORE + ADJECTIVE + (THAN)

more beautiful than

Multiple Choice

Of course, comedies are .......... (funny) action movies.

• funnyer than

• funnier than

• funny

Multiple Choice

This restaurant is bad, but the restaurant we ate at last week was ....

• bad

• worse

• worse than

Multiple Choice

I think vanilla ice-cream is good, but chocolate ice-cream is ....

• better than

• better

• gooder

Multiple Choice

An elephant is ............................................ (strong) a kangaroo.

• stronger

• strongger than

• stronger than

Multiple Choice

Our teacher is ............................................ (beautiful) that film star.

• beautifuler

• more beautiful

• more beautiful than

Multiple Choice

A school is ............................................ (noisy) a hospital.

• noisyer than

• noisier than

• more noisy than

Multiple Choice

Jane’s hair is ............................................ (long) yours.

• longer than

• longer

• longer

Multiple Choice

John’s work is ............................................ (good) Mary’s.

• gooder

• gooder than

• better than

Multiple Choice

Yesterday was ............................................ (hot) today.

• hoter than

• hotter than

• hotter

Multiple Choice

This book is ............................................ (interesting) that one.

• interestinger

• more interesting

• more interesting than

Multiple Choice

Athletes are usually ............................................ (famous) scientists.

• more famous

• famouser

• more famous than