COMPARATIVES

What is the comparative of "expensive"?

• more expensive
• expensiver
• expensivest

What do you do when a short adjective ends in  "y"?

• Add "er"
• Change "y" into "i" and add "er"
• Add more

What is the translation of "el carro rojo está más limpio que el azul"?

• The car red is cleaner than the car blue
• The red car is cleaner than the blue car
• The red car is dirtier than the blue car

What is the comparative of  "big"?

• Biger
• Bigger
• Biggest

When we use comparative adjectives, we usually use the word.

• That
• Then
• This
• Than

One syllable words add:

• "i"
• "est"
• "er"
• "more"

Two-syllable words that end in -y, change and add:

• "i"
• "est"
• "more"
• "i" and add "er"

Words of more than two syllables form the comparative with

• "most"
• "more"
• "er"
• "est"

Tom was born in 2005 and John was born in 2006. John is __________ tom

• youngest than
• younger
• younger than
• youngest

the giraffe ___________ animal in the world

• is the taller
• are the taller
• is the tallest
• are the tallest