COMPARATIVES

What letters do you add to short adjectives to make the comparatives.

What word comes before long adjectives?

• more

• the

• most

• than

Which adjectives have an irregular comparative?

• good and new

• bad and thin

• good and bad

• big and hot

What word often comes after a comparartive adjective to compare two things?

The summer in Mexico is ________ than in Canada. (hot)

• hot

• hotter

• hoter

• hottest

My journey was _________ than normal because the train was late. (slow)

Their new house has three bedrooms. It's ________ than their old house. (big)

Call a taxi. We are late, and it´s ________ than walking. (fast)

• fast

• fastest

• fastter

• faster

The bus ticket is $10 and the train ticket is $12, so the bus is _______. (cheap)

I go to work by bus. It's ________ than going by car because I can read a book. (good)

• good

• gooder

• better

• best