Regular Comparatives in adjectives

Comparatives are used to compare people, places, things or actions.

“He's taller than them”

“They are shorter than him”

It always goes “than” after the comparative:

RULES

RULE 1. One syllable adjectives add -ER.

“Travelling by bus is cheaper than travelling by plane”

RULES

RULE 2.

If the adjective finishes in a consonant+vowel +

consonant, double final consonant+ -ER

“Australia is bigger than Europe”

RULES

RULE 3.

One or Two-syllable adj. ending in consonant+“y”=i

“Eating fruit is healthier than eating meat”

RULES

RULE 4.

2 Syllable adjectives not ending in -y use “more”.

“Working is more boring than playing games”

RULES

RULE 5.

Two or more syllable adjectives use “MORE” before the adjective:

“Travelling by plane is more expensive than travelling by bus”

Rules for regular comparativesADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

RULE 1.-ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE

CHEAP CHEAP-ER

RULE 2.-

ONE SYLLABLE ADJ WITH A CONSONANT-VOWEL- CONSONANT PATTERN (CVC)

EXCEPT Y/W

THIN-HOT-BIG

SLOWGREY

THIN-NER, HOT-TER, BIG-GER

SLOW-ER, GREY-ER

RULE 3.- 2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -Y= I+EST

HEALTHYEASYHAPPYPRETTY

HEALTH-IER, EAS-IER, HAPP-IER, PRETT-IER

RULE 4.-2 SYLLABLE ADJ NOT ENDING IN Y-

BORING MORE BORING

RULE 5.- TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES ADJ.=MOST

EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

RULE 1

FAST FASTER

TALL TALLER

COLD COLDER

RULE 2

SAD SADDER

HOT HOTTER

FAT FATTER

BIG BIGGER

RULE 3

NOISY NOISIER

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

PRETTY PRETTIER

BUSY BUSIER

FUNNY FUNNIER

FRIENDLY FRIENDLIER

HEALTHY HEALTHIER

RULE 5

BEAUTIFUL MORE BEAUTIFUL

EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE

INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING

Irregular comparatives in adjectives

” “Helen speaks French better than Philip”

“Sally drives worse than Anna.

“My house is further from school than yours”

“She's more stressed than you”

“I'm more tired than him”

“John is more bored than her”

IRREGULAR

GOOD BETTER

BAD WORSE

FAR FURTHER

TIRED MORE TIRED

STRESSED MORE STRESSED

Regular-Irregular comparatives in adverbs

ADVERB IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE

HARD HARDER

WELL BETTER

BADLY WORSE

MUCH MORE

MANY MORE

LITTLE LESS

ADVERB REGULAR COMPARATIVE

QUICKLY MORE QUICKLY

SLOWLY MORE SLOWLY

Comparative

Comparativo de inferioridad

3.-Less +adj or adverb

eg.I'm less relaxed this year than I was last year. (Estoy menos relajado este año que el año pasado)

Comparativo de Igualdad

4.- (Not) as+adjective/adverb+as.

eg. She doesn't drive as fast as her brother””Mario is as tall as her”

Comparative

-After comparative+than or as.....as we use an object

pronoun (me, her,him,etc) or a subject pronoun+auxiliary

verb.

Eg.

”My brother's taller than me”

My brother's taller than I am”

“He's not as intelligent as her”

“He's not as intelligent as she is”