How to make comparative adjectives
Do you know how to make comparative adjectives? Here you will find the rules that you need to know:
The key to making comparative adjectives is counting the syllables in the word. Every word is made up of units of speech, usually containing vowel sounds.Use -er for one-syllable words
For one-syllable words we add -er to the adjective to make it a comparative. The following are all one syllable adjectives:Small becomes smaller
Cheap becomes cheaper
Quick becomes quicker
Use more / less for two+ syllable words
Adjectives with two or more syllables take more / less:Beautiful becomes more beautiful
Sensitive becomes more sensitive
Dangerous becomes more dangerous
Note - If the adjective ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant combination (CVC), double the final consonant before adding –er:
Big becomes bigger
Hot becomes hotter
Wet becomes wetter
Use -ier for adjectives ending with y
For most adjectives that end with a y we change the y to i and add er:Dirty becomes dirtier
Smelly becomes smellier
Ugly becomes uglier
Some adjectives take both forms
Some two-syllable adjectives can take either -er or more:Simple becomes simpler or more simple
Narrow becomes narrower or more narrow
Quiet becomes quieter or more quiet
Irregular forms
Some adjectives don't follow any of the above rules. Here are some of the most common irregular forms:good becomes better
bad becomes worse
far becomes farther
Link: -ed and -ing adjectives to describe feelings and things
Exercse.
1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie
2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.
3. An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.
4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less money.
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ________________________ a Twingo.
5. John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) _______________ John's.
6. This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.
7. The weather is not good today - it's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _______________ next week.
8. People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small towns.
9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________ person.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.
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