SHORT COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

SHORT COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMMON SHORT ADJECTIVES

TALL

BIG

FUNNY

THIN

LAZZY

OLD

HOT

EASY

DARK

CLOUDY

12

10

HARD

FAT

11

USE:

THE COMPARATITVE FORM IS USED TO COMPARE TWO THINGS OR TWO PEOPLE EXAMPLE: MARIA IS TALLER THAN ANDRES

SPELLING RULES

YOU HAVE TO ADD -ER AT THE END OF THE ADJECTIVE

TALL --------- TALLER OLD-----------OLDER DARK---------DARKER

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN C + V+ C

YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT AND THEN ADD -ER

BIG------- BIGGERTHIN------THINNER FAT--------FATTER

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN "Y"

YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE "Y" BY "I" AND THEN ADD -ER

EASY---------EASIER FUNNY-------FUNNIER LAZZY-------LAZZIER

STRUCTURE TO WRITE A COMPARATIVE SENTENCE

SUBJECT/OBJECT/ANIMAL + VERB TO BE + ADJECTIVE + THAN + SUBJECT/ANIMAL/OBJECT

EXAMPLES: Catalina is tallER THAN Camila The elephant is biggER THAN the mouse The table is heavIER THAN the pen.

BE CAREFUL

TIPS

Don't forget to write the word THAN.

Before writing the sentence identify the kind of short adjective

Use correctly the verb to be according to the subject.

NOW IS YOUR TIME TO WRITE AN EXAMPLE

WRITE YOUR EXAMPLE THEN I WILL CHOSE SOMEONE TO READ IT

LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND FIND THE COMPARISONS

Write comparatives sentences according to the picture-

Identify the mistake in the following sentences. Then correct. 1. A turtle is slow than a cat 2. I am younger my cousin 3. Bread is cheapper than meat 4. Anny is prettyer than Salome 5. My house is biger than your house.

THANKS!