COMPARATIVES

COMParison

USAGE: - Adjectives - Compare two or three things - "ThAN"

It's important to identify the adjectives are not pluralize

Important Rules

1. Short adjectivesone syllable "ER" Fast ------ FASTER Old -------- OLDER Clean ------ CLEANER

EMPEZAR

LONG ADJECTIVES: We have to use the word MORE Dangerous ------ MORE DANGEROUS Expensive -------- MORE EXPENSIVE Confortable ------ MORE CONFORTABLE Interesting ------- MORE INTERESTING

2. RULE:

SPECIAL RULES

Short adjectives which have got: consonant + vowel + consonant We must add the last consonant; and add the ER

1. fat ----- FATTER2. Hot ---- HOTTER 3. Wet --- WETTER 4. Thin ---THINNER

Adjectives which end in Y We have to replace the Y for I and add ER

1. Funny _____. Funnier2. Friendly ____ FRIENDLIER 3.Noisy_____ NOISIER 4. Sunny ___ SUNNIER

MORE EXCEPTIONS

ADJECTIVES WHICH END IN "E" WE HAVE TO ADD ONLY "R"

Fine ___ FINER Nice ___ NICER

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

With the I.A. We have to memorize them 1. Bad ___ WORSE 2. Good ___ BETTER

THEY CHANGE