COMPARATIVES

COMPARING THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT

COMPARATIVES

COMPARING TWO PEOPLE, TWO ANIMALS, TWO THINGS OR TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS

COMPARATIVES

The comparative in English can be of majority, of equality and of minority.

COMPARATIVES OF EQUALITY

(*any adjectives or adverbs)

AS + adjectives/adverbs* + AS

I and she are the 1st terms of comparison while you and me are the 2nd ones.

e.g.: I'm as tall as you. She speaks English as well as me.

COMPARATIVES OF MINORITY

(*any adjectives or adverbs)

LESS + adjective/adverb* + THAN

You is the 1st term of comparison while him is the 2nd one.

e.g. You are less kind than him.

COMPARATIVES OFMAJORITY

We must do a distinctionbetween "short" adjectives/adverbs and "long" adjectives/adverbs

*ONE SYLLABLE

SHORT* ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + ER + THAN

e.g. Ted is older than Bob

OLD - OLDERFAST - FASTER

aDJECTIVES ENDING IN -E ADD -R

e.g. My puppy is cuter than yours

CUTE - CUTERRARE - RARER

aDJECTIVES ENDING IN consonant + vowel + consonant double final consonant + -eR

e.g. She is fatter than me

BIG - BIGGERTHIN - THINNER

aDJECTIVES ENDING IN -y and adverb early change -y to -i + -eR

e.g. Beth is sillier than her sister

EASY - EASIEREARLY - EARLIER

*2 OR MORE SYLLABLES

MORE ++ LONG* ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS + + THAN

e.g. Mum is more beautiful than me

EXPENSIVE - MORE EXPENSIVEPEACEFULLY - MORE PEACEFULLY

TWO SYLLABLES ADJECTIVE ENDING IN -ER and -OW ADD -ER or USE MORE + ADJECTIVE

e.g. I'm cleverer/more clever than you

CLEVER - CLEVERER / MORE CLEVERNARROW - NARROWER / MORE NARROW

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES

GOOD - BETTERBAD - WORSE FAR - FURTHER /FARTHER

I'm taller than you

Use than after the adjective or the adverb!

I'm nicer than youHe's more intelligent than me

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