comparatives

Comparative Adjectives

To compare 2 things, places, animals, etc. What´s and adjective? Classify the next words. Young, big, guitar, house, dog, book, tall, short, sad, happy comfortable and expensive.

Spelling

1. Add er (1-syllable) Examples: clean tall fast 2. Consonant+Vowel+Consonant: double the final consonant + er. Examples: hot big 3. Adjectives (y): ier. Examples: heavy shy

Spelling

4. + more + adjectives (+2 syllables). Examples: more/ popular interesting difficult 5. Exceptions: Irregular Good: better Bad: worse

Let´s practice: Write the comparative form of these adjectives. 1. Short _____ 2. Cute ______ 3. Nice ______ 4. Beautiful _____ 5. Clean ______ 6. Happy _______ 7. Comfortable _____ 8. Sad _______ 9. Sweet ______ 10.Conservative _____

Some examples - positive statemts 1. Houses are more expensive THAN cars. 2. A car is faster THAN a bicycle. 3. A computer is heavier THAN a laptop.

More practice Choose the correct option. 1. A fridge is heavier / more heavy than a washing machine. 2. Coffee is sweeter / more sweet than yogurt. 3. A jacket is comfortabler / more comfortable than a sweater. 4. A train is not more popular / popularer than a taxi. 5. A taxi is more clean / cleaner than a bus. 6. Guayaquil is bigger / biger than Quito. 7. A mobile phone is smaller / more smaller than a projector. 8. My dog is happier / happier than my cat. 9. A motorcycle is gooder / better than a bicycle.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES Add the verb To Be (negative form) am not = am not is not = isn´t are not = aren´t Examples: 1. My wife isn´t shorter than lucy. 2. My father isn´t older than my mother. 3. He isn´t more intelligent than my sister. 4. My laptop isn´t more expensive than my tv.

Some practice

Choose isn´t or aren´t 1. The bus isn´t/aren´t bigger than a bus. 2. My sister aren´t isn´t taller than my mother. 3. A car isn´t/aren´t heavier than a boat. 4. Colombia aren´t/isn´t smaller than Ecuador. 5. My father isn´t/aren´t older than my mother.

Questions

Examples: 1. Are you taller than Andres? Yes. I am / No, I´m not 2. Is your computer bigger than mine? Yes, It is / No, It isn´t 3. Are they better students than us? Yes, they are / No, they, aren´t.

Some practice

Correct the mistakes. 1. A. Are Veronica a worse student than Alejandra? B: Yes, she isn,t. 2. Are they happyer than my brothers? B: No, we aren´t. 3. Is your houses more beautiful than my house? B: Yes, they are.