COMPARATIVES
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Created on August 15, 2024
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COMPARATIVES
COMPARING THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
COMPARATIVES
COMPARING TWO PEOPLE, TWO ANIMALS, TWO THINGS OR TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS
The comparative in English can be of majority, of equality and of minority.
COMPARATIVES OF EQUALITY
AS + adjectives/adverbs* + AS
(*any adjectives or adverbs)
e.g.:I'm as tall as you.She speaks English as well as me.
I and she are the 1st terms of comparison while you and me are the 2nd ones.
COMPARATIVES OF MINORITY
LESS + adjective/adverb* + THAN
(*any adjectives or adverbs)
e.g.You are less kind than him.
You is the 1st term of comparison while him is the 2nd one.
COMPARATIVES OFMAJORITY
We must do a distinctionbetween"short" adjectives/adverbsand "long" adjectives/adverbs
SHORT* ADJECTIVE/ADVERB+ ER + THAN
*ONE SYLLABLE
OLD - OLDERFAST - FASTER
e.g.Ted is older than Bob
aDJECTIVES ENDING IN -E ADD -R
CUTE - CUTERRARE - RARER
e.g.My puppy is cuter than yours
aDJECTIVES ENDING IN consonant + vowel + consonantdouble final consonant + -eR
BIG - BIGGERTHIN - THINNER
e.g.She is fatter than me
aDJECTIVES ENDING IN -y and adverb early change -y to -i + -eR
EASY - EASIEREARLY - EARLIER
e.g.Beth is sillier than her sister
MORE ++ LONG* ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS + + THAN
*2 OR MORE SYLLABLES
EXPENSIVE - MORE EXPENSIVEPEACEFULLY - MORE PEACEFULLY
e.g.Mum is more beautiful than me
TWO SYLLABLES ADJECTIVE ENDING IN -ER and -OWADD -ER or USE MORE + ADJECTIVE
CLEVER - CLEVERER / MORE CLEVERNARROW - NARROWER / MORE NARROW
e.g.I'm cleverer/more clever than you
IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES
GOOD - BETTERBAD - WORSEFAR - FURTHER /FARTHER
Use than after the adjective or the adverb!
I'm taller than you
I'm nicer than youHe's more intelligent than me
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