Comparatives
Comparatives rule #1
add - er to an adjective
make a sentence using "nice" and summer and winter weather
make a sentence using "large", "mouse" and "elephant"
An elephant is larger than a mouse.
Comparative of "Good"
Better
Compare the size of Lake Michigan and the Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean is bigger/larger than Lake Michigan.
or
Lake Michigan is smaller than the Pacific Ocean.
compare a house and a car by their size
A house is bigger than a car.
or
A car is smaller than a house.
Comparatives rule #2
put more before an adjective
make a sentence using "heavy", "car" and "bicycle"
A car is heavier than a bicycle.
make a sentence using "funny", "comedian" and "singer"
A comdeian is funnier than a singer.
Comparative of "Bad"
Worse
Compare a turtle and a cheetah.
A turtle is slower than a cheetah.
A cheetah is faster than a turtle.
Large cars are (expensive) small cars.
Large cars are more expensive than small cars.
One-syllable adjectives
add -er or -r
make a sentence using "boring", "work" and "school"
Work is more boring than school.
make a sentence using "sleepy", "in the morning" and "at night"
I am sleepier in the morning than I am at night.
or
I am sleepier at night than in the morning.
True or false: You use "fewer" when talking about count nouns.
True. (for example: There are fewer people in Chicago than there are in New York.)
Compare spiders to snakes using "scary".
Possible answers: Spiders are scarier than snakes.
Snakes are scarier than spiders.
A hamburger is (cheap) than a pizza.
A hamburger is cheaper than a pizza.
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y
Change -y to -i and add -er
make a sentence using "exciting", "golf" and "soccer"
Soccer is more exciting than golf.
make a negative sentence using "interesting", "science" and "math"
Science is more interesting than math.
or
Math is more interesting than science.
True or false: you use the word "then" to make comparisons.
False: "then" refers to time/order, "than" is used to make comparisons.
Compare English and Chinese using either "easy" or "difficult".
English is easier than Chinese.
Chinese is more difficult than English.
compare a camel's height to a dog's height
A camel is taller than a dog.
or
A dog is shorter than a camel.
Two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y
All three or more syllable adjectives
more + adjective
make a sentence using "narrow", "alley", and "boulevard"
An alley is narrower than a boulevard. Or an alley is more narrow than a boulevard.
make a sentence stating that these two things are both equally fun: listening to music and watching movies
Watching movies is as fun as listening to music.
or
Listening to music is as fun as watching movies.
Comparatives of "Far"
Further / Farther
Compare a minute to an hour using "long".
An hour is longer than a minute.
compare dogs and cats using "good"
Cats are better than dogs.
or
Dogs are better than cats.