thin
thinner
You need to work more harder if you want to succeed.
You need to work harder if you want to succeed.
Mathematics is ___________ (difficult) _________ English.
Mathematics is more difficult than English.
Compare summer and winter.
(1 comparison)
Name two irregular comparatives.
- good better
- bad worse
exciting
more exciting
The weather yesterday was badder than today.
The weather yesterday was worse than today.
She was _____________ (fast) __________ you.
She was faster than you.
Compare your country and another country.
(2 comparisons)
What are the comparatives of: beautiful, creative?
beautiful: more beautiful
creative: more creative
quick
quicker
The countryside is not noisier the city.
The countryside is not noisier than the city.
Her writing skills are _____________ (good) ___________ his.
Her writing skills are better than his.
Compare adults and children or teenagers.
(3 comparisons)
How do we form a comparison when we have short adjectives?
We use -er, -r, -ier after the adjectives.
expensive
more expensive
Cars are far expensive than bikes.
Cars are more expensive than bikes.
There are _____________ people in the office today _______ yesterday.
There are more people in the office today than yesterday.
Compare two animals.
(4 comparisons)
You can choose different animals to compare each time.
How do we form a comparison when we have a long adjective?
We use more before the adjective.
good - bad
better - worse
My brother is most intelligenter than my sister.
My brother is more intelligent than my sister.
I think the new house is ______ ____ the apartment. (big)
I think the new house is bigger than the apartment.
Compare any two things you want.
(5 comparisons)
You can choose different things to compare each time.
Name a special spelling rule for comparative adjectives
Options:
Y - IER: dry - drier
VC = VCC: big - bigger