Regular Comparatives in adjectives Comparatives are used to compare people, places, things or actions. “He's taller than them” “They are shorter than him” It always goes “than” after the comparative:

RULES RULE 1. One syllable adjectives add -ER. “Travelling by bus is cheaper than travelling by plane”

RULES RULE 2. If the adjective finishes in a consonant+vowel + consonant, double final consonant+ -ER “Australia is bigger than Europe”

RULES “Eating fruit is healthier than eating meat” RULE 3. One or Two-syllable adj. ending in consonant+“y”=i “Eating fruit is healthier than eating meat”

RULES “Travelling by plane is more expensive than travelling by bus” Two or more syllable adjectives use “MORE” before the adjective: “Travelling by plane is more expensive than travelling by bus”

Rules for regular comparatives ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1.-ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE CHEAP CHEAP-ER RULE 2.- ONE SYLLABLE ADJ WITH A CONSONANT-VOWEL- CONSONANT PATTERN (CVC) except W/Y THIN-HOT-BIG SLOW-GREY THIN-NER, HOT-TER, BIG-GER SLOW-ER GREY-ER RULE 3.- 1/2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -Y= I+EST HEALTHY EASY HAPPY PRETTY HEALTH-IER, EAS-IER, HAPP-IER, PRETT-IER RULE 4.- TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES ADJ.=MOST EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1 FAST FASTER TALL TALLER COLD COLDER RULE 2 SAD SADDER HOT HOTTER FAT FATTER BIG BIGGER

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 3 BUSY BUSIER PRETTY PRETTIER NOISY NOISIER HEALTHY HEALTHIER RULE 4 BEAUTIFUL MORE BEAUTIFUL EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING

Irregular comparatives in adjectives GOOD BETTER(mejor) BAD WORSE (peor) FAR FURTHER(más lejos) TIRED MORE TIRED(más cansado) STRESSED MORE STRESSED(más estresado) ” “Helen speaks French better than Philip” “Sally drives worse than Anna. “My house is further from school than yours” “She's more stressed than you” “I'm more tired than him” “John is more bored than her”