1. COMPARATIVES

2. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
One-syllable adjectives add –er for the comparative.
small
nice
big
warm
hot
smaller
nicer
bigger
warmer
hotter

3. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
We use more with two-syllable adjectives and with longer ones.
careful
boring
famous
exciting
reliable
more careful
more boring
more famous
more exciting
more reliable

4. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Two-syllable adjectives ending in consonant + y lose y and add –ier.
busy
happy
dirty
busier
happier
dirtier
Some two-syllable adjectives add -er or have more, e.g. narrow, clever, common, gentle, quiet, simple.

5. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Spelling rules for the –er endings
Adjectives ending in –e add –r, e.g.
finer, safer, larger
Adjectives ending in consonant + y lose y and add –ier, e.g.
lovelier, luckier, prettier
Adjectives ending in a single vowel + single consonant double the consonant, e.g.
fitter, sadder, thinner, wetter, hotter

6. COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Some adverbs have the same form as an adjective. They add –er, e.g.
earlier, faster, harder, higher
Many adverbs are an adjective + ly. They form the comparative with more, e.g.
more easily, more carefully, more slowly

7. IRREGULAR FORMS Some adjectives / adverbs have irregular forms: better
worse
farther / further
good/well
bad/badly
far
We can use elder instead of older / oldest for people in the same family.

8. COMPARATIVE PATTERNS I
We use as … as to say that things are equal or unequal.
Our house is as big as yours.
It isn’t as cold as yesterday.
We often use a phrase with than after a comparison.
The steak is more expensive than the fish.
After than we use an object pronoun or a personal pronoun with a verb.
She is older than me / than I am.

9. COMPARATIVE PATTERNS II
Less is the opposite of more and . We use it with both long and short words.
I go out less often these days.
We can modify the comparative with much, a bit.
It’s much faster by tube.
Business is a bit better this year.

10. Use the words given to compare the following pictures.
Let’s practise!
Use the words given to compare the following pictures.

11. FRUIT
FRIES
CHOCOLATE
HEALTHY
EXPENSIVE
SWEET
TASTY
FATTENING

12. DIFFICULT
EASY
BEAUTIFUL
USEFUL
WIDELY SPOKEN

13. JAMAICA
SPAIN
CANADA
COLD
HOT
LARGE
POPULAR
EASY GOING
POPULATED

14. CLEANING
BORING
USEFUL
POPULAR
BAD
TIME CONSUMING
IRONING
COOKING

15. BIKE ELECTRIC CAR SUV CHEAP SLOW SMALL ECO-FRIENDLY COMFORTABLE
POLLUTING

16. ICE SKATING FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL SNOWBOARDING AMUSING POPULAR
DANGEROUS
HEALTHY
EXPENSIVE
ICE SKATING
FOOTBALL
AMERICAN
FOOTBALL
SNOWBOARDING

17. GIJÓN
COSMOPOLITAN
WEATHER NOISY
POLLUTED QUIET
CROWDED
TOKYO
MAUI