1. Comparatives To compare two people, places, things or actions use:
1.-Comparative adjectives
2.-Comparative adverbs
3.-Less+adj or adverb.
4.-(not) as + adjective / adverb+as 1

2. 1.-Comparative adjectives:regular
One-syllable adjectives
CHEAP
(BARATO)
CHEAP-ER THAN
(Más barato que)
One vowel + one consonant:double final consonant
BIG
(GRANDE)
BIG-GER THAN
(Más grande que)
Two-syllable adjectives ending in consonant+y= ier
HEALTHY
(SANO)
HEALTH-IER THAN
(Más sano que )
Two-syllable adjectives not ending in “-y”
BORING
(ABURRIDO)
MORE BORING THAN (Más aburrido que)
Two or more syllables: more+ adjective
EXPENSIVE
(CARO)
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
(Más caro que) 2

3. 1.-Comparative adjectives:irregular
Eg: Regular and Irregular:
“Brazil is larger than Spain”
“He's happier than his wife”
“the sandwiches are more expensive than the drinks”
“Watching tv is more relaxing than reading a book”
“Sally writes more quickly than John”
“Helen speaks French better than Philip”
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
GOOD
(BUENO)
BETTER THAN
(MEJOR)
BAD
(MALO)
WORSE THAN
(PEOR)
FAR
(LEJOS)
FURTHER
(MÁS LEJOS) 3

4. 2.-Comparative adverbs:regular & irregular
IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE
HARD
HARDER
WELL
BETTER
BADLY
WORSE
MUCH
MORE
MANY
LITTLE
LESS
ADVERB
REGULAR COMPARATIVE
QUICKLY
MORE QUICKLY
SLOWLY
MORE SLOWLY 4

5. Comparative Comparativo de inferioridad 3.-Less +adj or adverb
eg.I'm less relaxed this year than I was last year. (Estoy menos relajado este año que el año pasado)
Comparativo de Igualdad
4.- (Not) as+adjective/adverb+as.
eg. The service in this restaurant isn't as good as it was. (el servicio en este restaurante no es tan bueno como antes) 5

6. Comparative
-After comparative+than or as.....as we use an object pronoun (me, her,etc) or a subject pronoun+auxiliary verb.
Eg.
”My brother's taller than me”
My brother's taller than I am”
“He's not as intelligent as her”
“He's not as intelligent as she is” 6