COMPARISONS

RULES

There are three kinds of adjectives, they are short adjectives, long adjectives and irregular ones.

You can use: 😍😎

SHORT ADJECTIVES + er + than 

to compare 2 people, 2 places, 2 animals, 2 things.

  Example: 

Ana is taller than Toni. 

Short adjective + ER.

     old à older

     young à younger

CVC + ER (the final consonant is doubled)

     big à bigger

     hot à hotter

Short adjective ended in –Y à -IER

     easy à easier

     heavy à heavier

LONG ADJECTIVES

You can add

more + adjective + than 

to compare 2 people, 2 places, 2 animals, 2 things when you are using longer adjectives.

    Example: 

Toni is more serious than Ana.

 Long adjective: MORE + long adjective + than

     exciting à more exciting than

     beautiful à more beautiful than

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

: good-better bad-worse far-farther/further

We use THAN after the comparative form of the adjective.

John is taller than Mary.

A Ferrari is more expensive than a Fiat.

Andy is better than George.

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