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Comparative adjectives
regular and irregular

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Comparative adjectives regular

Short adjectives Comparative

The desert is slow slower (than)
drier than + -er
warm warmer (than)
Africa.
large larger (than)
+ -r
nice nicer (than)
Guys! Please
thin Double the thinner (than)
stop talking
hot consonant + -er hotter (than)
about deserts!
Adjectives ending in
Comparative
consonant + y
Watch out! funny funnier (than)
y + -ier
heavy heavier (than)
With some two-syllable
adjectives, the long adjective Long adjectives Comparative
and short adjective patterns
are both correct. beautiful more + more beautiful (than)
common commoner OR interesting adjective more interesting (than)
more common than
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Comparative adjectives irregular

Dylan, you
can sing. Adjective Comparative
good better (than)
bad worse (than)
far farther / further (than)

Complete the rule.

Me? I sound
worse than a cat. When a comparative adjective
goes between two people or
than after
things, we write _____
the adjective.
Watch out!

Some adjectives Listen to the grammar examples. Repeat.

are irregular. You
need to learn them. Katie is a better dancer than me.
My singing is worse than yours.
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Comparative adjectives regular and irregular

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives

in parentheses.

more beautiful than Emma Watson. (beautiful)

I think Jennifer Lawrence is ____________
larger
1 New York is ____________ than Paris. (large)
better
2 Colin is ____________ at sports than me. (good)
higher
3 The Empire State Building is ____________ than the Eiffel Tower. (high)
faster
4 David runs ____________ than Eric. (fast)
quieter
5 Alicia is ____________ than her brother. (quiet)
more expensive than the black one. (expensive)
6 The white bag is ______________
cleaner
7 My room is ____________ than yours. (clean)
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Comparative adjectives regular and irregular

Write sentences in comparative form.

Maria / Jessica. (tall)

Maria is taller than Jessica
__________________________________________.
1 Science / geography. (interesting)
Science is more interesting than geography
__________________________________________.
2 Helen / at singing / me. (bad)
Jessica Maria
Helen is worse at singing than me
__________________________________________.
3 Large cities / small towns. (dangerous)
Large cities are more dangerous than small towns.
__________________________________________.
4 The Nile River / the Mississippi River. (long)
The Nile River is longer than the Mississippi River
__________________________________________.
5 Ice Age / Shrek. (funny)
Ice Age is funnier than Shrek
__________________________________________.