COMPARATIVES

COMPARATIVES

1. FUCTION:To compare two people or things

   • IF the monosyllabic target (only 1 syllable) and ends in a consonant-vowel consonant, this is doubled and "er" + than
     • EXAMPLE cheap cold fast large long small slow old young cheaper colder faster larger longer smaller slower older younger
   • Adjectives that end in -y. Adjectives with two syllables that end in a consonant + and make the comparison in ier. That is, we change the "y" to "i" and then add the -er ending to form the comparative
     • EXAMPLE:early easy dirty funny heavy noisy ugly earlier easier dirtier funnier heavier noisier uglier
   • Longer adjectives, with two, three or four syllables form the comparative when we add more in front of the comparative.
     • (beautiful comfortable difficult economical expensive handsome) more beautiful more comfortable more difficult more economical more expensive more handsome
   • There is a group of adjectives of only one syllable that we have to bend the final consonant. For example, big> bigger.
     • EXAMPLE:big fat hot thin wet bigger fatter hotter thinner wetter

2. Except for friendly since its comparative can be friendlier than more and there are also irregular adjectives that do not comply with the rule are:Good/well/better bad/worse for/farther/further