Comparative adjectives._1

Comparative adjectives._1

1. Usage: use comparatives to compare people and thigs with other people and things.

2. one syllable

   • gramatical rule: For most short adjectives (one syllable), add -er. If the adjective ends in consonant + vowel + consonant, double the consonant + -er
     • Examples: The city is bigger than the town. My sister is older than me. His house is smaller than your house.

3. two syllables ending "y"

   • Gramatical rule:Adjectives that end in -y,drop the -y and add -ier.
     • Examples: Send a message in the cell phone is easier than write a letter. The 6 a.m. is early but the 4 a.m. is earlier. She is friendlier than me

4. two or more syllables

   • Gramatical rule: Longer adjectives (more than one syllable),use more + adjective.
     • Examples: This car is more expensive that the Ferrari . I prefer talk about something more interesting. The people of this place are more polite than in my hometown

5. irregulars: good-better bad-worse little-less far-farther much,many-more

   • Examples: The football is better than the baseball. Jim is worse in maths than Fred. Parque Lindavista is far but Plaza Tepeyac is farther. 50 pesos are much but 5 dollars are more

6. isn't as______as

   • Gramar rule: isn't as (the adjective cant be modified) as
     • Examples: This car isn't as big as that one. This book isn't as interesting as that one. This computer isn't as fast as that one