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Comparatives
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- 1comparativesAre complements that are used to compare objects or people.
- 2What is it for?To compare characteristics or qualities between objects, people or animals. You can compare size, color, height, speed etc.
- 3When is the comparative used?To use a comparative we have to be talking about two or more nouns and compare them with each other in order to decide which of them is better (better), taller (taller), more interesting (more interesting), etc.
- 4Example
- 5How are they made?The structure of sentences with comparatives in English is as follows: noun (as subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (as object) Brazil is bigger than Spain. Cars move faster than bicycles.
- 6Irregular adjectivesIrregular adjectives are those that do not form the comparative and the superlative in the same way as the others.
- 7two or more syllablesIn long adjectives, the comparative is formed with the term more before the adjective. For example: Susan is more beautiful than Martha.
- 8Terminated in YIf the adjective ends in “–y”, when forming the comparative the “y” is changed to an “i” and the suffix “–er” is added: “easy-easier”, “dirty-dirtier”, “happy- happier”.
- 9A syllableIf the one-syllable adjective ends in: Consonant + Vowel + Consonant (example: BIG), we double the last consonant: bigger
- 10Example
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- Flashcards on Comparatives , created by Nathalie Solis on 21/02/2022.
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