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COMPARATIVES Debora García
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- 1COMPARATIVES: Adjectives are those that qualify or describe the noun (person, animal, object, place). And they are used to compare two or more things with each other.Examples:
My house is bigger than hers.
I am taller than Liz.
If the adjective is monosyllable add "e - r".
Fast - Faster Clean - cleaner
Small - Smaller - 2ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS ENDING IN CVC: If the adjective is monosyllable and ends in cvc (consonant, vowel, consonant), the last consonant is doubled.EXAMPLES:
Fat - Fatter Big - Bigger
Hot - Hotter Thin - Thinner - 3ONE SYLLABLE WORDS: If the adjective ends in " y ", it is replaced by " i " and (e-r) is added.EXAMPLES:
Happy - Happier Heavy - Heavier
Dry - Drier Easy - Easier - 4TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS: For adjectives with more than two syllables, "more" is used.EXAMPLES:
Expensive - More expensive
Beatiful - More beatiful
Interesting - More interesting
Intelligent - More intelligent
Dangerous - More dangerous - 5IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES: There are also irregular comparatives, which are those that do not follow any of the above rules and change the word completely.EXAMPLES:
Good - Better
Bad - Worse
Little - Less
Far - Farther/Further
Much - More - 6HOW THE COMPARISON IS FORMED: To establish a comparison, "than" is used when comparing one thing with another. For example: She is taller than me.Adjectives help us modify the way we talk about an object, like when we say "a cute puppy" the word "cute" would be the adjective that describes the puppy.
- 7Adverbs are also used as modifiers, but in a sentence they tell us things like when, why or how something happens.Depending on the adverb or adjective that we use to define what we want to talk about, there are certain rules, already mentioned above.
- 8EXAMPLES OF ONE-SYLLABLE SENTENCES ADDING "e-r": Fast, Slow, Dark, Long-Faster: He runs faster than me.
-Slower: Dany is slower than Andy.
-Darker: This blue is darker than that one.
-Longer: Your hair is longer than mine. - 9EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES WITH WORDS ENDING IN CVC: -Fat: Your cat is fatter than mine. -Big: This brush is bigger than that one. -Thin: Sandra is thinner than Olivia.EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES WITH TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS:
-Careful: Lola is more careful with the cat than Ben.
-Thoughtful: You are more thoughtful than your brother.
-Boring: This movie is more boring than the last one. - 10EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES WITH WORDS ENDING IN "y": -Happy: She's looking happier today. -Easy: Today's exam was easier than yesterday's. -Heavy: My box is heavier than my sister's.EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES IN SENTENCES:
-Good: This wine is much better than the other one.
-Bad: The weather in England is worse than in Greece.
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