Comparative: we use it to compare two things (or people)

Comparative: we use it to compare two things (or people)

1. In one-syllable adjectives: we add -er to make the comparative form

   • For Example: quick-quicker, nice-nicer
     • What about the following words: strong, warm, cold, new, cheap, dark, short
     • You need to remember that after the formation of the comparative, we use the word: than

2. In one-syllable adjectives: if there is one vowel followed by one consonant at the end of the adjective, we often double the consonant

   • For example: hot-hotter, big-bigger
     • What about the following words: thin, fat, sad, hot

3. If the adjective ends in "y", this often changes to "i"

   • For Example: happy-happier
     • What about the following words: smelly, funny, silly, pretty

4. In one-syllable adjectives: if the adjective ends in "e", we do not add another "e", just "r"

   • For example: fine-finer, nice-nicer
     • What about the following words: brave, strange, large, safe, fierce

5. For two-syllable adjectives: we use the the word "more"

   • For example: careful- more careful, beautiful- more beautiful
     • What about the following words: fascinating, wonderful, intelligent, expensive

6. Some two-syllable adjectives can take "-er"

   • For example: clever-cleverer, quiet-quiter
     • What about the following words: narrow, gentle, simple, friendly

7. Adjectives with two syllables that end in "y" usually can add "er" and also be used with "more"

   • For example: dirty- dirtier or more dirty

8. Some adjectives are irregular. There is no rule, we simply have to learn their forms

   • good-better, bad-worse, far-further, little-less, much-more