COMPARATIVES

COMPARATIVES

1. FUNTION

   • To compare two people things

2. STRUCTURE

   • If the adjective is monosyllabic we only add "er" to the end of the adjective and the word than
     • If it ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, the latter is doubled and added ____ "er" than
       • If you have two or more syllables, the word more is preceded ____ and the word than
         • If the adjective ends in a consonant "y" the "y" is deleted and "ier than" is added

3. EXAMPLE

   • Your apartment is larger than mine
     • A dog is more intelligent than a chicken
       • Joe is smarter than his brother
         • A rose is more beautiful than a weed

4. NOTES

   • There are irregular adjectives, that is to say they change when transforming them into comparatives and they are:
     • good/well -- better
       • bad -- worse
         • far -- farther/further