Comparative Adjectives

Comparative Adjectives

                                                                                  

           

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Short words (1 syllable) à - er             old à older   slow à slower   warm à warmer  tall à taller        big à bigger, hot à hotter heavy à heavier, happy à happier

Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables) à more…   dangerous à more dangerous expensive à more expensive Irregular comparative forms: good à better, far à further bad à worse, little à less

  

  Write the comparative form:                      Write the opposite.

new ________________                                         younger    __________________              long ________________                                            cleaner     __________________ nice  ________________                                           darker       __________________

  big  _________________                                           more boring ________________  

good ________________                                           hotter        __________________  fat __________________                                           happier     __________________

  modern ______________                                           easier        __________________   friendly ______________                                          smaller      __________________   famous ______________                                           cheaper     __________________

 Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1.       My house is (big) _____________than yours. 

2.       This flower is (beautiful) _________________than that one. 

3.       A holiday by the sea is (good) ____________than a holiday in the mountains. 

4.       The weather this summer is even (bad) __________than last summer. 

5.       I think mathematics is (difficult) _____________than English. 

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1.       Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a __________ one.

2.       My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something ___________________

3.       The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________________

4.       People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were ___________________

5.       This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is _____________________

6.       This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ______________

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________