COMPARATIVES
Adjectives with
one syllable, add:
er' or
'than'
cold
"In Canada,
winter is colder
than summer."
Adjectives with
two or more
syllables, add:
'more' 'than'
ex-pen-sive
"This book is
more expensive
than that book."
Irregular
Adjectives with
hap-py
two syllables that
end in -y.
change -y' to 'T
and add: -er' +
"John is
happler than
David."
'than'
Adjectives that
end in a single
Ivowel and
consonant:
double the final
letter before
Comparative
Adjectives
good-better than
bad-worse than
big
"Russia is
bigger than
Canada."
far-farther than
further than
adding 'than'
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the above boxes.
1. summer / winter/hot Summer is hotter than winter.
2. football/bowling/exciting
3. Asia/Europe/big
4. weekends/weekdays / good
5. cats/lions / small
6. John/Stewart/busy.
7. horses/cows/fast
8. my uncle / my aunt/funny.
9. this movie / that movie / interesting
10. the flu / a cold/bad
11. the sun/the moon / far
12. 1/my friend/tired
13. tigers/giraffes / dangerous
14. January/August/cold
15. my grandfather / my father/old