1. How to make
comparisons
in English

2. SUPERIORITY
ADJECTIVES
1. If the adjective is one syllable, you must add -er.
For example small – smaller; big – bigger; nice – nicer.
2 . If the adjective has two syllables, but ends in -y, you
must change the end to -ier.
For example lucky – luckier; happy – happier.

3. 3. With other English adjectives of two syllables and more, y
ou can‘t change their endings. Instead, you should use
more + adjective.
For example  handsome – more handsome;
beautiful – more beautiful
4. One syllable adjectives ending in –ed make the comparative:
more + adjective
For example  tired – more tired
* Remember that some adjectives are IRREGULAR and
change form when you make comparisons.
good – better
bad – worse
far – further

4. ADVERBS
1. Many adverbs in English end in –ly. They make the
comparative more + adverb
For example  slowly – more slowly
2. Some adverbs are also IRREGULAR and change form when
you make comparisons.
well – better
badly – worse
far – further
early - earlier

5. REMEMBER!!
When you compare two things, use 'than'.
"She's younger than me.“
"This exercise is more difficult than the last one.“

6. INFERIORITY
When you want to say one thing is less than another, you
can either use 'less than' or 'not as … as'.
For example,
"This programme is less interesting than I thought"
"This programme is not as interesting as I thought."

7. EQUALITY
When you want to say something is similar, use:
'as … as'
For example,
"She's as tall as her brother" or "It's as nice today as it
was yesterday."

8. Give the comparative form of the following
adjectives:
young
younger
full
fuller
thin
thinner
fine
finer
funny
funnier
hot
hotter
intelligent
more intelligent
silly
sillier
beautiful
more beautiful
short
shorter
bad
worse
comfortable
more comfortable
good
better
tall
taller
happy
happier

9. LET’S PRACTISE!!
easier
I think that speaking is ____________ (easy) than writing.
more important
It is ___________________ (important) to be healthy than wealthy.
Mount Everest is ___________ (high) than Mont Blanc.
higher
fatter
I am eating too much. I am much _________ (fat) than I was last
month.
• This exercise is very easy. Can you give me something
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______________ (difficult)?
more difficult
older
My mother is 42 but my father's much ________ (old). He's 73.
more slowly
If you don’t drive ______________ (slowly) you’re going to have an
accident.
better
His first book was boring but this one is ______ (good).
lazier
Robert is __________ (lazy) than anyone I know. He never lifts a
finger to work.