Comparative Form of Adjectives LESSON 21

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July 16, 2009Curso Basico / Inglés Elemental, Grammar

Comparative Form of Adjectives -CURSO DE INGLES EN LINEA – NIVEL BASICO ELEMENTAL

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Comparative Form of Adjectives

We use the comparative  form to compare and contrast different objects or people in English. Use the comparative form to show the difference between two objects or people and we use THAN before what or who we are comparing to.

Remember that is it VERY IMPORTANT to know and learn adjectives because we will need to use them to form this structure. If you need a list please CLICK HERE.

Example:

Maria is taller than Juan -> RECUERDEN DE UTILIZAR THAN DESPUES DE LA FORMA COMPARATIVA

Miami is more modern than Lima.

*Entonces, usamos “The comparative form” para comparar y contrastar sustantivos usando ADJETIVOS  en INGLES.  Es vital aprender adjetivos asi que se necesitan una lista ir acá (HACER CLICK).

Reglas para formar la forma comparativa en INGLES

In this following table we can learn the rules TABLE #1

Adjective

Rule

Example
Adjective with one syllable

  1. Ending in – e

Wide

Safe

2.Consonant – Vowel – Consonant

Big

Thin

3. All others

Tall

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ADD –r

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Double the consonant and add -er

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ADD –er

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a)      The Honda is wider than the chevrolete

b)      A big car is safer than a small one.

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c)      My house is bigger than yours.

d)      Joe is thinner than Mary.

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e)      John is taller than Brian
Adjectives with two or more syllables

  1. Ending in –y

Pretty

Noisy

2.All others

Beautiful

Expensive

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Change the –y to –i and add –er

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Use more (or less) before the adjective

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f)        Ana is prettier than Nina g)      A motorcycle is noisier than a car

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h)      Marisu is more beautiful than Elena

i)        The shirt is more expensive than the trousers
Size Touch Shape Time Quantity Sound

IRREGULAR FORMS (TABLE 2)

good – better

bad – worse

far –further /farther

Remembre to use THAN after the comparative form. Recuerden de usar “than” (y nunca what) despues de la forma comparativa.

EXAMPLES: My house is more expensive THAN my car John is funnier THAN Tim

LET’S PRACTICE (TABLE 3)

ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative
Happy Cheap Honest
Difficult Strong Busy
Clean Interesting Young
Early Hot Near
Beautiful Warm Funny
Soft Expensive Easy
Intelligent fresh Bad
Dirty Kind Late
Good Boring Dangeerous
Careful Cold weak

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Exercises

1)      She’s much __________ her husband. (young)

2)      It’s a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)

3)      The vegetables in the shop are __________ ­­­_____ the one ones in the supermarket. (fresh)

4)      The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive)

5)      The new TV programme is  __________ _____ the old one. (funny)

6)      Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good)

7)      My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near)

8)      The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)

9)      You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)

10)  Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my country. (dangerous)

11)  The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult)

12)  She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart)

13)  Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (Rich)

14)  The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent)

15)  Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)

VER RESPUESTAS – CHECK ANSWERS

ONLINE EXERCISES / EJERCICIOS EN LINEA

– http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/242.html

– http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comparatives.htm

– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/compare-exercises?1