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
syllables
must change the end to -ier.
For example lucky – luckier; happy – happier.
3. 3. With other English adjectives of two syllables and more,
you can‘t change their endings. Instead, you should use
more + adjective.
For example handsome – more handsome;
beautiful – more beautiful
4. 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
hard – harder
fast – faster
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 hot bad
younger hotter worse
full intelligent comfortable
fuller more intelligent more comfortable
thin silly good
thinner sillier better
fine beautiful tall
finer more beautiful taller
funny short happy
funnier shorter happier
9. LET’S PRACTISE!!
easier
• I think that speaking is ____________ (easy) than
writing. important
more
• It is ___________________ (important) to be healthy than
higher
wealthy. fatter
• Mount Everest is ___________ (high) than Mont Blanc.
• I am eating too much. I am much _________ (fat) than I was
last
more difficult
month. older
• This exercise is very easy. Can you give me something
more slowly
______________ (difficult)?
• My mother is 42 but my father's much ________ (old). He's
better
73.
lazier
• If you don’t drive ______________ (slowly) you’re going to
have an
10. LET’S PRACTISE!!
easier
• I think that speaking is ____________ (easy) than
writing. important
more
• It is ___________________ (important) to be healthy than
higher
wealthy. fatter
• Mount Everest is ___________ (high) than Mont Blanc.
• I am eating too much. I am much _________ (fat) than I was
last
more difficult
month. older
• This exercise is very easy. Can you give me something
more slowly
______________ (difficult)?
• My mother is 42 but my father's much ________ (old). He's
better
73.
lazier
• If you don’t drive ______________ (slowly) you’re going to
have an
