I´M TALLER THAN YOU

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Study the comparative:

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Read and learn this comparative chant:

You are taller than me.

Oh, what a surprise!
I’m stronger than you.
Oh, what a surprise!
You are faster than me.
Yes, that’s great!

EXERCISES
1) Complete the grammatical rules of comparative:

- We form the comparative of adjectives by adding _______ except for,

which two irregular adjectives? ___________ and ___________.
- If the adjective has three or more syllables we add _________ before
the adjective.
- If the adjective is short, do we duplicate the last consonant? Y / N.
- If the adjective ends in –y we change it to _______ and add _______.

2) Write the comparative of these adjectives:

Poor Beautiful Modern Tall

Funny Ugly Short Fat
Big Rich Bad Good
Nasty Different Fast Small

3) Find the mistakes and correct them:

Funnyer Nicer Badder

Shier Attractiver More good
Kinder Smaller Expensiver
Fater More comfortable

4) Complete with the comparative forms of the adjectives in brackets:

- Marta’s house is _________________than Paul’s flat. (BIG)

- Diego is a good boy. He is __________________ than his sister. (NICE)
- Your French teacher is ___________________ than my English teacher.
(SERIOUS)
- I don’t like your dog. It’s ____________ than my rabbit. (UGLY)
- Comedy movies are _________________ than action movies. (GOOD)

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5) Do you like superheroes? Compare Spiderman and Superman by using
these adjectives:

FAST FUNNY STRONG

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ANSWERS
1)

- We form the comparative of adjectives by adding -ER except for,

which two irregular adjectives? GOOD and BAD. > BETTER & WORSE
- If the adjective has three or more syllables we add MORE before the
adjective.
- If the adjective is short, do we duplicate the last consonant? Y / N.
- If the adjective ends in –y we change it to –i and add -ER.

2)

Poorer More beautiful More modern Taller

Funnier Uglier Shorter Fatter
Bigger Richer Worse Better
Nastier More different Faster Smaller

3)

Funnyer >Funnier Nicer Badder > Worse

Shier Attractiver > More attractive More good > Better
Kinder Smaller Expensiver > More expensive
Fater > Fatter More comfortable

4)

- Marta’s house is BIGGER than Paul’s flat. (BIG)

- Diego is a good boy. He is NICER than his sister. (NICE)
- Your French teacher is MORE SERIOUS than my English teacher.
(SERIOUS)
- I don’t like your dog. It’s UGLIER than my rabbit. (UGLY)
- Comedy movies are BETTER than action movies. (GOOD)

5)

Model sentences:

Superman is faster than Spiderman.

Spiderman is funnier than Superman.
Superman is stronger than Spiderman.

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