Comparative Adjectives

Student’s name: Laura Melissa Sanchez Suarez Level: Basic 03

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SLOW SLOWER HEAVYHEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable)  - er Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables) 

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Old  older slow  slower
warm  warmer tall  Dangerous  more
taller dangerous expensive  more
expensive Irregular
big  bigger, hot  hotter comparative forms: good 
heavy  heavier, happy  happier better, far  further bad 
Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.
New – newer Younger – young
Long – longer Cleaner – clean
Nice – nicer Darker – dark
Big – bigger More boring - boring
Good – better Hotter - hot
Fat – fatter Happier - happy
Modern – more modem Easier – easy
Friendly – friendlier Smaller – small
Famous – more famous Cheaper-cheap

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. My house is (big) bigger than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) more beautiful than that one.
3. A holiday by the sea is (good) better than a holiday in the mountains.
4. The weather this summer is even (bad) worse than last summer.
5. I think mathematics is (difficult) more difficult than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a faster one.

2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something more interesting
3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was wanner
4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were more polite
5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is more comfortable
6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is nicer

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. My house is bigger than yours.
2. Sammy is more beautiful than a daisy.
3. You are more polite than Alan.