COMPARATIVES

TO REVIEW: We use the comparative when we compare two things or people. We use the particle "than" to introduce the second element. Example: Pau (element 1) is taller than Trevor (element 2).       

- There are two ways of putting and adjective into the comparative form:

    a) With short adjectives (one or two syllables), we add -er to the adjective.
     For example:  clean -> cleaner    long -> longer    short -> shorter    fast -> faster 


1.Attention: with adjectives ending in -e we add only -r.
         nice -> nicer          safe -> safer 
2.Attention: with adjectives ending in -y we take away the -y and add -ier.
         happy -> happier          easy -> easier          scary -> scarier 
3.Attention: with adjectives ending in consonant + vowel + consonant we double the last consonant.         big -> bigger          fat -> fatter          thin -> thinner 
4.Attention: some adjectives have irregular forms. For example:
         good -> better          bad -> worse          far -> farther / further 


    b) With long adjectives, we add "more" in front of the adjective.
    Long adjectives have got two or more syllables. For example:
         beautiful -> more beautiful   important -> more important    boring -> more boring          famous -> most famous 
  
EXERCISE 1                    EXERCISE 2