Comparatives
Comparatives: What are they?
Comparatives are words that show how two things are different. They tell us if something is bigger, smaller, better, worse, or the same as another thing. They are used to make comparisons
Short Adjectives
Forming Comparative Adjectives
Long Adjectives
For short adjectives, add -er. For example, bigger, shorter, faster.
Some adjectives have irregular forms. For example, good-better, bad-worse, far-further. 01. 02. 03.
For long adjectives, add more before the adjective. For example, more interesting, more beautiful, more difficult.
Irregular Adjectives
Comparing Nouns, Adjectives,
and Adverbs
Adjectives
To compare adjectives, we use than. For example, This book is more interesting than that one. Nouns To compare nouns, we use than. For example, My car is faster than yours.
Adverbs
To compare adverbs, we use than. For example, He runs faster than me.