Comparative Form of Adjectives

LESSON 21
July 16, 2009 by InglesTotal
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Hoy hablaremos de adjetivos en la forma comparativa. Recuerden que es importante

aprender adjetivos para usar esta forma. Tambin he recibido muchas consultas con
respecto a las demas lecciones. Hay varios links para ver el menu de lecciones. Estn en
la parte superior y tambien el la parte derecha. TAMBIEN PUEDES HACER CLICK
AQUI.

The Comparative Form

We use the comparative form to compare and contrast different objects or people in
English. Use the comparative form to show the difference between two objects or
people and we use THAN before what or who we are comparing to.
Remember that is it VERY IMPORTANT to know and learn adjectives because we will
need to use them to form this structure. If you need a list please CLICK HERE.
Example:
Maria is taller than Juan -> RECUERDEN DE UTILIZAR THAN DESPUES DE LA
FORMA COMPARATIVA
Miami is more modern than Lima.
*Entonces, usamos The comparative form para comparar y contrastar sustantivos
usando ADJETIVOS en INGLES. Es vital aprender adjetivos asi que se necesitan una
lista ir ac (HACER CLICK).
Reglas para formar la forma comparativa en INGLES
In this following table we can learn the rules TABLE #1

Adjective
Adjective with one
syllable
1. Ending in e

Rule
|
ADD r

Example
|
a)
The Honda is wider than
the chevrolete

Wide

Safe

b) A big car is safer than a

small one.

2.Consonant Vowel Double the

|
Consonant
consonant and add
-er
|
Big
|
c)
My house is bigger than
Thin
yours.
|
3. All others
d)
Joe is thinner than Mary.
ADD er
Tall
|
e)
Adjectives with two or
more syllables
1. Ending in y
Pretty
Noisy
2.All others
Beautiful

John is taller than Brian

|

Change the y to i f)
Ana is prettier than
and add er
Nina g) A motorcycle is
noisier than a car
|
|
Use more (or less)
before the adjective h)
Marisu is more beautiful
than Elena

Expensive
i)
The shirt is more
expensive than the trousers
Size

Touch

Shape

(TABLE 2)
good - better
bad worse
far -further /farther

Time

Quantity

Sound

IRREGULAR FORMS

Remembre to use THAN after the comparative form. Recuerden de usar than (y
nunca what) despues de la forma comparativa.
EXAMPLES: My house is more expensive THAN my car John is funnier THAN Tim

LETS PRACTICE (TABLE 3)

ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative
Happy
Cheap
Honest
Difficult
Strong
Busy
Clean
Interesting
Young
Early
Hot
Near
Beautiful
Warm
Funny
Soft
Expensive
Easy
Intelligent
fresh
Bad
Dirty
Kind
Late
Good
Boring
Dangeerous
Careful
Cold
weak

VER RESPUESTAS CHECK ANSWERS

Exercises
1)

Shes much __________ her husband. (young)

2)

Its a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)

3) The vegetables in the shop are __________ _____ the one ones in the
supermarket. (fresh)
4)

The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive)

5)

The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny)

6)

Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good)

7)

My office is __________ _____ Helens. (near)

8)

The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)

9)

You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)

10) Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my

country. (dangerous)
11) The exam today was _______________ _____ last years exam. (difficult)

12) Shes __________ _____ her sister. (smart)

13) Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (Rich)
14) The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent)
15) Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)

VER RESPUESTAS CHECK ANSWERS

ONLINE EXERCISES / EJERCICIOS EN LINEA
- http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/242.html
- http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comparatives.htm
- http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/compareexercises?1
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