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Comparative of adjectives. Form. Adjective + (-er) clean – clean er soft - soft er small – small er tall - tall er fast – short - slow – strong - weak – old – young – cold -. Adjective - y + (- ier ). dirty-dirt ier tidy - noisy – nois ier dry – happy – easy –
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Form Adjective + (-er) clean – cleaner soft- softer small – smaller tall- taller fast – short- slow – strong- weak – old – young – cold -
Adjective - y + (-ier) dirty-dirtier tidy - noisy – noisier dry – happy – easy – lucky – ugly – pretty –
Adjectives that double the final consonant + (-er) fat – fatter big – bigger thin – sad – hot – wet -
Use: Thecomparative is normally used if you want to compare two things or people. When we compare we use than. I am tallerthan my sister.
Make sentences using the given adjectives: • His car / clean / mine. V • Helen / pretty / Mary. X • The rabbit / fast / the tortoise? • The weather / hot / in summer / in winter. V • The cow / fat / the goat. X • Your mother / young / your father. ?
Make sentences using the given adjectives, use past simple of to be: • Yesterday, it / cold / today. V • Her skirt / long / than yours? • My shoes / clean / John’s. X • My sister’s room / tidy / mine. V • The boys / noisy / the girls. X • Your computer / old / his?