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Comparative adjectives

Learn to compare items using comparative adjectives like 'Erica is taller than Lucia' and 'The Earth is hotter than Mars'. Explore short and long adjective forms with examples. Understand irregular comparatives such as 'Good Pele is a better footballer than Neymar.'

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Comparative adjectives

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  1. Comparative adjectives • Erica is tallerthan Lucia. • The Earth is hotterthan Mars. • A car is heavierthan a motorcycle. • Silver cars are morecommon than yellow cars.

  2. Short adjectives • 1 syllable: short, tall, big, small, fat, thin, hot, cold, cheap, safe, fast, slow, new, old, dry, wet • 2 syllables, ending in –y: healthy, heavy, risky, funny, friendly, noisy

  3. Short adjectives • Erica is tallerthan Lucia. 2. The Earth is hotterthan Mars. 3. A car is heavierthan a motorcycle.

  4. Long adjectives • 2 syllables: common, famous, handsome • 3+ syllables: popular, intelligent, beautiful, expensive, dangerous, aggressive, generous, serious

  5. Long adjectives • Silver cars are morecommon than yellow cars. • Stephen Hawkins is more intelligent than Carla Perez.

  6. Irregular comparatives • Good Pelé is a better footballer thanNeymar. • Bad Barrichello is a worse pilot thanSenna. • Far Campinas is farther from SP than Santos

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