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Comparative adjectives. Erica is tall er than Lucia. The Earth is hott er than Mars. A car is heavi er than a motorcycle. Silver cars are more common than yellow cars. Short adjectives. 1 syllable:
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Comparative adjectives • Erica is tallerthan Lucia. • The Earth is hotterthan Mars. • A car is heavierthan a motorcycle. • Silver cars are morecommon than yellow cars.
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
Short adjectives • Erica is tallerthan Lucia. 2. The Earth is hotterthan Mars. 3. A car is heavierthan a motorcycle.
Long adjectives • 2 syllables: common, famous, handsome • 3+ syllables: popular, intelligent, beautiful, expensive, dangerous, aggressive, generous, serious
Long adjectives • Silver cars are morecommon than yellow cars. • Stephen Hawkins is more intelligent than Carla Perez.
Irregular comparatives • Good Pelé is a better footballer thanNeymar. • Bad Barrichello is a worse pilot thanSenna. • Far Campinas is farther from SP than Santos