Grammar Comparative Adjectives of Superiority   The Comparative Adjective of Superiority is used to compare two things, people or whatever. The rule is very simple:   1) For short adjectives (one or two syllables), just place the suffix -er followed by than to the adjective. Examples: John is taller than Michael Mary is blonder than Jane   2) For long adjectives (three syllables or more), use the determiner more before the adjective and than after the adjective. Examples: John is more handsome than Peter Jane is more intelligent than Mary   Now, observe and analyze the examples below. Listen to them.   Short Adjectives   Adjective Comparative Examples 01 Bright Brighter Tonight the stars are brighter than they were last night 02 Cold Colder Winter is for sure much colder than Summer 03 Fast Faster My car is not faster than your car because your car is newer and more expensive 04 Fresh Fresher She wanted to drink this water because it is fresher than that other water 05 Hard Harder I need to study harder to pass the test (harder than I am studying) 06 Large Larger This room is larger than the other room we visited last week 07 Quick Quicker They had to move quicker because they had to catch the train 08 Slow Slower She needed to drive slower because she saw a policeman ticketing people 09 Small Smaller He lives in a huge house but before living here he lived in a smaller one 10 Strange Stranger This car is stranger than the other car we drove last night         CVC Rule       Adjective Comparative Example 01 Big Bigger Brazil is bigger than Mexico 02 Fat Fatter American people are fatter than French people 03 Hot Hotter South America is a tropical place. It is hotter than North America 04 Red Redder Bree´s hair is redder than Jessica´s 05 Wet Wetter The Amazon forest is wetter than Sahara desert         Adjectives ending in -y preceded by consonant     Adjective Comparative Example 01 Dry Drier The deserts are drier than the forests 02 Easy Easier It is easier to learn English when you do your lesson 03 Happy Happier Anthony´s mother was happier today than she was yesterday 04 Heavy Heavier Elephants are heavier than lions 05 Pretty Prettier Mary and Jane are pretty girls but Mary is prettier than Jane         Long Adjectives     Adjective Comparative Example 01 Beau.ti.ful More beautiful Michael´s car is very beautiful. It is more beautiful than John´s (John´s = John´s car) 02 Dif.fi.cult More difficult Learning Chinese is more difficult than learning English 03 In.tel.li.gent More intelligent James and Mike are intelligent boys but James is more intelligent 04 Pop.u.lar More popular Madonna and Britney are popular singers but Madonna is more popular than Britney 05 Ter.ri.ble More terrible This movie is more terrible than the movie we watched last night         Irregular Adjectives       Adjective Comparative Example 01 Bad Worse Your sister cooks worse than your mother 02 Far (distance) Farther The dog is running so fast that it is farther than my eyes can see 03 Far (extent) Further She can´t go further with you (further than she is going) 04 Good Better Healthy food is better than hamburgers and fries 05 Little Less This bag costs less than US$ 5.00 (five dollars) 06 Much More Love is more important than money   Practice Write 10 phrases using Comparative of Inferiority as the adjectives given below:   01 Beautiful _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02 Busy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03 Clean _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04 Fierce _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05 Fresh _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06 Green _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07 Happy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08 Heavy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09 Independent _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Necessary _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved