Comparatives Adjectives and adverbs comparative adjectives Is your
Comparatives Adjectives and adverbs
comparative adjectives Is your sister older than you? Buckingham Palace is bigger than the White House. The traffic is always worse in the evening. My new job is better than my old one. • Use comparative adjectives + than to compare two things, two people, two places. • You can also use less + adjective + than • As + adjective + as • Not as + adjective + as
How do you make comparative adjectives? adjective comparative old cheap older cheaper one-syllable adjectives: add -er big hot bigger hotter adjectives ending in double consonant, add -er dry healthy drier healthier one- or two-syllable adjectives ending > -ier famous more famous two- or more syllable adjectives: more + adjective expensive more expensive good bad far better worse further stressed more stressed tired more tired bored more bored :
comparative adverbs It’s more dangerous to drive than to walk. People walk more quickly than in the past. You don’t drive as fast as me*. • Use comparative adverbs+ than to compare two ACTIONS. • You can also use less + adverb+ than • As + adverb + as • Not as + adverb + as me*: USE an object pronoun / subject pronoun + verb SAME RULE FOR ADJECTIVES
How do you make comparative adverbs? adverb comparative quickly slowly more quickly more slowly adverbs ending in –ly : more + adverb + than hard fast late harder faster later THE REST OF THE ADVERBS FOLLOW THE SAME RULE AS THE ADJECTIVES badly Little Well worse less better
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