Comparatives To compare two people places things or

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Comparatives To compare two people, places, things or actions use: 1. -Comparative adjectives 2.

Comparatives To compare two people, places, things or actions use: 1. -Comparative adjectives 2. -Comparative adverbs 3. -Less+adj or adverb. 4. -(not) as + adjective / adverb+as

1. -Comparative adjectives: regular ADJECTIVE One-syllable adjectives One vowel + one consonant: double final

1. -Comparative adjectives: regular ADJECTIVE One-syllable adjectives One vowel + one consonant: double final consonant CHEAP (BARATO) BIG (GRANDE) COMPARATIVE CHEAP-ER THAN (Más barato que) BIG-GER THAN (Más grande que) HEALTHY (SANO) HEALTH-IER THAN (Más sano que ) Two-syllable adjectives not ending in “-y” BORING (ABURRIDO) MORE BORING THAN (Más aburrido que) Two or more syllables: more+ adjective EXPENSIVE (CARO) MORE EXPENSIVE THAN (Más caro que) Two-syllable adjectives ending in consonant+y= ier

1. -Comparative adjectives: irregular Eg: Regular and Irregular: ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE GOOD (BUENO) BETTER THAN

1. -Comparative adjectives: irregular Eg: Regular and Irregular: ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE GOOD (BUENO) BETTER THAN (MEJOR) BAD (MALO) WORSE THAN (PEOR) FAR (LEJOS) FURTHER (MÁS LEJOS) “Brazil is larger than Spain” “He's happier than his wife” “the sandwiches are more expensive than the drinks” “Watching tv is more relaxing than reading a book” “Sally writes more quickly than John” “Helen speaks French better than Philip”

2. -Comparative adverbs: regular & irregular ADVERB IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE ADVERB REGULAR COMPARATIVE HARDER QUICKLY

2. -Comparative adverbs: regular & irregular ADVERB IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE ADVERB REGULAR COMPARATIVE HARDER QUICKLY MORE QUICKLY WELL BETTER SLOWLY MORE SLOWLY BADLY WORSE MUCH MORE MANY MORE LITTLE LESS

Comparative Comparativo de inferioridad 3. -Less +adj or adverb eg. I'm less relaxed this

Comparative Comparativo de inferioridad 3. -Less +adj or adverb eg. I'm less relaxed this year than I was last year. (Estoy menos relajado este año que el año pasado) Comparativo de Igualdad 4. - (Not) as+adjective/adverb+as. eg. The service in this restaurant isn't as good as it was. (el servicio en este restaurante no es tan bueno como antes)

Comparative -After comparative+than or as. . . as we use an object pronoun (me,

Comparative -After comparative+than or as. . . as we use an object pronoun (me, her, etc) or a subject pronoun+auxiliary verb. Eg. ”My brother's taller than me” My brother's taller than I am” “He's not as intelligent as her” “He's not as intelligent as she is”