Regular Comparatives in adjectives Comparatives are used to

RULES RULE 1. One syllable adjectives add -ER. “Travelling by bus is cheaper than

RULES RULE 2. If the adjective finishes in a consonant+vowel + consonant, double final

RULES RULE 3. One or Two-syllable adj. ending in consonant+“y”=i “Eating fruit is healthier

RULES RULE 4. 2 Syllable adjectives not ending in -y use “more”. “Working is

RULES RULE 5. Two or more syllable adjectives use “MORE” before the adjective: “Travelling

Rules for regular comparatives ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1. -ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE CHEAP-ER RULE 2.

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1 FASTER TALLER COLDER RULE 2 SADDER HOTTER FATTER BIGGER RULE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE PRETTY PRETTIER BUSY BUSIER FUNNY FUNNIER FRIENDLY FRIENDLIER HEALTHY HEALTHIER RULE 5

Irregular comparatives in adjectives “Helen speaks French better than Philip” ”IRREGULAR BETTER “Sally drives

Regular-Irregular comparatives in adverbs ADVERB QUICKLY SLOWLY IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE HARDER WELL BETTER BADLY WORSE

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

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

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Regular Comparatives in adjectives Comparatives are used to compare people, places, things or actions. “He's taller than them” “They are shorter than him” It always goes “than” after the comparative:

RULES RULE 1. One syllable adjectives add -ER. “Travelling by bus is cheaper than travelling by plane”

RULES RULE 2. If the adjective finishes in a consonant+vowel + consonant, double final consonant+ -ER “Australia is bigger than Europe”

RULES RULE 3. One or Two-syllable adj. ending in consonant+“y”=i “Eating fruit is healthier than eating meat”

RULES RULE 4. 2 Syllable adjectives not ending in -y use “more”. “Working is more boring than playing games”

RULES RULE 5. Two or more syllable adjectives use “MORE” before the adjective: “Travelling by plane is more expensive than travelling by bus”

Rules for regular comparatives ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1. -ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE CHEAP-ER RULE 2. - THIN-HOT-BIG THIN-NER, HOT-TER, BIG-GER ONE SYLLABLE ADJ WITH A CONSONANT-VOWELCONSONANT PATTERN (CVC) SLOW GREY SLOW-ER, GREY-ER EXCEPT Y/W RULE 3. - 2 SYLLABLE HEALTHY ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -Y= EASY I+EST HAPPY PRETTY HEALTH-IER, EAS-IER, HAPP-IER, PRETT-IER RULE 4. -2 SYLLABLE ADJ NOT ENDING IN Y- BORING MORE BORING RULE 5. - TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES ADJ. =MOST EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE 1 FASTER TALLER COLDER RULE 2 SADDER HOTTER FATTER BIGGER RULE 3 NOISY NOISIER

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE PRETTY PRETTIER BUSY BUSIER FUNNY FUNNIER FRIENDLY FRIENDLIER HEALTHY HEALTHIER RULE 5 BEAUTIFUL MORE BEAUTIFUL EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING

Irregular comparatives in adjectives “Helen speaks French better than Philip” ”IRREGULAR BETTER “Sally drives worse than Anna. BAD WORSE “My house is further from school than yours” FAR FURTHER TIRED MORE TIRED GOOD “She's more stressed than you” “I'm more tired than him” “John is more bored than her” STRESSED MORE STRESSED

Regular-Irregular comparatives in adverbs ADVERB QUICKLY SLOWLY IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE HARDER WELL BETTER BADLY WORSE MUCH MORE MANY MORE LITTLE LESS MORE QUICKLY MORE SLOWLY

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. She doesn't drive as fast as her brother””Mario is as tall as her”

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