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Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Adjectives can also be Comparative – this means that they mean “more + adjective.”
With most short adjectives (1 or 2 syllables), you add “-er.”
- big à bigger
- funny à funnier
- fast à faster
With longer adjectives, you add the word “more.”
- important à more important
- interesting à more interesting
- beautiful à more beautiful
*If an adjective ends in “consonant-y,” you have to change the y to i, then add -er. (funnier, easier)
*If an adjective ends in “vowel-consonant,” you have to double the consonant, then add –er. (bigger, thinner)
Write the Comparative form of the adjectives below:
| happy ____________ | hot ____________ |
| comfortable ____________ | exciting ____________ |
| fat ____________ | sunny ____________ |
| silly ____________ | complicated ____________ |
| tall ____________ | cold ____________ |
| intelligent ____________ | big ____________ |
| sad ____________ | contagious ____________ |
| funny ____________ | ugly ____________ |
| crazy ____________ | pretty ____________ |
| cheap ____________ | disgusting ____________ |