Institución Educativa Particular

«Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe»

Comparatives

Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

big

bigger

big

bigger

tall

taller

tall

taller

small

smaller

small

smaller

fat

fatter

fat

fatter

happy

happier

happy

happier

fast

faster

fast

faster

pretty

prettier

pretty

prettier

sad

sadder

sad

sadder

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES One-syllable adjectives add –er for the

comparative. small nice big warm hot

smaller nicer bigger warmer hotter

* We use more and most before words ending in –ed, e.g. bored > more bored

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES We use more and most with two-syllable

adjectives not ending in –y, and with longer ones.

careful boring famous exciting reliable

more careful more boring more famous more exciting more reliable