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Comparatives of superiority

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY (+)

I) HOW TO BUILD

1)  1 syllabe => "-er" :

  old --> older

   small--> smaller

     

2)  1 syllabe ending in "consonant-vowel-consonant" =>  double consonants:

   hot--> hotter

   sad--> sadder

   slim--> slimmer         

3)  Adjectives with 1 OR 2 syllabe(s) ending in -y => "-i  + er" :

   shy--> shier             

    happy--> happier

   easy--> easier

4)  Adjectives with 1 syllabe ending in "-e", add "-r" :

   ripe--> riper                

   nice--> nicer

5)  Other adjectives with 2+ syllabes (without a final -y) =>  "more" :

   famous--> more famous

   beautiful--> more beautiful

   interesting--> more interesting

6) Irregular forms:

   good--> better     

   bad--> worse       

   far--> farther      

     

7) 2-syllable adjectives ending in -ow, -le, -er can  have a compative with MORE / "-er" :

  narrow -->   narrower   OR  more narrow                  

   clever-->   cleverer  OR  more clever                 

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II) HOW TO USE:

   Sonia is young   but   Suzanne is younger.

   Suzanne is younger than Sonia.

     An armchair is more comfortable than a chair.

OTHER EXAMPLES:

n°1       

             Stuart                Mike

                            tall   Stuart is taller than Mike.

                             fast   A plane is faster than a car.

n°2               

                             big   The cat is bigger than the mouse.

                            thin   The organizer is thinner than the medical book.

n°3           

                          pretty  The dove is prettier than the bat.

   dry   The Sahara desert is drier than savanna.

n°4            

   large   A bus is larger than a car.

   fine  In Summer the weather is finer than in winter.

n°5               

                            dangerous   A shark is more dangerous than a clown-fish.

                            expensive   A castle is more  expensive than a house.

n°6  

                              far  The sun is farther than the moon.

n°7     2x + 3 = 5  //    x² - 3x + 1 = 0

                           simple  The 1st equation is simpler to solve than the 2nd one.

  OR           more simple to solve than the 2nd one.

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