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Comparative - English lesson

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- We add er to short adjectives which contain one syllable:

       EX :  adj + er + than

        fast --> faster

- We add r to short adjectives ending in e :

           EX :   adj + r + than

          safe --> safer

- We must double the consonant when short adjectives end with one vowel and one consonant :

EX : big -->bigger + than

- We must change  y to i  and add  er to adjectives with two syllables ending in y :

EX : busy --> busyier  --> busier + than

_ We usually add more or less to other adjectives with two or more syllables :

EX : more + adj + than

         more beautiful 

         less + adj + than 

- less expensive

EXCEPTIONS :

    bad --> worse

    good --> better

    far --> farther/further

EXERCISE  : Write the comparative form .

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1. A tortoise is not (+ fast) than a rabbit.

2. There is nothing (+ good) than success.

3. This exercise is (+ easy) than the others.

4. My mother is (+ young) than my father.

5. Today, the weather is (+ bad) than yesterday.

6. For some people, reading is (- interesting) than using a computer.

7. Old people are (+ wise) than young people.

8. The school is (+ far) away than the market.

9. These shoes are (+ big) than your feet.

10. Our house is (+ expensive) than my father's car.