BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-6.1

	6.1.	*Comparatives*

PRESENTATION

Use the comparative form to compare two things.

Regular adjectives

Add -er to short adjectives: younger, faster …

Use more/less with long adjectives: more beautiful, less expensive …

Irregular adjectives

Some adjectives are irregular.

than

Yоu often use than after the comparative adjective: Му car is faster than your car.

Kеу sреlling rules

Double the last consonant + -er for some one-syllable adjectives: hot → hotter, big → bigger …
Change у to i: hарру → happier, angry → angrier …

See more: Spelling rules⇒

Key vocabulary

Adjectives: young/old, fast/slow, cheap/expensive, big/small, good/bad, hot/cold, long/short,

tall/short, boring/interesting, dangerous, safe, beautiful, happy (short is the opposite of long and tall)

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