By M.D. Sandra E.

Meza Pea
April 2007.

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Comparing

When comparing the objects or

animals or people you have to
use the following words with
an adjective or an noun or and
adverb
adjective +ER THAN
MORE +adjective THAN

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Small adjectives = Adjective +ER THAN

If the adjetive or adverb has just one syllabus, the comparative form used is ER
then add THAN.
Example.
Carlos is taller than Jose. (tall)
Maria is thinner than Fabiola. (thin)
Monterrey is bigger than Allende. (big)
The elephant is heavier than the hippo. (heavy)

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Some small adjective need to repeat the last consonant for not
changing their pronounciation. And the ones which end with
Y need to use i.
Example:
big
hot

= bigger
= hotter

heavy = heavier
dry
= drier

NOTE 1: The letter w, x, and y do not get a double.

NOTE 2: The following adjectives are the exceptions from the

rule.
Adjective
good
bad
far

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Comparative
better
worse
farther

Bigger adjectives = MORE+Adjective+THAN

If the adjetive or adverb has two or more syllabus, the

comparative form used is MORE + adjective + THAN.
Example.
Carlos is more handsome than Jose. (handsome)
Maria is more beautiful than Fabiola. (beautiful)
Susan is more intelligent than Raul. (intelligent)
This horse runs more rapidly than that one.
(rapidly)

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Adjetives
1 SYLLABE
BIG

SMALL

LONG

SHORT

BRIGHT

DARK

NEW

OLD

CLEAN

DIRTY

NICE

Not Nice

COLD

HOT

SOFT

HARD

FAST

SLOW

SWEET

SOUR

FAT

THIN

TALL

SHORT

HIGH

LOW

THICK

THIN

LARGE

SMALL

OLD

YOUNG

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2 Syllables
busy

Not busy

Heavy

Light

Dirty

clean

Lazy

Hardworking

Easy

Difficult (3)

Pretty

Ugly

Friendly

crazy

Not crazy

Funny

Un friendly
(3)
Not funny

*Slowly

Quickly

happy

Sad (1)

sunny

cloudy

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3 or more Syllables

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Artistic

Efticient

Attentive

Elegant

Attractive

Expensive

Beautiful

Generous

Comfortable

Important

Dangerous

Intelligent

Delicate

Intresting

Delicious

Obedient

difficult

popular

A laptop is more modern than a

desk computer.

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An electronic translator is better

than a dictionary.

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Play Time

Talk about the following pictures and create comparative

sentences. Use the adjectives shown below.
Modern pretty old new elegant

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Complete the sentences writing the adjective

in comparative form.
1.- Mexico City is ____________________________ than Monterrey. (Dangerous)
2.- Thalia is __________________________ than Paulina Rubio. (Good)
3.- My father is __________________________ than yours. (Tall)
4.- That house is ________________________ than this one. (Comfortable)
5.- Laura is __________________________ than Karla. (Intelligent)
6.- Mathematics is ________________________ than English. (Difficult)
7.- An elephant is ________________________ than a horse. (Heavy)
8.- Pizzas are ___________________ to prepare than hamburgers. (Easy )
9.- My little brother is ______________________ than me. (Short)
10.- These jeans are __________________ than those shorts. (big)

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More Comparative forms

Similar or not similar things
as _+adjective_as
not as _+ noun_ as
just as ________ as
just as many ________ as
as much ________ as
1. Maria has as many blouses as Teresa
2. Pedro is as smart as Juan.
3. I have just as many colors as you.
4. The house is just as big as yours.
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5. Joe ate as much cake as me.

A dicman is not as modern as an

ipod.

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A cellphone is as useful as a radio.

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More Comparative forms

less ________ than

less _+adjective_ than
less _+noun_ than

1. I have less money than yesterday

2. We are less lazy than last semester.
3. Peter is less talkative than Tom
4. You have less classes on Fridays than Mondays.

A cellphone with a camera

included is less expansive than a
digital camera.

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More Comparative forms

1.
2.
3.
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4.

Enough
be _+adjective_ enough
be+not _+adjective_ enough
have enough _+noun_
dont have enough _+noun_

Montemorelos is big enough.

Its not beautiful enough.
It has enough companies.
It doesnt have enough entertainment
places.

More Comparative forms

1.
2.

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3.
4.

Too
be too +adjective_
be+not too _+adjective_
have _+noun_, too.
too much _+adjective_

Mexico City is too crowded.

Its not too clean.
It has too many companies, too.
Theres too much traffic there.

Talk about your City. What is

it like? And compare it with

another
city.
Use the comparatives
and evaluative forms.

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Use adjectives and lot of nouns for describing

your city.

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Now, Its time for

practicing in the book!