SESSION 5 - Comparisons (I)

Remember:
COMPARATIVE FORM

adj + ER + than
( one/two syllable ADJ)

She’s taller than me

more + adj + than
(3 or more syllables ADJ)

This is more difficult than I thought

less + adj + than
(3 or more syllables ADJ)

Goths are less dangerous than Punks

•Some adjectives have irregular forms:
Good => better/Bad => worse/Far => farther/further

•Double consonant:
hot > hoTTer ; thin > thiNNer ; cruel > crueLLer.

•Y becomes I:
prettY > prettIer, scarY > scarIer.