Comparative form of Adjectives
When we compare things, people or even ideas we look at what makes them different from each other.
Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the other. They normally come before any other adjectives.
FORMING THE COMPARATIVE
The way you form the comparative from an adjective depends – on the number of syllables and the spelling of the adjective.
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'.
For example:-
A motorway is wider than a road.
Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.
Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word.
For example: big - bigger
Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.
Add - er to the end of the word.
high - higher, Example: Mount Everest is higher than Mount Snowdon.
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'.
Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word.
Example: happy - happier
For example:-
Some people seem to be luckier than other people.
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'.
Place 'more' before the adjective.
Example: beautiful - more beautiful
For example:-
Arguably Rome is more beautiful than Paris.
For every rule, there is at least one exception and there are also irregular adjectives that you need to memorise as you come across them.
For example:-
- 'good' becomes 'better'
- 'bad' becomes 'worse'
- 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'
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