Comparative adjectives.
Adjetives (definition) • Types of comparative forms •
Adjectives are words that describe, identify, or quantify 1. Superiority: Use More / -er and than to show
nouns and pronouns. They help to specify that the subject of the sentence has a high
our writing by offering more details about nouns and characteristic and the object has a low
pronouns. characteristic.
Ex: He is handsome. → adjective of description Keywords = More (más) → before the adjective
-er (más) → added to the adjective at the end
than (que) → after the adjective
That’s her Instagram. → possessive adjective
Ex: This class is more difficult than the previous one.
This song is really good.→ demonstrative adjective
My television is bigger than my computer.
Comparative adjectives (definition) Both adjectives express a higher characteristic but the
Comparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns way we form the spelling is different, check out the next
or pronouns — they help to describe differences rules to learn about it.
between them. • How to add “more” or “-er” to our adjective. •
Ex: My television is bigger than my computer. a) One syllable adjectives add –er.
(mi televisión es mas grande que mi computador) Ex: fast → faster / high → higher / cold → colder
difference expressed with comparative adj. b) One syllable or short adjectives, ending in C+V+C
(consonant + vowel + consonant), double the last
consonant and add –er.
We have 3 kinds of comparative adjectives, and all of Ex: hot → hotter / thin → thinner
them have a different formulation to be followed, so Exception: new → newer
read carefully the next information.
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c) With short adjectives ending in silent “e”, add only “–r” • Exceptions you should learn by memory •
Ex: nice → nicer / cute → cuter
a. A few two syllable adjectives can take either “–er” or
d) One or two syllable adjectives ending in “y”, change it “more” to make a comparative sentence.
to “i” before adding “-er”.
Ex: dry → drier / funny → funnier Quiet, polite, simple, friendly, lovely, and lively.
d) Adjectives with two or more syllables, add “more” Ex: my dog is friendlier than yours. ✓
before them. my dog is more friendly than yours ✓
Ex: common → more common
dangerous → more dangerous b. With these common one-syllable adjectives, you
should use “more” before them.
e) Irregular adjectives Real, ill, right, wrong and fun
good → better
bad → worse Ex: painting is more fun than reading✓
little → less
many, much → more c. Participle adjectives (-ed/-ing) add “more” before
far → farther the adjective.
As you can notice, we decide how to add the comparative Ex: This film is more interesting than Titanic.
endless depending on the number of syllables we have in My sister was more surprised than my mom
our adjective. We count them by the sound they make, and
not by the spelling as we use to do it in Spanish. Remember This is all for superiority form, it is time to continue with the
to study the irregular ones as well. other two forms…
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2. Inferiority: Use less + adjective + than to show BE CAREFUL!
that the subject of the sentence has a low In both inferiority and equality comparisons, the
characteristic and the object has a higher one. adjective can not be modified by adding superiority
rules.
Keywords = less (menos) → before the adjective
than (que) → after the adjective Ex: I am less taller than you
Yo soy menos más alto que tú
Ex: My dad is less old than my mom. I am less tall than you ✓
(The subject’s characteristic is lower than the object’s)
Ex : my sisters are as cleverer as me
3. Equality: Use as + adjective + as to say that mi hermanas son tan más inteligentes como yo
two things or people are the same in some way. My sisters are as clever as me ✓
Keywords = as (tan, tanto/a) → before the adjective Please study the rules carefully and translate what you
as (como) → after the adjective are writing or saying word by word, so you can see your
mistakes and fix them.
Ex: Bogota is as interesting as Buenos Aires.
(They both are equally interesting)
You can use the negative form of the verb to express
that the subject doesn’t have a similar characteristic
with the object. (that means, the opposite of similar)
Ex: Her computer is not as new as Mike’s.
(Mike’s is newer) Danyce’s Language Course
