Comparative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

- Elementary Level
- Comparative forms of shorter adjectives
- Formation
- Examples



Comparative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

  Formation
Adjectives               Comparatives          

  • one-syllable adjectives

    - add -er at the end


clean
cold
great
hard
low
new
small
weak
cleaner
colder
greater
harder
lower
newer
smaller
weaker
  • many one-syllable adjectives end with
    a single consonant after a single vowel


    - double the last consonant
big
fat
sad
thin
wet
bigger
fatter
sadder
thinner
wetter
  • many one-syllable adjectives end with -e       

    - add -r at the end
fine
large
late
nice
safe
finer
larger
later
nicer
safer
  • many one-syllable adjectives end with -y
    with a consonant


    -y is replaced by -i
busy
dirty
early
heavy
ready
busier
dirtier
earlier
heavier
readier
  • irregular comparative forms

    - learn by heart :)
good
bad
far
old
better
worse
farther or further
older or elder


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