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Comparative Adjectives: Slow Slower Heavy Heavier Dangerous More Dangerous

The document provides instructions on forming comparative adjectives in English. It explains that one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives typically take -er in the comparative form, while longer adjectives take "more". Examples are given of regular and irregular comparative forms. Tables then practice forming comparatives and writing comparative sentences.

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Comparative Adjectives: Slow Slower Heavy Heavier Dangerous More Dangerous

The document provides instructions on forming comparative adjectives in English. It explains that one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives typically take -er in the comparative form, while longer adjectives take "more". Examples are given of regular and irregular comparative forms. Tables then practice forming comparatives and writing comparative sentences.

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Comparative Adjectives

20 kg
50 kg

SLOW SLOWER HEAVY HEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

short words (1 syllable and 2 syllables)  - er long words (2,3,4 syllables)  more
difficult  more difficult
old  older slow  slower expensive  more expensive
warm  warmer cold  colder beautiful  more beautiful
big  bigger hot  hotter
blunt  blunter weak  weaker irregular comparative
cheap  cheaper easy  easier good  better far  further
bad  worse little  less
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Write thethe
Write comparative form:
comparative form: Write thethe
Write opposite:
opposite.
young ________________ younger __________________
long _________________ smaller __________________
strong _______________ taller __________________
big __________________ faster ______________
fast _________________ hotter __________________
sharp ________________ weaker __________________
easy_________________ easier __________________
cold_________________ cheap __________________
expensive ______________ better __________________

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. My house is (big) _____________than yours.


2. This flower is (beautiful) _________________than that one.
3. A holiday by the sea is (good) ____________than a holiday in the mountains.
4. The weather today is (bad) __________than the weather yesterday.
5. I think mathematics is (difficult) _____________than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a __________ one.


2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something ___________________
3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________________
4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were ___________________
5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is _____________________
6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ______________

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives


1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________

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