GRAMMAR
COMPARATIVES
English comparatives and superlatives, present no difficulty because they always remained basically the same structure. Still, here's how they form and we will highlight some exceptions.
- COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES.
- When the adjective has one syllable, we add "-er".
- When the adjective has more than two syllables, we use "more... than".
- When there is a difference and we use "-er", "more" or "less", we use "than".
- COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY.
- Less is used in the singular only with substances: less money, less milk, less water,...
- Fewer is used in the plural only with individual objects, people, etc.: fewer children, fewer cars, fewer bottles of milk, etc.
- More is used in the singular and in the plural.
Study
Here you are a list of the main comparatives and its structure depending on the length of the adjectives:
Study
Here you are a list of the main comparatives and its structure depending on the length of the adjectives:
- When the adjective has one syllable, add "-er":
- long------------longer
- short-----------shorter
- old-------------older
- small-----------smaller
- tall-------------taller
- new------------newer
- near------------nearer
- slow------------slower
- BUT
- safe------------safer
- big-------------bigger
- thin------------thinner
- AND
- good-----------better
- bad------------worse
- far-------------further
- far-------------farther
- When the adjective has two syllables, add "-er" or use "more":
- heavy--------heavier
- lucky---------luckier
- noisy---------noisier
- sunny--------sunnier
- BUT
- modern-------more modern
- handsome----more handsome
- famous-------more famous
- When the adjective has three syllables or more, use "more":
- dangerous--------- more dangerous
- interesting--------- more interesting
- exciting------------ more exiting
- important---------- more important
- beautiful----------- more beautiful
- expensive --------- more expensive
- economical--------- more economical
- comfortable --------more comfortable
- significant --------- more significant