Comparatives

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1.- Comparatives

The comparative form of an adjective is used for comparing two or more people or things (e.g. he is more intelligent than me) The formation of the comparative depends on the number of syllables in the adjective. Look at the following table:

SYLLABLES	ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE
One syllable adjectives	Old	Older than
One syllable adjectives ending in "e"	Fine	Finer than
One syllable adjectives ending in consonant + vowel + consonant	Fat Thin	Fatter than Thinner than
Two syllable adjectives ending in -y, -er, -ow, -le	Noisy	Noisier than
Other adjectives with two syllables	Famous	More famous than
Adjectives with three or more syllables	Difficult	More difficult than

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