Comparative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons

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esl library comparative adjectives what are adjectives adjectives are words that describe nouns adjectives can give us information such as the size or age of noun adjectives can also tell us someone's opinion about noun or describe how someone is feeling we use comparative adjectives to compare two people places or things comparative adjectives tell us how one noun is different from the other for example she is taller than him this painting is more beautiful than that painting my brother looks happier than my sister how are comparative adjectives formed in english it depends on how many syllables the adjective has for one-syllable adjectives we add to the adjective for example short becomes shorter if the adjective ends in consonant vowel consonant pattern we double the final consonant before adding for example big becomes bigger for two syllable adjectives that end in we change to and add for example hungry becomes hungrier and noisy becomes noisier for adjectives that are two syllables or more we use the word more before the adjective for example modern becomes more modern and expensive becomes more expensive some comparative adjectives in english don't follow the usual rules for example the adjective good becomes better in the comparative form bad becomes worse and far becomes farther or further the most common sentence pattern for comparative adjectives in english is subject plus verb plus comparative adjective plus than plus object let's look at some examples of comparative adjectives in sentence the blue house is bigger than the yellow house rock music is better than classical music my dog is lazier than my cat the singer is more famous than the actor my boots are more expensive than your shoes look at the adjective say or write the comparative adjective for example tall taller now you try thanks for watching you