Students will be able to use adjectives to describe people and customs and will be able to use the superiority, inferiority and equality comparison through the written texts.

Dear students the present guide has the pedagogical intention, to know about adjectives, comparatives ans superlatives, and how we can use them in oral and written texts. Can you describe a landscape?

Comparative Adjectives

When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them. We can see if they are the same or different. Perhaps they are the same in some ways and different in other ways. We can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences.

We use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things).

Formation of Comparative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or to "form" a comparative adjective:

• short adjectives: add "-er"
• long adjectives: use "more"

Short adjectives: add -er	examples
1-syllable adjectives	old, fast
2-syllable adjectives ending in -y	happy, easy
RULE: add "-er"	old ? older
Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r	late ? later
Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant	big ? bigger
Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i	happy ? happier

Long adjectives: use more	examples
2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y	modern, pleasant
all adjectives of 3 or more syllables	expensive, intellectual
RULE: use "more"	modern ? more modern expensive ? more expensive

Retrieved from: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-comparative.htm

EXAMPLES

“I think Diwali is more colourful than the Chinese New Year.”

“I think the food at Thanksgiving is nicer than the food in Diwali”.

“In my opinion, tamales are spicier than turkey.

“I think the sweets of Diwali are sweeter than the oranges of Chinese New Year.

“Chinese New Year lasts longer than Colombian Christmas.”

“In my opinion, a Thanksgiving meal is bigger than a Diwali meal.”

Examples

1. The hotel room is larger than my bedroom at home.
2. An elephant is bigger than a horse.
3. Today’s test was easier than last week’s.
4. My new pillow is softer than my old one.

1. Keeping in mind the examples presented, solve this exercise.

2. Complete the sentences using the comparative form of the adjective in brackets

a. Jake's room is ________ than Larry's room. (small)

b. The blue car is __________ than the black car. (nice)

c. This exercise is ___________ than that one. (boring)

d. His pullover is ____________ than his jeans. (dark)

e. Susan's hair is ____________ than my hair. (long)

f. George is ______________ than Robert. (funny)

g. My result in the test was _____________ than Harry's. (good)

h. Gold is _______________ than silver. (expensive)

j. Christine is _______________ than Alice. (smart)

k. Football is ____________ than handball. (popular)

Please, write five (5) sentences using adjectives to compare different elements.

AND SELF EVALUATION

• 1.What I have learned?

• 2.What was easy from the lesson?

• 3.What was difficult?

Here you can find some pages to practice about comparatives

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/comparative-adjectiv...

https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/a2_comparative...

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