Unit 3 Grammar
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Comparative Adjectives
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What you need to know:
What is an adjective?
What is a syllable?
What are vowels/consonants?
Consonant + Vowel + Consonant Spelling
Patterns
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Today, we will study:
Why we use comparative adjectives
How to make comparative adjective sentences
Irregular comparative adjectives
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Syllable Review
To understand the rules for comparative adjectives,
you need to know how many syllables are in an
adjective.
A syllable is how many vowel sounds there are in a word.
Shy, Tall, Short = 1 Syllable
Happy, Ugly, Boring = 2 Syllables
Amazing, Beautiful, Terrible = 3 Syllables
Incredible, American = 4 Syllables
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We use Comparative Adjectives to compare nouns.
Be Verb + Comparative Adjective + Than
Greg is taller than Preston and Scott.
Preston is shorter than Greg.
Preston is taller than Scott.
Scott is shorter than Preston and Greg.
Tall and Short are one syllable adjectives.
Pause the video.
Look at the sentences.
What is the rule for one syllable adjectives?
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Scott
Preston
Greg
Adding –er to One Syllable adjectives
Preston is shorter than Greg.
If the adjective is one syllable, add –er to the end of the adjective + than
If the adjective ends in –e, only add –r
If the adjective ends in consonant + vowel + consonant…
double the last consonant
1 Syllable Adjective
Comparative Adjective Form
Fast
Faster than
Shy
Shyer than
Close
Closer than
Big
Bigger than
Thin
Thinner than
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2 Syllable Adjectives Ending in Y
In 2 syllable adjectives ending in y, change the y to i, add -er
2 Syllable Adjectives Ending in Y
Comparative Form
Ugly
Uglier than
Pretty
Prettier than
Happy
Happier than
Funny
Funnier than
Risky
Riskier than
Busy
Busier than
Lucky
Luckier than
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2 Or More Syllable Adjectives
If the adjective is 2 syllables (not ending in Y), or more…
more + adjective + than
less + adjective + than
2 or More Syllable Adjectives
Comparative Form
Athletic
More athletic than
/ Less athletic than
Beautiful
More beautiful than
/ Less beautiful than
Expensive
More expensive than
/ Less expensive than
Brilliant
More brilliant than
/
Interesting
More interesting than /
Less interesting than
Boring
More boring than
Less boring than
IMPORTANT: Do not use –er with the more/less form!
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/
Less brilliant than
Irregular Comparative Adjectives
Adjective
Comparative Form
Good
Better than
Bad
Worse than
Fun
More fun than
I think that Maestro’s Pizza is better than Domino’s.
The first Star Wars movie was bad, but the second movie was worse.
I think English is more fun to study than math.
I think Math is less fun to study than English.
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One more rule… no ‘than’?
If we already know the object or if the subject and object are the same, don’t write ‘than’!
Bill is very tall. Jim is taller.
We don’t need to write “than Bill” because Bill was mentioned earlier.
The weather is getting hotter.
The subject and the object are the same, the weather is changing because of time.
If you don’t see an object, you don’t need to write ‘than’!
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Quiz Time!
Pause the video, answer the questions, then press play to check your answers.
1. Saudi Arabia ____________ Bahrain.
a. is biger than b. is bigger than c. is bigger then d. is more big than
2. My score in orange was going, but my score in blue is going to be ______!
a. better b. better than c. gooder d. gooder than
3. July in Saudi Arabia _________ than January.
a. are hotter then b. is hotter c. is hoter than d. is hoter
4. Flying to Dubai is ___________ driving.
a. easyier than b. easyer than c. easier d. easier than
5. I don’t like my iPhone3. I need a phone that ________.
a. is more new b. is newwer than c. is newer d. is newer than
6. Hummus is delicious, but Kapsah is ___________.
a. more delicious b. deliciouser c. more delicious than d. delicious
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Question 1
1. Saudi Arabia ____________ Bahrain.
a. is biger than b. is bigger than
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c. is bigger then
d. is more big than
Question 2
2. My score in orange was going, but my score in blue is going to be ______!
a. better b. better than c. gooder d. gooder than
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Question 3
3. July in Saudi Arabia _________ than January.
a. are hotter then
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b. is hotter
c. is hoter than
d. is hoter
Question 4
4. Flying to Dubai is ___________ driving.
a. easyier than
b. easyer than
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c. easier
d. easier than
Question 5
5. I don’t like my iPhone3. I need a phone that ________.
a. is more new
b. is newwer than
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c. is newer d. is newer than
Question 6
6. Hummus is delicious, but Kapsah is ___________.
a. more delicious
b. deliciouser c. more delicious than d. delicious
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