Comparatives, Short and Long Adjectives - Common Core

 

Comparatives: Short and long adjectives

A-      Short Adjectives:

Rule: Adjective + er + than

Example: -Jane is taller than Sara

       Adjectives in Consonant + vowel + consonant: Hot, big.

Example: -Hot => Hotter than (hot + t + er + than)

                 -Big => Bigger than (big + g + er + than)

Adjectives ending in Y

Example: -Pretty => Prettier than (prett + i + er + than)

                  -Jane is prettier than Sara

Exceptions:

adjectives	comparatives
Good Bad Far	Better Worse Farther

 

 

 

 

B-      Long Adjectives

Rule: More + adjective + than

Example: Expensive => more expensive than

This jacket is more expensive than that one.