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lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2011

Comparative adjectives/adverbs


Comparative adjectives


AdjectiveComparativeAdds & changes
shortshorterone syllable: +er
bigbiggerone vowel + one consonant: double final consonant
busybusierconsonant +y: y +ier
relaxedmore relaxedtwo or more syllables: more + adjective
good bad farbetter worse furtherIrregular




Comparative adverbs







AdverbComparativeAdverbComparative
RegularIrregular
quicklymore quicklyhardharder
slowlymore slowlywellbetter
badlyworse

Use comparative adjectives to compare people and things. My brother's shorter than me.
Use comparative adverbs to compare actions. He runs more slowly than me.
You can also use (not) as + (adjective/adverb) + as. I'm not as shorter as my brother.

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