Comparative Adjectives: Grammar Made Easy: On Your Mark's English

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Tuesday Grammar Made Easy: Master comparative adjectives in 60 seconds! 🛠️✨

An infographic showing the rules for comparative adjectives with examples like smaller than and more expensive than.

Grammar Made Easy: Comparing things like a pro

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In daily conversation, we are always comparing things.

We talk about which phone is better, which city is bigger, or which food is tastier.

To do this correctly in English, you need to master the "Comparative Adjective" skeleton.

Short Words: The "-er" Rule 📏

For most short adjectives (one or two syllables), the rule is simple: add -er to the end of the word and follow it with than.

• "The cat is smaller than the dog."

• "I am taller than my brother."

  
  

Long Words: The "More" Rule 💎

Some words are too long to add "-er" to the end.

Words like "beautiful," "expensive," or "interesting" sound strange with "-er."

For these words, we keep the adjective the same and put more in front of it.

• "A diamond is more expensive than a rock."

• "This book is more interesting than the movie."

  
  

Common Pitfall 🛑

Don't use both! Many students say "more faster" or "more smaller."

Remember: use either -er OR more, but never both at the same time.

Your Turn

Let's practice! I want to know your preference: Which is better: coffee or tea?

Tell me in the comments down below using our new structure!

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