1.- COMPARATIVES (una actividad)

Se utilizan para comparar una cosa con otra. Los encontramos en oraciones donde dos sustantivos son comparados, siguiendo el patrón:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

This car is better than my motorcycle.

Marissa is happier than my brother.

This garden is bigger than my old house.

COMPARATIVOS REGULARES

Adjetivos de una sílaba

A los adjetivos regulares se les agrega la terminación -er para convertirlos en un comparativo.

Nota: si el adjetivo cumple con la regla de los tres uno (Es de una sola sílaba, termina en una sola consonante, y antes lleva una sola vocal) se duplica la última consonante antes de agregar -er.

Ejemplo:

Fat + t (última consonante) + er = fatter

*ADJECTIVE*	*COMPARATIVE*	*EXAMPLE*
Tall	Taller	Marissa is taller than Jo.
Fat	Fatter	Paulo is fatter than Kyle.
Big	Bigger	My house is bigger than yours.
Sad	Sadder	She’s sadder than her ex boyfriend.

Adjetivos de dos sílabas

Los adjetivos de dos sílabas pueden terminar en -er o estar precedidos por “more”.

Para los adjetivos terminados en 'y', se añade una 'i' al formar el comparativo. Ejemplo: Happy - Happier.

*ADJECTIVE*	*COMPARATIVE*	*EXAMPLE*
Happy	Happier	Mario looks happier than last week.
Simple	Simpler	This painting is simpler than the one I painted.
Busy	Busier	Angie has a busier schedule than Joan.
Tangled	More tangled	My hair is more tangled than Christina’s.

Adjetivos de tres sílabas

A los adjetivos de tres o más sílabas son precedidos por “more”.

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE	EXAMPLE
Important	More important	My mental health is more important than university.
Expensive	More expensive	A car is more expensive than a bike.

ADJETIVOS IRREGULARES

No siguen una regla específica debido a que cambian su estructura completa.

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE	EXAMPLE
Good	Better	I’m better at singing than Monica.
Bad	Worse	The weather is worse than yesterday.
Little	Less	Today is less sunny than yesterday.
Much	More	I like you more that when you were young.
Far	Further/Farther	You can go futher than 50 miles, come on!