This document discusses comparative adjectives which are used to compare two people, ideas or things. It provides 5 rules for forming comparative adjectives from regular adjectives: 1) add -er for one syllable adjectives, 2) remove final y and add -ier for one/two syllable adjectives ending in y, 3) double the final consonant and add -er for adjectives ending in a single vowel+consonant, 4) add "most" before adjectives with two or more syllables, 5) some adjectives like good and bad are irregular and must be memorized. Examples are given to illustrate each rule.

1. Lookatthepicturesandtellmethe
adjectives

2. ADJ ETIVE
It is a word that describes
an animal, person, thing
or thought.
It names a person, an
animal, a place or a thing.
It is a "doing" or action

3. ¿WHATARECOMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES?
adjectives: are adjectives that
compare two people, ideas, or
Comparative
are used to
things.

4. The red apple is more
delicious thangreen
Mymother is
older thanbaby
EXAMPLES

5. With regular one syllable adjectives,
we add er = mas to make the
comparative form.
Examples:
small = smaller
old = older
RULE 1
Examples:
Riobamba is smaller than
Guayaquil .
The sentences form with
comparative adjectives + than.

6. With regular one and two syllable
adjectives that end in y, we
remove the y and add ier to
make the comparative form.
RULE 2 Examples:
crazy = craizier
happy =hapier
Example:
Maria is happier than Juan

7. With adjectives that end with a
single vowel followed by a single
consonant, the consonant isdoubled
and er is added
Examples: big =bigger
fat =fatter
Examples:
Guayaquil is bigger than
Carchi .
RULE 3

8. With two syllable adjectives that don
´t end in y ,and all three - syllable
adjectives we add the most before the
adjectives.
Examples:
beautiful = the most beautiful.
expensive = the most expensive
RULE 4
Examples:
The ford is the most
expensive of Ecuador

9. RULE 5
Examples:
good =better
bad =worse
far = farther/ further
Irregular adjectives don´t follow
these rules.
So, you must memorize them.
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Examples:
David is better than Juan

10. Rule 1 Rule 2
y = ier
Classify
Accordingtothe
grammar rules.
dangerous
fat
good
short
easy
er
Rule 3
C VC
Rule 4
more
Rule 5
Irregular