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Comparatives - All Things Grammar. Quality ESL grammar worksheets, quizzes and games - from A to Z - for teachers and learners. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES. Try the interactive version of the above quiz!
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Test your knowledge of comparatives with this online quiz. You will learn how to form and use comparatives with adjectives and adverbs, and how to avoid common mistakes.
To make comparative forms with one-syllable adjectives, we usually add -er: old → older. clean → cleaner. slow → slower. If an adjective ends in -e, we add -r: safe → safer. nice → nicer. If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we usually double the consonant: big → bigger.
We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons: This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive. I'm feeling happier now. We need a bigger garden. We use than when we want to compare one thing with another: She is two years older than me. New York is much bigger than Boston.
When we want to compare two or more things, we can change the form of adjectives by adding –er or –est. We can also use extra words like more or most and expressions like not as … as . Here are some examples:
Learn how to compare things or people using 'as ... as', 'than', 'far', 'much', 'a lot', 'less ... than' and 'comparative and comparative'. See examples, exercises and explanations.
Comparative adjectives, such as bigger or better, compare two nouns. Superlative adjectives, such as biggest or best, compare one person or thing against a whole group. Regular comparative and superlative adjectives are formed with -er/est or more/most. Learn the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjective in English grammar.
