Unit 3 Grammar Level 2, Blue Reading and Listening Book Comparative Adjectives Level 2: Blue Book What you need to know: What is an adjective? What is a syllable? What are vowels/consonants? Consonant + Vowel + Consonant Spelling Patterns Level 2: Blue Book Today, we will study: Why we use comparative adjectives How to make comparative adjective sentences Irregular comparative adjectives Level 2: Blue Book Syllable Review To understand the rules for comparative adjectives, you need to know how many syllables are in an adjective. A syllable is how many vowel sounds there are in a word. Shy, Tall, Short = 1 Syllable Happy, Ugly, Boring = 2 Syllables Amazing, Beautiful, Terrible = 3 Syllables Incredible, American = 4 Syllables Level 2: Blue Book We use Comparative Adjectives to compare nouns. Be Verb + Comparative Adjective + Than Greg is taller than Preston and Scott. Preston is shorter than Greg. Preston is taller than Scott. Scott is shorter than Preston and Greg. Tall and Short are one syllable adjectives. Pause the video. Look at the sentences. What is the rule for one syllable adjectives? Level 2: Blue Book Scott Preston Greg Adding –er to One Syllable adjectives Preston is shorter than Greg. If the adjective is one syllable, add –er to the end of the adjective + than If the adjective ends in –e, only add –r If the adjective ends in consonant + vowel + consonant… double the last consonant 1 Syllable Adjective Comparative Adjective Form Fast Faster than Shy Shyer than Close Closer than Big Bigger than Thin Thinner than Level 2: Blue Book 2 Syllable Adjectives Ending in Y In 2 syllable adjectives ending in y, change the y to i, add -er 2 Syllable Adjectives Ending in Y Comparative Form Ugly Uglier than Pretty Prettier than Happy Happier than Funny Funnier than Risky Riskier than Busy Busier than Lucky Luckier than Level 2: Blue Book 2 Or More Syllable Adjectives If the adjective is 2 syllables (not ending in Y), or more… more + adjective + than less + adjective + than 2 or More Syllable Adjectives Comparative Form Athletic More athletic than / Less athletic than Beautiful More beautiful than / Less beautiful than Expensive More expensive than / Less expensive than Brilliant More brilliant than / Interesting More interesting than / Less interesting than Boring More boring than Less boring than IMPORTANT: Do not use –er with the more/less form! Level 2: Blue Book / Less brilliant than Irregular Comparative Adjectives Adjective Comparative Form Good Better than Bad Worse than Fun More fun than I think that Maestro’s Pizza is better than Domino’s. The first Star Wars movie was bad, but the second movie was worse. I think English is more fun to study than math. I think Math is less fun to study than English. Level 2: Blue Book One more rule… no ‘than’? If we already know the object or if the subject and object are the same, don’t write ‘than’! Bill is very tall. Jim is taller. We don’t need to write “than Bill” because Bill was mentioned earlier. The weather is getting hotter. The subject and the object are the same, the weather is changing because of time. If you don’t see an object, you don’t need to write ‘than’! Level 2: Blue Book Quiz Time! Pause the video, answer the questions, then press play to check your answers. 1. Saudi Arabia ____________ Bahrain. a. is biger than b. is bigger than c. is bigger then d. is more big than 2. My score in orange was going, but my score in blue is going to be ______! a. better b. better than c. gooder d. gooder than 3. July in Saudi Arabia _________ than January. a. are hotter then b. is hotter c. is hoter than d. is hoter 4. Flying to Dubai is ___________ driving. a. easyier than b. easyer than c. easier d. easier than 5. I don’t like my iPhone3. I need a phone that ________. a. is more new b. is newwer than c. is newer d. is newer than 6. Hummus is delicious, but Kapsah is ___________. a. more delicious b. deliciouser c. more delicious than d. delicious Level 2: Blue Book Question 1 1. Saudi Arabia ____________ Bahrain. a. is biger than b. is bigger than Level 2: Blue Book c. is bigger then d. is more big than Question 2 2. My score in orange was going, but my score in blue is going to be ______! a. better b. better than c. gooder d. gooder than Level 2: Blue Book Question 3 3. July in Saudi Arabia _________ than January. a. are hotter then Level 2: Blue Book b. is hotter c. is hoter than d. is hoter Question 4 4. Flying to Dubai is ___________ driving. a. easyier than b. easyer than Level 2: Blue Book c. easier d. easier than Question 5 5. I don’t like my iPhone3. I need a phone that ________. a. is more new b. is newwer than Level 2: Blue Book c. is newer d. is newer than Question 6 6. Hummus is delicious, but Kapsah is ___________. a. more delicious b. deliciouser c. more delicious than d. delicious Level 2: Blue Book
