ESL Grammar
Introduction to Comparative Adjectives
In this ESL grammar exercise, students learn to add "-er" to adjectives for the purpose of comparing two things.
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Comparative Adjectives (1)
You can also add –er to adjectives. “-er” means “more.” (If you use “adjective + -er, you have to use “than,” too.)
· “Bigger” = “more big” · “Happier” = “more happy”
*If you add –er to an adjective that ends in y, you have to change the y to i, and then write –er.
· Wrong: funnyer (x) · Right: funnier
Fix the mistakes in the sentences below:
1. I am bigger you. ________________________________________
2. The airplane is big than the car. ________________________________________
3. My dog is funnyer than my cat. ________________________________________
4. You slower than me. ________________________________________
5. English is easy than math. ________________________________________
6. My father is younger than my brother. ________________________________________
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