ingilizce dersler ve testler: Unit 13 / Comparative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

Unit 13 / Comparative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

Longer Adjectives	Shorter Adjectives	Usage and Formation	Exercises
Comparative Forms of Shorter Adjectives
Formation		Adjectives	Comparatives
one-syllable adjectives - add -er at the end		clean cold great hard low new small weak	cleaner colder greater harder lower newer smaller weaker
many one-syllable adjectives end with a single consonant after a single vowel - double the last consonant		big fat sad thin wet	bigger fatter sadder thinner wetter
many one-syllable adjectives end with -e - add -r at the end		fine large late nice safe	finer larger later nicer safer
many one-syllable adjectives end with -y with a consonant -y is replaced by -i		busy dirty early heavy ready	busier dirtier earlier heavier readier
irregular comparative forms - learn by heart :)		good bad far old	better worse farther or further older or elder