Comparative adjectives - Third Grade

1. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES

2. Bugs Bunny is faster than the
worm
(Bugs Bunny es más rápido que el gusano)

3. BTS is more famous than
MENUDO
(BTS es más famoso que Menudo)

4. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES

5. RULES: (reglas para formar los
comparativos)Short adjectives: add –er
(a los adjetivos cortos les agregamos er)
examples COMPARATIVE
FORM
1 - syllable adjectives
(adjetivos de una sílaba)
Old →
Fast →
Older than
(mayor que)
Faster than
(más rápido que)
2 - syllable adjectives ending in –y
(adjetivos de dos sílabas que terminan en “Y”)
en “Y”)
Happy →
Easy →
Happier than
(más feliz que)
Easier than
(más fácil que)
Variation: if the adjective ends in
consonant, vowel, consonant,
double the last consonant
(si el adjetivo termina en consonante, vocal,
consonante, se repite la última consonante)
Big →
Hot →
Bigger than
(más grande que)
Hotter than
(más caluroso que)

6. RULES:
Long adjectives: add “more”
(a los adjetivos largos les agregamos la
palabra “more”)
examples COMPARATIVE FORM
2 - syllable adjectives not ending in –y
(adjetivos de dos sílabas que no terminan en -y)
famous →
modern →
More famous than
(más famoso que)
More modern than
(más moderno que)
3 or more syllables
(adjetivos de 3 o más sílabas)
difficult→
expensive →
popular →
More difficult than
(más dif{icil que)
More expensive than
(más costoso)
More popular than
(más popular que)
Irregular adjectives
(adjetivos irregulares)
good →
bad →
better than
(mejor que)
worse than
(peor que)

7. Make comparisons:
Paolo Guerrero is better than
Cristiano Ronaldo

8. Lima is bigger thanArequipa
BIG

9. Puno is colder thanTarapoto

10. July’s
hair
Jake’s
hair
LONG
July’s hair is longer than Jake’s hair

11. Jlo is more famous than
Angelina Jolie.

12. Math is more difficult than P.E.