This document provides instruction on how to compare things or people using comparative adjectives in English. It explains that to compare two things using a short adjective, we add "-er" to the adjective. To compare two things using a long adjective, we add "more" plus the adjective plus "than". Examples are given of short adjectives like "tall" and long adjectives like "intelligent". Readers are then given exercises to write comparative sentences using adjectives from a word bank to compare characters and pictures.

1. Tim
Tobby
Luke
Mary
Susie
Gina
When we compare two things or
people we add –ER THAN to a
short adjective.
Example: short + er
Luke is short.
Luke is shorter than Tim.
When we compare two things or
people we add MORE + ADJ +
THAN to a long adjective.
Example: intelligent
Susie is intelligent.
Susie is more intelligent than
Luke.
Look at the picture and write sentences using the adjectives from the box.
Example: Tobby is taller than Luke.
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tall – short – thin – fat – happy -
intelligent- pretty – handsome
Read and Write
A cat is faster than a mouse.
An elephant is ………………..(big) than a
tiger.
A tiger is …………………(tall) than a cat.
A cat is ……………....(thin) than a hippo.
A hippo is ………….….(fat) than a lizard.
A lizard is …………..….(long) than a dog.
A dog is ………………….. (short) than an
elephant.
A dolphin is more intelligent than a seal.
A seal is …………………………….( careful) than a
hippo.
A hippo is ………………………...(peaceful) than a
tiger.
A tiger is …………………………....(intelligent) than a
lizard.
A lizard is …………………………...(beautiful) than a
mouse.
A mouse is ……………………………(horrible) than a
lizard.
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2. Write sentences comparing the following things or person.
2 . Bilding 2 is ……………………………… bilding 3. (tall)
1
. Bilding 3 is ……………………………… bilding 1. (short)
3
. Sam is ………………………………… Tom. (rich)
. Tom ir ………………………………… Sam. (poor)
. Blancanieves is ……………………………… the wish. (beautiful)
. The wish is …………………………………. Blancanieves. (ugly)
. Sara is ……………………………………… Nelson. (good student)
. Nelson is ………………………………….. Sara. (bad student)
. Mrs. Brown is …………………………………. Mr. Brown. (thin)
. Mr. Brown is ………………………………….. Mrs. Brown. (fat)
IRREGULAR
good better little less
bad worse much more
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