comparatives

// e.g. tall - taller; old - older // // e.g. funny - funnier; clever - cleverer; narrow - narrower; simple - simpler //
 * ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES AND TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES (ending in [-y], [-er], [-ow] or [-le]) **
 * Add [-er] **

// ** Spelling changes ** // - **adjectives ending in [-e]** only add [-r]: //late - later; safe - safer// - **adjectives ending in [-y]** -- the [-y] becomes [-i]: //happy - happier; funny - funnier// - **one-syllable adjectives ending in 1 vowel + 1 consonant** duplicate the consonant: //hot - hotter; fit - fitter//

Write **// more //** and the adjective // e.g. common - more common; tired - more tired // // e.g. intelligent - more intelligent; interesting - more interesting //
 * TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES (NOT ending in [-y], [-er], [-ow] or [-le]) AND THREE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES **

You use the same form for all adjectives, long or short. // e.g. John is **less** intelligent than Paul. //
 * //LESS// + adjective (menos...) **

// e.g. John is taller **than** Paul. // // e.g. John is more intelligent **than** Paul. //
 * THE COMPARISON CAN CONTINUE WITH //THAN// AND THE SECOND ELEMENT **

You use **//as ... as ...//** to indicate that two things or people are equal in some particular way. //e.g. John is as tall as Paul.// (John and Paul are the same height)
 * (NOT) AS ... AS ... (igual de ... que ... ; (no) tan ... como ...) **

You use **//not as ... as ...//** to indicate that the first thing or person is less ... than another one. // e.g. John is not as tall as Paul. // (= John is shorter than Paul)


 * IRREGULAR FORMS **
 * **ADJECTIVE** || **COMPARAATIVE** ||
 * good || //better// ||
 * bad || //worse// ||
 * far || //further / farther// ||
 * little (size) || //smaller// ||


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