comparative adjectives

2. For short adjectives (one syllable)
add -er
• Examples:
• Cold colder
• Nice nicer
• Small smaller
• Light lighter
• Strong stronger
• Fast faster

3. Adjectives of 2 syllables or more
add ‘more’
• Examples:
• Common more common
• Awful more awful
• Modern more modern
• Nervous more nervous
• Comfortable more comfortable
• Beautiful more beautiful

4. One-syllable adjectives with one
vowel + ending in one consonant:
double the consonant + add -er
• Examples:
• Big bigger
• Hot hotter
• Thin thinner
• Sad sadder

5. Adjectives ending in
consonant + ‘–y’
change to -ier
• Examples:
• Friendly friendlier
• Noisy noisier
• Funny funnier
• Dry drier
• Rainy rainier
• Windy windier
• Sunny sunnier