Saturday, November 5, 2011

comparatives in English

If an adjective has one syllable, you make the comparative form by adding "er" to the end:

brown -> browner
green -> greener
red -> redder (double 'd')
cold -> colder
hot -> hotter (double 't')


If an adjective has 2 syllables and it ends in 'y', you change 'y' to 'ier':

sunny -> sunnier
funny -> funnier
cloudy -> cloudier
windy -> windier


if an adjective has 2 or more syllables, you put 'more' at the beginning:

purple -> more purple
wonderful -> more wonderful
interesting -> more interesting