How to Improve English: Adjective and Adverb Comparatives

Comparative adjectives and adverbs are used to compare or contrast two people, things, or ideas and are usually separated by the word than.

If you want to form the comparative of an adjective or adverb, take the word and add -er to the end of it.

There are, of course, some exceptions. If the word ends in a -y, change the -y to -i and then add -er.

If an adjective or adverb is longer, usually with 2 or more syllables, leave the word as it is and just add the word "more" before it.

Examples:

dark: This shirt is darker than yours.

happy: I am happier today than I was yesterday.

difficult: Sherry thought that math was more difficult than science.

Here are some exercises for you to practice. The answers are in the comment section of this post for you to check your answers when you are finished.

Practice exercises:

1. She can run fast than Jim!
2. The baby woke up early than his mother.
3. The girl is ugly than her sister.
4. My brother is old than your sister.
5. It is much cold in Alaska than in Florida.
6. You have to be careful than she was when you jump.
7. John is strong than he was last year.