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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY SPELLING RULES FOR THE -ER SUFFIX: The general rule is to add -er to the adjective in the positive form, but there are some rules we have to follow: 1- When the adjective ends in -e we only add *r”: Ex: nice + nicer IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES: To form the comparati superiority we have to foll these rules: ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE: We add -er to the adjective. | Ex: She is taller than me. } This car is faster than his. | TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES: | We also add -er when the | adjective has two syllables and | ends in: \ -er-clever > cleverer | -y ~ happy + happier 1 -le - gentle +gentler | -ow = narrow narrower | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' ' ! Good + BETTER Bad > WORSE Far > FARTHER / FURTHER The second term —_ of comparison is introduced by “than” Ex: The I* exercise is tt 1 1 ' ' ! i ' I I 1 1 I ' I i ' ! ' ' I i ' ! ' ' I i ' ! ' ' I I ' I ' ' I ' ' I ' ' I | | | ' | easier than the 2” one. | ' ' ' ' \ ' ' \ ' ' ' ' \ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' \ \ \ ' \ ' \ ' ' \ \ ' ' ' L ' 2- With one syllable adjectives | ending in only one consonant | and preceded the final | consonant by only one vowel, we double the final consonant: big > bigger hot + hotter Remember that we say: He is shorter than me BUT For the rest of two syllable | | He is shorter than I am. adjectives and adjectives of more than two syllables, we ' ' ' ' ' ' ' use more before the | We can use expressions like "a bit’ / much +. the | | 3 Those adjectives ending in -y 1 1 t ' 1 t t t { | preceded by a consonant | { t t t t { adjective: comparative of the adjective: Peat 1" They are more intelligent it change "y” into “i” and then | eecy Petre igs He is a bit taller than me. Bethe Sor sumtx: Her car is much more expensive than mine. happy > happier heavy + heavier I I She’s more beautiful than me. ; ' I oh

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