The

comparative
of adjectives

GRAMMAR

LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE

Beginner A1_2023G_EN English
Goals

■ Learn how to form

comparative adjectives

■ Practise using comparative

adjectives to talk about
your home

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My bedroom has many windows. My
bathroom has no windows. My
bedroom is brighter than my
bathroom.

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Comparative adjectives

■ Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between two things.

■ When you are comparing things, than is placed after the comparative adjective.
The construction is as follows:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object)

For example:
■ My cat is cuter than yours.
■ George is taller than Sally.

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 big

Your new apartment is really big.

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 small

My apartment is small.

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 bright

Your apartment is bright.

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 dark

My apartment is dark.

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 quiet

I don’t hear any traffic and it is quiet.

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Forming comparatives

For short words, we add –er to mean more.

adjective comparative

bright brighter

dark darker

small smaller

big bigger

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Match the pictures to the sentences

1. Your apartment is big.

2. Your apartment is bright.

3. My apartment is small.

4. My apartment is dark.

A B C D
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Fill the gap with the comparative

1. My living room is _______________ than my bedroom.

a. big b. brighter c. small d. dark

2. My bathroom is ______________ than my kitchen.

a. big b. bright c. smaller d. dark

3. My bedroom is _______________ than my bathroom.

a. bigger b. bright c. small d. dark

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 Choose the correct adjective

small
Which room is _______________?
smaller

brighter
My bathroom is _______________.
smaller

bigger
Which room is _______________?
big

bigger
My bedroom is _______________.
darker

bright
Which room is _______________?
brighter

brighter
My kitchen is _______________.
darker

bright
I like _______________kitchens!
dark

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 noisy

I hear lots of traffic and it is noisy.

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 messy

My room is messy and I need to clean it.

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 tidy

My room is tidy and everything is put away.

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Change –y to -i

If the word ends in –y, we change it to –i and then add -er.

adjective comparative

noisy noisier

messy messier

tidy tidier

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Fill the gaps

1. I hear a lot of traffic. My apartment is _______________.

a. noisy b. quiet

2. I don’t hear any traffic. My apartment is _______________.

a. noisy b. quiet

3. I cleaned my apartment and put everything away. My apartment is _______________.

a. tidy b. messy

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Which word is not comparative? Make a sentence with each

quieter noisier messier

tidier small bigger

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Fill in the gaps

_______________ bigger
_______________
small
_______________ brighter
_______________
dark
_______________ quieter
_______________
noisy
_______________ messier
_______________
tidy

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 Practise saying these words

A B

noisy noisier

C D

tidy tidier

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 cheap

I don’t pay much money and my house is cheap.

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 expensive

I pay a lot of money and my house is expensive.

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 traditional

My house is old and it looks traditional.

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 contemporary

My house is new and it looks contemporary.

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Use more

• For longer words, we use more and we don’t add -er. We add the word more
before the adjective to make it comparative.
• This is normally when the adjective has three or more syllables.

adjective comparative

expensive more expensive

traditional more traditional

contemporary more contemporary

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Irregulars

■ Here is a list of some of the most common irregular comparative adjectives.

Adjective Comparative

good better

bad worse

much more

little less

far further

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Compare these two images. Try and use as many irregular
comparative adjectives as you can.

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Which words describe this picture?

tidy bright traditional cheap

messy dark contemporary expensive

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 Describe your home

more traditional

tidier messier
quieter
brighter
bigger noisier
more
expensive cheaper
more contemporary
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Ask questions to compare your homes

I hear a lot of traffic. Do you hear a lot of

traffic?

No, I don’t hear any traffic. My home is

quieter.

Ask questions using the comparative adjectives from this lesson to

learn about other people’s homes.

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Reflect on the goals

Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check

if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

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Reflect on this lesson

Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.

What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________
If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again

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Exercise p. 9: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B
Exercise p. 10: 1. brighter 2. smaller 3. bigger
Exercise p. 11: Which room is smaller? My bathroom is smaller. Which room is
bigger? My bedroom is bigger. Which room is brighter? My kitchen is brighter. I
like bright kitchens!
Exercise p. 17: 1. noisy 2. quiet 3. tidy
Exercise p. 18: small
Exercise p. 19: big, bigger, small, smaller, bright, brighter, dark, darker, quiet,
quieter, noisy, noisier, messy, messier, tidy, tidier
Exercise p. 26: tidy, bright, traditional or contemporary, cheap or expensive
Answer key
Homework

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 Complete the table

contemporary _______________

_______________ more traditional

expensive _______________

_______________ cheaper

bright _______________

_______________ darker

messy _______________

_______________ tidier

noisy _______________

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Text at the beginning

Go back to the text on page 3

and find examples of
the grammar topic of this lesson in it.
Write them down.

Copy parts of the text

that are examples of

topic of the lesson.

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Find the verbs

Find the adjectives in this lesson and write them down.

Which are new? Do you know all of them?
Look these words up.

adjectives

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Sentences in the first person plural

Choose five sentences from this lesson.

Copy them and write them about your home.

Examples:

My living room is more contemporary.

→ My living room is more traditional.

My bedroom is brighter.

→ My kitchen is brighter.

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Exercise p. 33: contemporary, more contemporary, traditional, more traditional,
expensive, more expensive, cheap, cheaper, bright, brighter, dark, darker, messy,
messier, tidy, tidier, noisy, noisier
Homework answer key
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