Comparative and superlative adjectives - Superiority

The basics

 

Superiority

 

SHORT ADJECTIVES

Look at the following examples:

1. Some countries are greener than others

2. Some renewable energies are cheaper than fossil fuels

3. Plastic consumption is higher than ever before.

 

GREEN, CHEAP and HIGH are short adjectives with 1 syllable.

In the comparative form, you add – er + than.

 

LONG ADJECTIVES

 

5. Growing crops becomes more difficult than in the past.

DIFFICULT is a long adjective. With 2 or more syllables. You add more + adjective + than.

6. Today, air pollution is getting worse than it was just 20 years ago.

WORSE is the adjective BAD in its comparative form.

Exceptions

Like in French, some adjectives are irregular in their comparative form