Contents
- Comparatives & Superlatives
- Irregular forms
- Adverbs
- Making comparisons
- Intensifiers

Comparatives & Superlatives
- One syllable words:
long   -   longer   -   the longest
big     -   bigger   -   the biggest
dry     -   drier     -    the driest

- Two or more syllables:
modern - more modern - the most modern
interesting - more interesting - the most interesting

- Special cases:
+ common - commoner - the commonest
+ common - more common - the most common
+ clever
+ handsome
+ easy, pretty, lazy

Irregular forms

Adverbs
- Same rules with adjectives
+ Could you drive more slowly, please?
+ Can you work more quickly?
+ He studies harder than I do.
+ He ran faster than other competitors.
+ Jim arrived later than most guests.
+ The teacher could speak louder than all students.

Making comparisons
than & auxiliaries
- Mary is better than Monica.
- Mary is a better player than Monica.

- Mary plays better than Monica does.
- Mary plays better than Monica.
- You've done more work than I have.
- You've done more work than me.

more & less
- This game is more interesting than the last one.
- This game is less interesting than that one.

Equal comparison
- Mary is as good as Cathy.
- Mary is as good a player as Cathy.
- Cathy is not so/as good as Mary.
- Cathy is not so/as good a player as Mary.

Intensifiers
a bit, much, a lot, far
- This house is much/ a lot/ far bigger than that one.

- The Italian film was much more interesting than this one.
- That film was far less frightening than this one.