We all know this that when we talk about two things, we can always "compare" them to see whether they are the same or different. It can be they are the same in certain ways and different in others. We use comparative adjectives to describe these differences.

Speako Pro Tip

We use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things).

In this case, "bigger" is the comparative form for the adjective "big":

B1   A2

B1 is bigger than A2.

Formation of Comparative Adjectives

There are essentially two ways form a comparative adjective:

• For short adjectives add "-er"
• For long adjectives use "more"

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Speako Pro Tip

With certain 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" or "more":

quiet → quieter/more quiet

clever → cleverer/more clever

narrow → narrower/more narrow

simple → simpler/more simple

Exception: You cannot do the same with these adjectives because they have irregular forms:

good → better

well (healthy) → better

bad → worse

far → farther/further

Use of Comparative Adjectives

We genereally use comparative adjectives when we are talking about 2 things and no moe.(not 3 or 10 or 1,000,000 things, just 2 specific things).

Most of the time the comparative adjective is followed by "than".

Here are some examples:

• Jadon is 180 cms. He is tall. But Marcus is 185 cms. He is taller than Jadon.
• France is big but Russia is bigger.
• I want to have a more powerful smartphone.
• Is Spanish more difficult than English?

Lets say we are comparing two planets, Earth and Mars in this case, we can compare them as shown below:

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Speako Pro Tip #2

We do use comparative adjectives when comparingt two things but there are certain cases where one or both of the things may be a group of things.

• The Pacific is larger than all other oceans.

Here, we are talking about all the oceans in the world, but we are still comparing one thing(Pacific Ocean) to anotherr thing(all other oceans).

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