COMPARATIVES White wine is good, but red wine is better 

Objectives: * Learn to form comparative adjectives. Practice using comparative adjectives in sentences.
Directions: Study the list of adjectives and comparatives provided, and use the comparative form in the sentences bellow. Use the suffix er to form comparative adjectives. Study the examples:
 

happy - happier	good - better	cold - colder
healthy - healthier	fast - faster	hot - hotter
nice - nicer	slow - slower	sweet - sweeter
pretty - prettier	big - bigger	short - shorter

Three syllable adjectives are preceded by more to form the comparative adjective. Study the examples:
 

interesting - more interesting

beautiful - more beautiful

intelligent - more intelligent

1. She is a pretty girl, but her sister is .
2. Yesterday was hot but today is .
3. That movie is good, but the one we saw Sunday was .
4. This book is (interesting )  than the one I read last week.
5. It is (important)  to go to class than to play cards.
6. That teacher is (interesting)  than the teacher we had last semester.
7. That house is not as big as ours, but its (nice) .
8. Those shoes are not as nice as the pair I bought last week, but they are (comfortable) .
9. The bedroom on the first floor is (large)  than the bedroom on the second floor.
10. Yes, but the bedroom on the second floor is (nice) .
11. English is difficult to learn, but Chinese is even (difficult) .
12. Pedro’s suitcase is heavy, but his sister's suitcase is (heavy) .
13. San Francisco is (small)  that Mexico City.
14. Mexico City is (noisy)  than San Francisco.
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