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Comparative structures - Coggle Diagram
Comparative structures
Ways to compare
Short adjective+ER
Older
Younger
Short adjectives ended in Y - IER
Easier
Heavier
Long adjectives: MORE+ adj
more beautiful
Irregular adjectives
good= better
bad= worse
Use of THAN after the comparative form of the adjective
Lucia is Taller than Ricardo
Water is better than soda
size of the difference
small difference
a bit
barley
slighty
marginally
Big difference
far
way
infinitely
not
a good deal
significantly
much
a lot[
loads
considerably
decidely
nothing loke
nowhere near
no difference
just
every bit
Repeated comparatives
things that are increasing or decreasing
the birth rate is getting lower and lower
Double comparatives
describe cause and effect
the more i wait to the bathroom, the worse my health gets