ESL Grammar: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES (6) – “more + adjective”

This ESL grammar lesson teaches students when to use “adjective + -er” and when to use “more adjective,” followed by a short quiz to reinforce the lesson.

ESL Grammar: What is a Comparative Adjective?

Comparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns, showing how one differs from the other in terms of a particular quality. For longer adjectives (usually two or more syllables), we use “more” before the adjective to make comparisons.

Structure:

• More + Adjective + Than

Examples:

• Beautiful → More beautiful: This painting is more beautiful than that one.
• Interesting → More interesting: The movie is more interesting than the book.

ESL Grammar: When to Use “More + Adjective + Than”

1. For Adjectives with Two or More Syllables: Use “more” before the adjective to form the comparative.
   • Beautiful → More beautiful
   • Interesting → More interesting

The beginner-level grammar lesson below introduces the concept of comparative adjectives (more + adjective) in a clear and simple manner to help young ESL learners to understand this concept. Our series of ESL grammar lessons on subjects and verbs introduce these concepts and reinforce them through helpful and instructive exercises.

This lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more English grammar lessons focusing on all different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and lots more!) in our comprehensive, beginner-level ESL grammar textbook Great, Great Grammar! (Book 1: Parts of Speech).