Comparatives: short adj.

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In Mexico, breakfast is bigger than a typical Japanese meal. A popular dish is chilaquiles — fried tortillas with a spicy sauce. The meal is filling and common in most Mexican homes. In Italy, the meal is smaller than breakfast in Nigeria or Mexico.

Grammar Reference · Comparatives: short adj.

Comparatives: short

Mexico's breakfast is bigger than Japan's. — add -er to short adjectives.

Spelling: double the

This bag is bigger. That town is hotter. — big → bigger, hot → hotter.

Spelling: -y → -ier

Chilli sauce is spicier than miso soup. — spicy → spicier, easy → easier.

Using 'than'

Italian breakfast is smaller than Nigerian breakfast. — always use than to compare two things.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Comparatives: short adj.

1.A bowl of rice is than a cornetto.

2.Fresh bread is than old bread.

3.Akara is than a pastry.

4.Street food is usually than restaurant food.

5.Chilaquiles are than miso soup.

6.The Italian breakfast is than the Nigerian one.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.Mexico's breakfast is more big than Japan's.

2.This sauce is spicyer than that one.

3.Italian breakfast is small than Nigerian breakfast.

4.Fresh fish is nicer then frozen fish.

5.Akara is more cheap than a restaurant meal.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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