Comparatives with than

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In Bangkok, a bowl of pad thai costs about 60 baht at a street stall. The same dish in a restaurant costs 220 baht — almost four times more expensive. Street food is much cheaper than restaurant food.

Grammar Reference · Comparatives with than

Short adj. + -er +

Street food is cheaper than restaurant food. — Add -er to short adjectives.

more / less + long

Restaurants are more comfortable than street stalls. — Use more/less before long adjectives.

Irregular forms

Street food has better flavour. The service is worse than I expected. — good→better, bad→worse.

Spelling rules

big→bigger, cheap→cheaper, spicy→spicier. — Double final consonant or change y→i.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Comparatives with than

1.Istanbul street food is (cheap) than café food.

2.The flavour of fresh tacos is (good) than frozen tacos.

3.A restaurant meal is (expensive) than a street meal.

4.Street stalls are usually (busy) than restaurants.

5.Restaurant service is (slow) than street food service.

6.Home cooking is (traditional) than fast food.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.Street food is more cheap than restaurant food.

2.The flavour was more good than I expected.

3.Restaurants are comfortabler than street stalls.

4.The portion was more big than the one in the café.

5.Service in tourist restaurants is more bad than in local places.

6.Fresh ingredients are more affordable more than frozen ones.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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