Unit 105. Comparison 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.)
Unit 105; Part A

How shall we travel? By car or by train?
Let's go by car. It's cheaper.
Don't go by train. It's more expensive.
Cheaper and more expensive are comparative forms.
After comparatives you can use than (see Unit 107):
• It's cheaper to go by car than by train.
• Going by train is more expensive than going by car.
Unit 105; Part B

We use -er for short words (one syllable): cheap → cheaper fast → faster large → larger thin → thinner | We use more ... for longer words(two syllables or more): more serious more often more expensive more comfortable |
We also use -er for two-syllable words that end in -y (-y → ier): lucky → luckier early → earlier easy → easier pretty → prettier | We also use more ... for adverbs that end in -ly: more slowly more seriously more quietly more carefully |
Compare these examples: | |
• You're older than me. • The exam was fairly easy - easier than I expected. • Can you walk a bit faster? • I'd like to have a bigger car. • Last night I went to bed earlier than usual. | • You're more patient than me. • The exam was quite difficult - more difficult than I expected. • Can you walk a bit more slowly? • I'd like to have a more reliable car. • I don't play tennis much these days. I used to play more often. |
You can use -er or more ... with some two-syllable adjectives, especially: clever narrow quiet shallow simple • It's too noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter / more quiet? |
Unit 105; Part C

good / well → better
• The garden looks better since you tidied it up.
• I know him well - probably better than anybody else knows him.
bad / badly → worse:
• 'How is your headache? Better?' 'No, it's worse."
• He did very badly in the exam - worse than expected.
far → further (or farther):
• It's a long walk from here to the park - further than I thought. (or farther than)
Further (but not farther) can also mean 'more' or 'additional':
• Let me know if you hear any further news. (= any more news)
Exercises
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