1 – with short adjectives ( one or two syllables): rich, old, tall, high, hot, cold, fat, big, thin, sad, young, poor, large, small, easy, crazy, pretty, happy, strong, nice etc. formamos o comparativo de superioridade desses adjetivos acrescentando, geralmente, er ao final deles, seguido da palavra than ( do que). Observe os exemplos: I am richer than you. My father is older than my mother. You are stronger than me. Observações: a) Alguns short adjectives dobram a consoante final ao formar o comparativo de superioridade: Big – bigger than Hot – hotter than Father – father than Thin – thinner than Sad – sadden than b) Os short adjectives terminados por y precedido de consoante mudam o y por I, acrescentando er no final. Observe os exemplos: Happy – happier than Easy – easier than Pretty – prettier than Funny – funnier than Crazy – crazier than Lazy – lazier than Hungry – hungrier than c) irregular comparatives Alguns adjetivos formam o comparativo de superioridade de uma forma irregular. Observe: Good – better than Bad – worse than Your bicycle is better than mine. Today I am worse than yesterday.