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Study the tables. Table A shows the regular -er form of adjectives and Table

B shows the irregular -er form of adjectives.

Table A Table B

black → blacker brave → braver

bold → bolder fine → finer

clean → cleaner pure → purer

fast → faster busy → busier

hard → harder heavy → heavier

rich → richer lazy → lazier

poor → poorer fat → fatter

short → shorter mad → madder

strong → stronger red → redder

weak → weaker wet → wetter

Practice Time 2

A. Write -er form of the following adjectives.

1. busy ______________ 2. pure ______________

3. poor ______________ 4. fast ______________

5. clean ______________ 6. tall ______________

7. small ______________ 8. weak ______________

B. Fill in the blanks with the -er form of the adjectives given in brackets. One

has been done for you.

taller
1. Devika is _____________ than Nidhi. (tall)
2. Today is _____________ than yesterday. (hot) Adjectives

3. The box is _____________ than the ball. (heavy)

4. Mohit is _____________ than Ali. (strong)

5. The cup is _____________ than the plate. (clean)

6. The man is _____________ than the boy. (fat)
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