I. Say the statement: The basketball player is taller than the football player.

Who is taller, the basketball player or the football player? The basketball player is taller than the football player.

We use comparative adjectives to compare two nouns. We use "er" at the end of the adjective to talk about the differences.

Example: Is the zebra faster than the snake?

Yes, it is.

If the adjective has a short vowel sound, we double the last letter in the adjective when we make the comparative adjective

Example: thin (short "i" sound) - thinner

If the adjective ends in "e", we only add "r" when we make the comparative adjective

Example: nice - nicer