Click to hear your teacher read the examples below:

•  Saving money this year has been more difficult than last year.

•  Japanese cars are much better than most American cars.

•  Spanish is an easier language to learn than English.

Note: It's not always necessary to use "than"

•  Compared to last year, saving money this year has been more difficult.

• Compared to American cars, Japanese cars are much better.

• Compared to English, Spanish is an easier language.

The comparative form is used to show the difference between two things or two people, two groups of things, or two groups of people.

There are rules for using the comparative form. The table below will help you.

There are some exceptions: good, bad, far, and fun are adjectives that don't follow the rules when making the comparative form.