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Comparative Short Adjectives Add Sally Carol Shorter Shortly

Question Sally is _________ than Carol.
A short
B shorter
C shortly
D the shortest
Answer b
Remark We use comparative adjectives to compare two people/things. When we use a comparative adjective in front of a noun we add ‘than’. To make a comparative form of short (one syllable) adjectives we add –er.

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