Let's look at the sentence pattern.

This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow.

Verb phrase is comparative adjective than verb phrase.

Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern.

Starting a business is easier than you might think. In this sentence, starting a business is the first verb phrase.

The verb in the phrase is starting.

The phrase is followed by is to connect it to the comparative adjective.

Easier is the comparative form of the adjective easy.

Following the comparative adjective of the adjective easy.

Following the comparative adjective is, then.

This connects it to the second verb phrase.

Make sure not to use the word then with an e.

The second verb phrase is, you might think,

with think being the verb.

Let's break down how we make the comparative form. It's an essential

part of this lesson. Comparative forms are usually formed based on the number of syllables

in the adjective. For one syllable adjectives, typically we add ER to the adjective. For example, old becomes older.

Clean becomes cleaner.

If the adjective ends in E, simply add R.

For example, safe to safer and nice to nicer. For adjectives ending in a single vowel followed by a

consonant, double the consonant before adding ER. For example, big to bigger and

hot to hotter.

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