TO SHOW SIMILARITIES CONJUNCTIONS Sentence Connectors Coordinating Subordinating Others Paired Conjunctions

just like the same similarly likewise and .... (too) also too just as the same as the same ...... as equal equally not only .... but also as alike similar to both .... and

TO SHOW CONTRAST

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Sentence Connectors on the other hand in contrast however

Coordinating but yet

Subordinating although even though while whereas

Others different from unlike

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVE AND ADVERBS

ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS: -er than, the ...-est strict ADJECTIVES stricter than the strictest fast ADVERBS faster than the fastest Parents in the US are strict. Parents in Europe are stricter than in the US. Parents in Asia are the strictest. French is spoken fast. Italian is spoken faster than French. Spanish is spoken the fastest of all TWO OR MORE SYLLABLE WORDS: more/less than, the most/the least challenging ADJECTIVES more challenging than the most challenging casually ADVERBS less casually than the least casually Algebra is a challenging math class. Trigonometry is more challenging than algebra. Calculus is the most challenging math class. Elementary school teachers dress casually in the USA. High school teachers dress less casually. University professors dress the least casually of all.

WORDS ENDING IN -y, -le, -er easy, easier than, the easiest gentle, gentler than, the gentlest clever, cleverer than, the cleverest French is easier than German. Labs are the gentlest dogs in the world. Shes cleverer than her sister. IRREGULAR FORMS good, better than, the best well, better than, the best bad, worse than, the worst little, less than, the least Which country has the best schools? Some students learn better by listening than by reading. My high school math teacher was the worst teacher I ever had. She had little patience with the students.