20 => | Making comparisons Comparative adjectives © Comparative with er ‘One-sylable adjectives, nd two-sylbl adjectives ending in generally ad ero smake the comparative frm (ith ychangng to). Adjectives ending ine add only. ‘all smaller cary earer” lt, later 1 Comparatives with more Other adjectives of wo or more lables, use more oe © Comparatives with er or more ‘smal group oft sllabe adjectives have bot forms. Examples ar © Irregular comparaives Tergular comparaives ood, beter bad wore Noe that farther has two ings 8 normal meaning of mor far, and another meaning of st more How much further do we have to go? (more fr) an ely advise you ny further. (mos) (td has regula fer older and an repula form elder tht wed a an a for people erpecilly members of fly. This my elder sister Superlatives Superlatives follow smile roles to comparative in paragraphs 1 and 2 above One small, mailer the ast erly erly, he eater, the rexting the moe interesting teresting, moe it Ieee fers ae Comparatives of adverbs © Adverbs follow the same rules a adjectives (One slab fat foster the fate ‘wo slabs ending -y ere, he erie ‘Two ot more syllables: fiend, more ls efcent th most lesen © The adverts well and ba well te the best badly worse, he worst(GRAMMAR 20 MAKING COMPARISONS. ‘Making comparisons © The simplest kindof comparison uses har You lok younger than your brovier «© Comparatives can be repeated to suggest continuing change This son stems to be getting longer and longer Jin started fosing more and more tired. (Comparatives canbe made stronger or weaker by using these words stronger: much fir alot This book is much alte more expensive 1 Note this construction that repeats the word the The faster you dr, the more petrol you use Sorry, but this ithe es can d Tried my best. best man win, {his can refer to two or more people Comparative clauses with than Food hee fz more expensive than thought 9 Wun Gust) as. as ign the county iat expensive as ving in Lond 8 With suck. ar ve never Ben 0 such a god party a hao © With a supertative adjective and present perfect simple, often with evr © When we compare actions we can ute an aur atthe en of the sentence. You pod more or your car han me, OR You pd more or your car han | id Note how modals ke caw are epeted, but other webs use a farm of do, More and most describing quantity Mos people enjoy gong othe each, Tve got more 5 haveFIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE 11 Putone suitable word in each space My brother ito yeas Ole 28a me The tran takes jos. ong asthe bs T thought the second hotel we stayed in was ore friendly Unfortunately we are well off than we used tbe het exercies com tbe ating harder and Jean doce need at mich help a Hs 2 Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning. 1illcan run fsterthan Peter Peter atta fas. aioe. thought his journey would last longer thn it did This ourmey dia [aid arrive acai a expected Tarrved You are working too slow Youll hae to haves brother who is older than me havea. Martin thought the second part ofthe lm was more interesting Martin didnt think the fist, Pauls work ses cael than before Paula hasbeen working There est any trains erir than thi one This Allother cas re farther way. This ete Tsthisthe best rice you canoer?GRAMMAR 20 MAKING COMPARISONS. 3 Complete each sentence withthe most suitable word or phrase 1 realy hk that pologting i norm YH cn do, Anotaemoch as Balt Cthekast Dasfaras Amoceandmore Bworseand worse Coolie and D further an elder, sther Although Brenda came la, everyone agro ee had her best Adon ‘Binade Chad Dest {wish Charles worked a ard Mar Adid Bean cw Daves The more you wate this plan the wil gow Abest Bull ‘Cweter Diaser rom now on, we wont be bl to go out as mich as we Awere Bhad Cured Dwi 7 Tenever owned independent at a this one Asmorethin Bauch an Caso Das much an Bian has been working since he was promoted Amuchharder Bas ard CCjustasiedly | Dore barely Te ben feeling. tired ately, doctor Asucha Bthemost (Cmoreand more Dmuch his exrsse wil ge you practice 4 Putone suitable word in each space beginning withthe letter given 1s Wiliam sing any bn today? Breryone ate alt, but Chis ate the m 3. 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George sald he could do any could George sud it to This Years exam anda year exam were equal dificult. jst, This earsexam Tas years exam,GRAMMAR 20 MAKING COMPARISONS Complete the text with a word or phrase from the box. Use each word once only. a ‘convenient fst P more b asfactas Aangeroas 1 iter 41 more and more best casi safarther F moet a beter efficient 2 health than © cheapest faster 0 juss tthe Fst of al, walking is sometimes (1)... quickest mean of traveling short stances, can 60 Be the (2) venus & Gy ante, andi obviously the (©) avon to, unless you count the cost of shoes! OF course, the (4) You have 1090, the (5) ted you become, though you might tik that walking (6). than traveling by bus or ay, noe you get more execs Infact canbe (7) unbeay, because you breathe in poisonous fumes as you walk along the rad, and es robably more (8) nn Being & desis (9) nn Beng driver or passengee OF curse, traveling by car isch (10) 4 mere (81) ne WON gong On FON, BU 26 es become more and more rove, parking is geting harder and harder and the traffic traveling (12) nn SOM. Generally Speaking public anspor is ior (13) nny 86 & BUS OF tam caries more peopl, though I probably it (14) enn Inga CAE On the ther Nand, cas CUE (18) acs OF the potion in cies 0 Es (16)... to avid using your caf possible a ey tHe (17) nn Way of WavEing Is probably on a bike, wich keen YOU (18) venenn 29 5 ROt SO ney (19) na tore O ct but this ‘can aso be dangerous, 2d you can sl have 2 prablem wth poisonous hues. Peta te (20) thing to dost stay at home geet emFIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE 7. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning 1 Thats the best meal ve ever eaten, veneer bed. The doctor cal see you earlier than Wednesday, Tn aad Wednesday Tamu havea ret cant wale any m Mobile phones used to be mach more expensive Mobile phones aren [dont Know at much talan a Sue does Thought tha earning te drive would be dificult, but ist Babaracan skate ust aswell John can John ist Key points 1 Check pling rules for comparative and superlative adjectives, In onerylableajectve ending with one consonant, double the fina bie bigger the beget ‘none two-sllabe adjectives ending with-y, change yt happy happier the happet Adverbs frm comparatives and superlatives ike adhectivs the fastest Alaris are ofen used atthe end afa comparative clause to avoid repeating, the eb, Wendy works tice shard ad, (OT er work) +See Aso ‘Conzlidaton s: Units 17-20FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE spiders spent lovely doy 8 Harry once cowed 9 20 lometres an hour (Chanel Tunnel 5 French dink rath acu to lay the piano 1 onthe whole pea of danger 9 ‘the cog channel iexy 10 the Beckof my neck 91-0 the the, the the Grammar19 3 Neither singer! of 4 5 All the people we 9 bering loudly 0 Each ofyouderrves UL deserve promoti B 2 Tread both Boke u bat didnt ikeeither 15 ofthe. 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