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    3A comparatives and superlatives: adjectives and adverbs comparing two people, places, things, etc. 1 My sister isa bit taller than me, @u) London is more expensive than Edinburgh, Thistestisless difficule chan the last one Olive ils better for you than butter. 2 The new sof I don'thave as many booksas Lused to. ‘tas comfortable as the old 1 Weuse comparative adjectives to compare two people, places, things, ete: + Regular comparative adjectives: spelling rules, old> older big>bigger —easy> caster modern> moremodern — diffcal> moredficut + Irregular comparative adjectives: good> better ad> worse far> further + One-syllable adjectives ending in ed bored>morebored stressed > morestressed tired > more tired 2 Wecan also use (not) as-+ adjective + asto make comparisons, Potton ie hint ater than ‘After than or as we can use an abject pronoun (ie, him, her,etc) or a subject pronoun (he, she, etc} +auniliary verb, ‘She's taller than me. OR She's taller than am. NOT She's taller than Theyre not as busy as us. OR They'e not as busy as we are. NOT Theyternot asbusy 2s we. the same os ‘We use the same as to say that two people, places, things, etc are identical Her dress isthe same as mine. a Complete with the comparative or superlative of the bold word (and than if necessary). What's the fastest way to getacross London? fast 1 [think skiingis 2 Amororbike is horse-riding. easy scooter, powerful 3 think that travelling by train is _ ‘comparing two actions My father drives faster than me. You walk more quickly than | do. Liverpool played worse today than last week. 2 Maxdoesn't speak English as well as his wife does. I don'tearn as mach as my boss @2) 1 We use comparative adverbs to compare two actions. + Regular comparative adverbs: spelling rules Jfost> faster slouly>moreslowly careully> more carefully + Irregular comparatives: well> better — badly > worse 2 We can also use (not) as-+ adverb + asto make comparisons. superlatives, Kevin is the tallest playerin the team, Oslo is the mast expensive capital city in Europe, ‘The small bag s the least expensive. Lucy isthe best student in the clas. Who dresses the most stylishly in your family? “That's the worst we've ever played. @13)) + Weuse superlativeadjectives and adverbs to compare people, things, or actions with ll of thei group. + Form superlatives like comparatives, but use -est instead of -er and most | least instead of more les. + We normally use the before superlatives, but you can also use possessive adjectives, e.g. my bes friend, their most famous ong, + We often use a superlative with present perfect + ever, eg l'sthe best book Tew ever read PD inate supettives sein or of before places ater spertatve W'sthetngestbregen he wor NOT of he word I's the beat each rgland NOT of rend formot 1b Complete with one word. Going by motorbeat is more exciting than travelling by ferry Accoach isn'tas comfortable an W's nost expensive car we've ever bought ‘The traffic was worse _we expected, 1 3 3 4 Thisisthelongest journey ve 5 6 transport. relaxing beenon, 4 You walk do. slowly. He gets home late, but his wife arrives later than s time ro travelison holiday weekends. bad ‘The ___ interesting place I've ever visited is Venice. 6 Pye ever drivenis from London to Heaye home at the same time _my brother. Edinburgh. far 7 The London Underground is New York, old 8 Thisis, coach I've ever been on. hot 9 Of all my family, my mums ‘the subway in 8 Hedrives carefully than his girlfriend he's never had an accident. 9 Wedon't goabroad__ofienas we used to. 10 What's the longest motorway the UK?

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