What subject are you best at?

U3.2
GRAMMAR: Modifying comparisons
VOCABULARY: Price and value
Speaking
1. How much would you pay for _____ if you could pay what you
want? Explain your answer.
Speaking
1. Where do you go to treat yourself to a special meal?
2. How much do you charge for private ________ classes?
3. When there is a sale, do you take advantage of it and go
shopping?
4. Are you a good bargainer?
5. If you could pay what you want for a T-Shirt, how much would you
pay for a ESPOL T-shirt?
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Speaking
1. Are you happier now than you were a year ago?
2. What’s the most difficult decision you’ve had to make?
3. What job is more demanding, a nurse or an engineer?
4. What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you?
5. Do you agree with the following: ‘The more expensive, the better
quality.’
GRAMMAR: Comparative & Superlative
GRAMMAR: Comparative & Superlative
 GRAMMAR: The Comparatives
Comparative Examples
Short adjectives adj + er short- shorter
funny- funnier
Adjectives ending in y adj -- -y + ier
healthy- healthier

Long adjectives
(with 2 or more syllables) more + adj important- more important
GRAMMAR: The Superlative form

Short adjectives The+ adj + est The kindest

Adjectives ending in y The-- - y + iest The silliest
Long adjectives The+ most+ adj The most popular
Regular adverbs The+ least+ adv The least carefully
GRAMMAR: The Comparative form: equal qualities

Structure EXAMPLE
Riding a bike is as easy as skating.
AS + ADJECTIVE + AS Math is as difficult as English
Guayaquil is not as big as New York.
 GRAMMAR: Modifying Comparisons
BIG DIFFERENCE: SMALL DIFFERENCE:
far / a lot / much / whole a lot / way + slightly / a bit / a little +
comparative comparative
✓This film is far better than the one ✓I’m felling slightly better than
we saw last week. yesterday.
✓The weather is a lot colder this year. ✓This year is a bit more difficult
✓That exercise is much more difficult. than expected.
✓Your cake is way bigger than mine. ✓Your phone is a little smaller
than mine.
✓The price can be a whole lot more
expensive.
 GRAMMAR: Modifying Comparisons – as … as
BIG DIFFERENCE: SMALL DIFFERENCE:
nowhere near/not nearly + as … as almost / nearly + as …… as
✓There aren't nearly as many people
here today as there were yesterday. ✓David is almost as tall as Michael.
✓There are nowhere near as many ✓David is nearly as tall as Michael.
people here today as there were
yesterday. ✓(Michael is only a little taller than
David.)
✓(There were far more people here
yesterday than there are today.)
GRAMMAR: Modifying Comparisons
NO DIFFERENCE BIG DIFFERENCE:
just + as … as by far + superlative adjectives

✓A new phone can be just as ✓The economy is by far the

expensive as a new computer biggest issue in the campaign.
these days.
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