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Luís A. P. Varela Pinto
2001
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• Adjectivos (3)
• Few / a few; little / a little (5)
• Passive voice (7)
• Reported speech (10)
• Some / any / no; every; each other / one another (12)
• Vocabulary: family relations (16)
• Relative clauses (18)
• Simple present v. present continuous (20)
• Simple past v. present perfect (22)
• Verb tenses (24)
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Adjectives
COMPARATIVES: as… as, -er than, the same as , the same… as, different from
a as… as, -er than
Look at these sentences:
Alan is taller than Bob, but he isn't as tall as David.
David is older than Clive.
Clive's shoes are as big as Bob's.
The information in these sentences comes from this table:
Height (m)
Age
Shoe size
Alan
1.78
19
46
Bob
1.69
18
45
Clive
178
17
45
David
1.81
18
43
USING THE TABLE, MAKE MORE SENTENCES ABOUT THE BOYS. USE THESE PHRASES: taller than, shorter than, as tall as; older than, younger than, as old as; bigger than, smaller than, as big as.
b
the same… as , different from
Look at these sentences:
This is the same as mine.
Your coat is the same colour as my gloves.
Their view is different from mine.
When we use the same to make comparisons, we also use as.
PUT AS, THAN OR FROM IN THE FOLLOWING:
1. his name is the same _________ our teacher's.
2. This is a very different size ___________ that.
3. London is bigger ___________ Paris.
4. Tom isn't ________ clever _________ Kate.
5. She's about the same age _______ my sister.
6. Her ideas are completely different _________ yours.
COMPARATIVES: -er, more
Look at these sentences:
Mount Everest is higher than Mont Blanc.
Gold is more expensive than silver.
We make the comparative of short adjectives with -er ,
e.g. smaller than, higher than, hotter than
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WITH -ER THAN OR MORE… THAN USING THE ADJECTIVES