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Topic Summary - Adjectives / Adverbs & Comparisons

- I am right, aren’t I?
What is in this unit?

• Making Comparisons
• Comparative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
• Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
• Other Comparing Structures

• Using Different Structures in Comparison

In this unit you will learn to use …

• comparisons.

- It is a well-known fact that sound waves pass through solid structures more easily than through the air.
- I am sorry for not having informed you about the case earlier.

• comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs.

- The habit of moving around in large groups is commoner / more common in fish than in any
other animal species.

- The exam we took yesterday was simpler / more simple than the one last week.

• superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.

- Neptune, which orbits the Sun at an average distance of 4.498 billion km, is the furthest planet from the Sun.
- Bill, who was the eldest of a family of seven, had to work day and night to take care of them.

• other comparing structures.

- As it is too cold to go out tonight, let’s stay in and watch a movie together.
- I think we have enough food for all the guests, so we don’t have to order any more.
- It is lucky of you to have children with such good manners.
- The city has so stunning a view that it has millions of visitors every year.

- We had such a complicated exam that almost nobody could pass it.
- His films are such that they are watched by millions of people as soon as they are released.

• different structures in comparison.

- As the report suggests, we are as successful as our rivals in the market.
- Things may not go so perfectly as they should, but this shouldn’t mean you will give up.
- I know that Frank isn’t so rude as to break anyone’s heart.
- Such a selfish person as Samuel doesn’t deserve to be in such an important position.

- My way of life is quite different from that of yours.
- The older we grow, the wiser we become.
- A: What kind of clothes do you usually buy?
B: The cheaper, the better.

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