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Adjectives, Adverbs & Comparisons

• Making Comparisons
• Comparative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs

• Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
• Other Comparing Structures

• Using Different Structures in Comparison

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:

• 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 do not 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 should not mean you will give up.
- I know that Frank is not so rude as to break anyone’s heart.
- Such a selfish person as Samuel does not 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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