Comparative structures

Comparative structures

Guess- What is?

• The more you have, the less you see

• The more it dries, the wetter it gets.

• It's harder to catch, the faster you run.

Multiple Choice

Compartive structures showing two things changing or developing together

• These people have literally no further to fall than the pavement breath

• The public are much more likely to pick up coffe

• Change Please is the more successful of two projects

• The faster it happens, the better it will be

• Easily the most successful venture to date...

Multiple Choice

Comparative instead of superative when two things in a group

• These people have literally no further to fall than the pavement breath

• The public are much more likely to pick up coffe

• Change Please is the more successful of two projects

• The faster it happens, the better it will be

• Easily the most successful venture to date...

Multiple Choice

Intensified comparatives for emphasis

• These people have literally no further to fall than the pavement breath

• The public are much more likely to pick up coffee

• Change Please is the more successful of two projects

• The faster it happens, the better it will be

• Easily the most successful venture to date...

Multiple Choice

Intensified superaltive for emphasis

• These people have literally no further to fall than the pavement breath

• The public are much more likely to pick up coffee

• Change Please is the more successful of two projects

• The faster it happens, the better it will be

• Easily the most successful venture to date...

Multiple Choice

Irregular comparative

• These people have literally no further to fall than the pavement breath

• The public are much more likely to pick up coffee

• Change Please is the more successful of two projects

• The faster it happens, the better it will be

• Easily the most successful venture to date...

Irregular adjectives:

• far - further - the furthest

• little - less - the least

• much/many- more - the most

• good- better - the best

• bad - worse - the worst

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Like

• similar to

• when we compare 2 nouns

• example: people like Liam like The Big Issue

• like and such as to give examples

• examples: skills like/such as to give examples

• Notice: the position and use of ALIKE

• example: It benefits the suppliers and homeless alike.

As

• to talk about a job or function

• example: being trained as baristas, work as a team

• in certain phrases

• example: As everyone in a city knows, ...

• example: Liam sees this as...

• + pronoun / verb

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Fill in the Blanks

The rate of unemployment hasn't increased quite as much this year compared to previous years. SLIGHTLY

This year the rate of unemployment has increased

did in previous years.

Fill in the Blanks

Every time he talks about going on holiday I get really excited.

THE

The more he talks about going on holiday

get.

Multiple Choice

Your sister looks just _____ Brigitte Bardot

• AS

• LIKE

Multiple Choice

______________ I told you before, I don't like discos.

• AS

• LIKE

Multiple Choice

She likes the same music ___ me.

• AS

• LIKE

Multiple Choice

I wish I could speak Spanish __________ you.

• AS

• LIKE

Multiple Choice

The older you get...

• as soon you get tired

• the sooner you get tired

• tired the soonest

Multiple Choice

She will be really angry about that vase being broken! The ____ she knows about it, the ____.

• more - better

• less - better

• worse - worse

• worse - better

Multiple Choice

The ____ you study for these exams, the ____ you will do.

• hard - better

• harder - more successfully

• much - better

• more - good