Comparative and Superlative Forms in English: A Comprehensive Guide, Dispense di Lingua Inglese

Scarica Comparative and Superlative Forms in English: A Comprehensive Guide e più Dispense in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! QUESTION TAGS - This is a nice restaurant, isn't it? - You aren't listening, are you? - Tom can play the guitar, can't he? - You won't be late tonight, will you? There is nothing good on TV, is there? NB: - I'm on time, aren't I? Words like "everyone", "someone", "no one" take a plural pronoun in the question tag. - Everyone is here, aren't they? - No one saw anything, did they? NB: "Nothing", "something" are singular: - Nothing interests you, does it? - Something is wrong, isn't it? Imperatives: - Listen to me, will you? / won't you? - Let's go, shall we? - Don't come home late, will you? PAGE 251 ex 3. PAGE 253 ex 5, 6. PAGE 258 ex 7 COMPARATIVE FORMS We can put "much", "far", "a lot" etc before the comparative to make the difference between the two things more precise: - The book was much more interesting than the film version. - The test was far easier than I had imagined. To emphasize a small difference we use "slightly", "a little", etc - Today is a little warmer than yesterday. - My headache is slightly better than it was. NB: The superlative form "by far" - That was by far the best meal that I have eaten in ages. THE DOUBLE COMPARATIVE short adjectives add "er": - hotter and hotter two syllable adjectives ending in "y" change like this: - prettier and prettier other adjectives make the double comparative in this way: - more and more interesting NB: - The more you practise, the easier it gets. - The longer he waited, the more impatient he became. NB: the sooner the better / the more the better NB: mixed double comparative: - the hotter the weather, the less I want to work.