COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
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Rafforzativi dei comparativi e dei superlativi

• Much or a lot or farcomparative
• J.S. is much more famous than his sons
• Tom is a lot younger than his wife
• A little / A bit comparative
• Davanti i superlativi
• By far(di gran lunga)
• This is by far the best video cassette
• Ive got

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Comparativo di uguaglianza

• As expensive as/ not as.as
• As much nome non numerabile
• As much money
• As many as nome numerabile

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2 termine di paragone

• Than comparativi
• Superlative
• Of
• Mark is the tallest of the three boys
• In if it is a place
• Mexico city is one of the biggest city in the
  world(on the earth)
• That nella frase relativa
• This the best book that I have ever read

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Costruzioni particolari

• Comparativo comparativo(sempre più)
• Its getting hotter and hotter
• Piùpiù/menomeno/più.meno
• Thecomparativo,thecomparativo
• The more you eat , the fatter you get

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Form

• One syllable adjectivesComparative add er
  (cheaper)Superlative add est (the
  cheapest)One syllable adjectives ending in
  'e'Comparative add r (nicer)Superlative add
  st (the nicest)One syllable adjectives ending
  in consonant - vowel - consonantComparative add
  consonant er (hotter)Superlative add
  consonant est (the hottest)Two syllable
  adjectives ending in 'y'Comparative replace 'y'
  with ier (happier)Superlative replace 'y' with
  iest (the happiest)Two or more syllable
  adjectivesComparative add more / less (more /
  less beautiful)Superlative add the most / the
  least (the most / least beautiful)Irregular
  adjectivesgood - better - the bestbad - worse -
  the worstfar - further - the furthest