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Grammar Elementary. Comparatives and superlatives II. Comparison I. She is taller than him . We use than after comparatives . bigger than… more interesting than…. Use. I can swim faster than him I can swim faster than he can . You are younger than me .
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Grammar Elementary Comparatives and superlatives II.
Comparison I. • Sheistaller than him. • We use thanaftercomparatives. • bigger than… • more interesting than…
Use Icanswimfasterthan him I canswimfasterthan hecan. Youareyoungerthan me. You are youngerthan Iam. I workedlongerthan her. I workedlongerthan shedid.
Comparison II. • He is not as tall as her. • We use as…as to comparetwothingswhich are/are not equal. • We use anadjectivebetweenas…as.
Use Sheis as cleverashim. Sheisn’t as cleveras he is. Youdon’tworkas hard as me. You don’twork as hard as I do. Denmarkisn’tas far northasNorway. Theweather in London wasthesame as in Prague.
Smalldifferences • a little; a bit; slightly; Sithere.Thischairisa littlemore comfortablethanthatone. Peter wasborn in May 1990. I wasborn in August 1990. Peter isa bit olderthanme. Theexamwasslightlymore difficultthan I expected.
Smalldifferences • not quite; almost; nearly; Peter wasborn in May 1990. I wasborn in June 1990. I’m nearlyas old as Peter. Theblueshirtcosts 500 Kč andthe green one 550 Kč. Thefirstoneisn’tquiteasexpensiveasthe second one. Theblueshirtisalmostasexpensiveasthe green one.
Bigdifferences • a lot; much; far; Peter run a lot faster than Paul. Czech ismuch more difficult than English. A cinemaisfarbetter than televisionforwatchingfilms. • not nearly; Englishisn’tnearlyas difficult as Czech.
Note • less….than; the least; Theweatherwaslessgoodyesterdaythantoday. Mr. Jonesistheleastpopularteacheratourschool. • Wecancompareadverb in a similarway to adjectives. I amgoing to get up earliertomorrowthanyou. He playsthe piano aswellas I do.
Literatura CLARKE, S. MacmillanEnglish Grammar In ContextEssential. 1. vyd. Oxford: Macmillan Publisher Ltd, 2008. ISBN 978-1-5040-7049-2. MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use. 3. vyd. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.
Translate: • Tvoje tričko není tak hezké jako moje. • Opava je méně špinavá než Ostrava. • Brno je větší než Olomouc. • Kočka je stejně chytrá jako pes. • Vánoce jsou nejoblíbenější svátky. • Velryba je největší savec.