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3A GRAMMAR comparatives and superlatives

a $
 IFDL ✓
UIFTFOUFODFTUIBUBSFSJHIUBOEDPSSFDUUIFXSPOHPOFT8SJUFUIFBOTXFSTJOUIF
DPMVNOPOUIFSJHIU

 3JEJOHBCJLFUPXPSLJTmore quicklyUIBOXBMLJOH quicker


 0MHBESJWFTmore carefullyUIBO#JMM ✓
 .ZEBEIBTleastIBJSOPXUIBOIFIBEGJWFZFBSTBHP
 /PXUIBU*WFUSJFEUIFNPO UIFTFTIPFTBSFmore comfortable that*UIPVHIU
UIFZXFSFHPJOHUPCF
 *OUIJTQIPUPZPVMPPLmore young thanZPVSTJTUFS
 5BYJTBSFmuch more expensive thanCVTFTPSUIFTVCXBZ
 "OOFTnot as tall as4VTJF CVUTIFTUIJOOFS
 .ZQIPOFJTmoderner thanZPVST*UTHPUBCFUUFSDBNFSB
 *MPWFSJEJOHNZTDPPUFS JUTmuch more betterUIBOESJWJOHBDBS
 $BOZPVTBZUIBUBHBJOmore slowly QMFBTF *EJEOUVOEFSTUBOEBXPSE
 *UTthe most beautiful beach I’ve never beenUP5IFPDFBOMPPLTBNB[JOH
 4FBOTthe worse actorJOUIFHSPVQ CVUIFTUIFCFTU TJOHFS
 8IBUTthe nicestthing anyone’s ever saidUPZPV 
 &WFSZPOFUIJOLTUIFJSNPNTDPPLJOHJTthe best of the world
 8IJDITPGBMPPLTthe more niceEPZPVUIJOL 5IFCMVFPOFPSUIFSFEPOF 
 *UIJOLXFTIPVMEUBLFUIJTDBTF*UTthebiggestPOFUIBUXFIBWF
 *UTVTVBMMZhoter IFSFJO+VOFUIBOJUJTJO.BZ
 %JEZPVHPUPthe same school thanZPVSCSPUIFS 
 5IBUSFTUBVSBOUPWFSUIFSFJTGBOUBTUJD*UTDIFBQ BOEZPVDBOFBU
as many food asZPVMJLF
 *SFBEa lot faster thanNZCSPUIFS*GJOJTIFEUIFCPPL BOEIFTTUJMM
POQBHF

activation
b  $PWFSUIFDPMVNOPOUIFSJHIUBOEMPPLBUUIFTFOUFODFT3FBEUIFDPSSFDUTFOUFODFTBMPVE

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3B GRAMMAR articles: a / an, the, no article
a $
 PNQMFUFUIFTFOUFODFTXJUIa an the PSm OPBSUJDMF
8SJUFUIFBOTXFSTJOUIFDPMVNO
POUIFSJHIU

 %JEZPVSFNFNCFSUPMPDL LJUDIFOEPPSCFGPSFXFMFGU  the


 *TIPVMEOUESJOL DPGGFF*ULFFQTNFBXBLFBUOJHIU – 
 $BOZPVUVSOPO BJSDPOEJUJPOFS *UTCPJMJOHJOIFSF
 +BOFJTBMMFSHJDUP DBUT4IFTUBSUTTOFF[JOHXIFOPOFDPNFTOFBSIFS
 &SJDBOE$IBSMPUUFBSFHPJOHBXBZ OFYUXFFLFOE
 "SFUIFTF LFZTZPVXFSFMPPLJOHGPS 
 *XBTOUGFFMJOHWFSZXFMMZFTUFSEBZTP*EJEOUHPUP XPSL
 SJWFSUIBUSVOTUISPVHI1BSJTJTDBMMFEUIF4FJOF
 *NTFFJOH,BUJFUPNPSSPX8FIBWFOUTFFOFBDIPUIFSTJODF MBTUZFBS
 *UMPPLTBTJGJUTHPJOHUPSBJO5BLF VNCSFMMB
 )VSSZVQ:PVSFHPJOHUPCFMBUFGPS TDIPPM
 *IBWFBGSJFOEXIPJT FMFDUSJDJBO%PZPVXBOUIJTQIPOFOVNCFS 
 *UTDIFBQFSUPCVZ CPPLTPOMJOFUIBOJOBTUPSF
 *EPOUMJLF QFPQMFXIPUBMLBCPVU TQPSUTBMMUIFUJNF 
 -VDLJMZ QFPQMFXIPXPSLJONZPGGJDFEPOUUBMLBCPVU TQPSUTBUBMM 
 .ZTJTUFSXPSLTJO SFTUBVSBOU4IFHFUTIPNFGSPN XPSLMBUF
FWFSZFWFOJOH 
 8IBUTZPVSGBWPSJUFNFBMPGUIFEBZ  CSFBLGBTUPS EJOOFS  
 5IBUT FBTZRVFTUJPO*UIJOL*LOPX BOTXFS 
 "VESFZIBTUXPDIJMESFO  CPZBOE HJSM  
CPZTUFOBOE HJSMTUXPZFBSTZPVOHFS 
 HPPEIFBMUIJTNPSFJNQPSUBOUUIBO NPOFZ 

activation
b $
 PWFSUIFDPMVNOPOUIFSJHIUBOEMPPLBUUIFTFOUFODFT3FBEUIFTFOUFODFTBMPVEXJUIUIF
DPSSFDUBSUJDMF

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