Chapter 9 MAKING COMPARISONS

COMPARISONS: USING THE SAME (AS).SIMILAR (TO).

AND DIFFERENT (PROM)..............................................................................379
COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE ................................................. 382
THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE ....................... ............383 .
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USING AS ...
AS; USING LESS ................................................................... 389
USING BUT ........................................................................................................
393
USING VERBS AFTER BUT ........................................................................... 395
THE SUPERLATNE: USING -ESTAND MOST ..........................................398
USING ONE OF + SUPERLATIVE + PLURAL NOUN ................................ 405
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS ..........................................................................411
MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS ..............................................414
USING AS ...
AS WITH ADVERBS ................................................................ 416

Chapter 10 EXPRESSING IDEAS WITH VERBS

USING SHOULD ................................................................................................ 420
USING LET'S ....................................................................................................
423
USING HAVE + INFINITIVE (HAS TOIHAVE TO)....................................... 424
USING MUST .....................................................................................................
427
MODAL AUXILIARIES.................................................................................... 430
SUMMARY CHART: MODAL AUXILIARIES AND
SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ................................................................................. 431
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE .............434
USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE ...................................... 438
WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES ................................................438
SIMPLE PAST vs . PAST PROGRESSIVE ......................................................... 4 0
USING HAVE BEEN (THE PRESENT PERFECT) .......................................4 4
USING SINCE-CLAUSES ................................................................................. 446
FORM OF THE PRESENT PERFECT .............................................................448
USING NEVBR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT .......................................449
PRESENT PERFECT: QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES ...............................450
USING EVBR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT ..........................................451
THE PRESENT PERFECT: QUESTIONS WITH HOW LONG ....................453
PAST PARTICIPLES OF COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS ..........................455

Appendix 1 THE ENGUSH ALPHABET .................................................................................. AI

Appendix 2 NUMBERS.......................................................................................................... ~2
Appendlx 3 DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF THE YEAR ...................................... A3
Appendlx 4 WAYS OF SAYING ME TIME ........................................................................... A4
Appendix 5 IRREGULAR VERBS ........................................................................................... AS
INDEX ...............................................................................................................................INDEX 1

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