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3 WORD POWER: More Snow, the Most Tourists
More, less and fewer Most, least and fewest
Use more, less and fewer with noun (phrase) Use most, least and fewest with noun
to create comparisons (phrase) to create superlative forms
There is more snow this year than Of the three beaches, Parangtritis
last year. gets the most tourists.
There are more local tourists visiting Which beach gets most tourists?
Sungai Mudal today. The most snow in Finland is at the
Western tourists should eat less end of December.
western food when visiting But, in Canterbury, NZ, most snow
Indonesia. is at the beginning of August.
Fewer Sumatran tigers live in their You should visit Yogyakarta in
real habitat. August, as it is (the) least rain.
Less Sumatran tigers are in the The ride with (the) fewest visitors
forest. will be closed by June.
More and more, less and less, Nowadays, many people
fewer and fewer use less and least with plural
Use more and more, less and less, fewer and countable nouns. Some people
fewer in noun (phrase) to show decreasing or consider this to be incorrect, and
increasing things over time prefer to use fewer and fewest.
There are more and more tourists
visiting Parangtritis. Travelling abroad needs more
As the spring is in the air, there is less money than travelling locally.
and less snow in this area.
So, there are fewer and fewer tourists Not
come to go skiing. Travelling abroad needs much
money than travelling locally.
Source : dictionary.cambridge.org
A. Fill in the gap with the words provided.
more and more more fewer
better longer more
Coconut Island is no _________________ a beautiful island. Well, it still has coconut palms,
golden beaches and clear blue sea but not like before.
Well, the beach is full of people, sunbeds and umbrellas. The sea is full of speedboats, noisy
jets skis and surfers. There are _________________ palm trees because there are
_________________ buildings each year. Hotels, holiday resorts, guesthouses, restaurants,
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