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There are fewer problems than there were before

Note the construction:

It´s getting hotter and hotter

It´s getting more and more dangerous

SUPERLATIVES

Adjectives with one syllable add EST:

Great: greatest; small: smallest; old: oldest

Adjectives with two syllables use MOST:

Careful: most careful; patient: most pacient

But two-syllable adjectives ending in ER, Y or OW add EST:

Clever: cleverest; happy: happiest; pretty: prettiest; narrow: narrowest

Adjectives with three syllables or more use MOST:

Expensive: most expensive; dangerous: most dangerous; comfortable: most comfortable

USE OF SUPERLATIVES

They are used to compare one person or thing with several others.

They are used with THE…. IN, or THE…. OF; sometimes they are used with just THE…

This is the longest river in the world

This is the most expensive car of them all

This is the most expensive car here

LIKE

The verb TO LIKE means “gustar” and it is formed as any other regular verb..

I/you/we/they + like

He/she/it + likes

To express we dislike something we place the Auxiliaries don´t or do not and doesn´t or does
not before the verb.

I/you/we/they + don´t + like

He/she/it + doesn´t + likes

When we talk about sports it is not necessary to include the article THE. I like basketball