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           1 Rewrite the comparisons using not as ... as ...                  Comparison of adverbs
                or less... than.
                ÿ Angie is more popular than me.                              We make the comparative and superlative of most
                    '                                                         adverbs by adding more and the most before the
                   I m, no
                          t as popular as Anÿie. _
                                                                              adverb.
                    ,
                   I m , less "popular than Aÿie. _
                1 Jason is more handsome than Theo.                           Polly did her homework more quickly than me.
                                                                              Kate spoke the most confidently.
                2 Supermarkets are more useful than cafés.
                                                                              Some short adverbs have a comparative form with -er
                                                                              and -est, like adjectives. For example: early, fast, hard,
                3 Tokyo is noisier than London.
                                                                              late, long, loud.
                                                                              Paul arrived earlier than me.
                4 I'm taller than my teacher.                                 The journey took longer than normal.
                                                                              Toby ran the fastest.
                5 The chair is more comfortable than the floor.
                                                                              There are some irregular adverbs:
                6 She's more beautiful than me.
                                                                               well               better              the best
                7 Pasta is healthier than chips.                               badly              worse               the worst


                                                                               little             less                the least
                8 Your bag is more expensive than mine.

                                                                              We can also use not as ... as ... with adverbs.
          SI 2 M r Look at the example. Write eight                           I didn,t do as well as Jim in the exam.
                         sentences using not as... as... and                  The book doesnft explain it as clearly as our teacher.
                         less... than and the words in the table.

                   basketball                                               »1 3 O 24 .4 Write the words in the correct order.
                  football                                                        Listen and check.
                  skiing                       big                                ÿ gets up/his brother/Henry/than/later
                  swimming                     boring
                                               dangerous                              Henrtj flets up later than his brother. _
                                                                                  1 swims/me/than/Emily/better
                  dentists                     difficult
                  footballers                  exciting
                                                                                  2 harder/her friends/works/than/Cathy
                   musicians                   expensive
                   nurses                      hot
                                                                                  3 drive/carefu Ily/You/more/shou Id
                                               popular
                  the Arctic
                                               rich
                   India                                                          4 more loudly/everyone else/Ryan/than/is talking
                                               useful
                   Britain
                   Egypt                                                          5 He/his parents/eats/than/healthily/more

                                                                                  6 than/my brother/less/earn/I

                   ÿswi.m.mXi/vg isn't as exciting as basketball.
                                                                                  7 the bus/more slowly/this train/than/is going
                   Nurses aren't as rich as footballers.
                   ihe Arctic Is less popular than 60ypt.                         8 you/please/more/speak/Could/clearly




















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