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Grammar Reference

Fred is older than Patrick.
George runs faster than Mike. Module 2
Claire is the tallest girl in her class.
Kevin comes to school the earliest of all his classmates.
Relative Pronouns/Adverb
IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES • The relative pronouns who, which, that, whose and
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE the adverb where introduce relative clauses.
FORM FORM FORM
PRONOUNS EXAMPLES
good/well better the best The man who/that is
bad/badly worse the worst waiting at the bus stop is
little less the least my uncle.
many/much more the most PEOPLE who/that The teacher (who/that)
far farther/further the farthest/furthest I like the most is Mrs
Robins.
The bag which/that is on
Other forms of comparison THINGS the desk is mine.
ANIMALS which/that The ilm (which/that)
• less + adjective/adverb + than IDEAS
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In my country, basketball is less popular than I watched last night was
football. amazing.
Jake runs less fast than his brother. The man whose bag you
POSSESSION whose
• the least + adjective/adverb + of/in found is over there.
Karate is less dangerous than ice hockey, but ADVERB EXAMPLE
jogging is the least dangerous of all. The place where I live is
• as + adjective/adverb + as PLACE where beautiful!
Snowboarding is as di icult as mountain biking.
Fiona draws as well as her sister. note
• not as + adjective/adverb + as • Who, which and that can be omitted when they are
Football isn’t as exciting as handball. the object of the verb in the relative clause.
Fiona doesn’t draw as well as her sister. • Whose and where can never be omitted or replaced
with that.
so / neither / too / either Future be going to
To express agreement:
• We use So + a irmative auxiliary verb + subject or AFFIRMATIVE
subject + a irmative auxiliary verb + too when we I ’m going to play
agree with an a irmative statement, but we don’t He/She/It ’s going to play
want to repeat it. We/You/They ’re going to play
A: I play the drums.
B: So do I. / I do too. NEGATIVE
A: Betty saw the ilm yesterday. I ’m not going to play
B: So did I. / I did too. He/She/It isn’t going to play
• We use Neither + a irmative auxiliary verb + We/You/They aren’t going to play
subject or subject + negative auxiliary verb +
either when we agree with a negative statement, but QUESTIONS
we don’t want to repeat it. Am I going to play?
A: Paul can’t play the lute. Is he/she/it going to play?
B: Neither can I. / I can’t either. Are we/you/they going to play?
A: Tina isn’t crazy about hip-hop music. We use the Future be going to:
B: Neither am I. / I’m not either.
• to talk about future plans.
note I’m going to travel to New Zealand next year.
To express disagreement: • to make predictions based on evidence.
• We use subject + affirmative auxiliary verb when we Mike is a great director. He’s going to win the ilm
disagree with a negative statement, but we don’t want competition.
to repeat it.
A: I can’t play the electric guitar. TIME EXPRESSIONS
B: I can. tomorrow/tonight
• We use subject + negative auxiliary verb when we next month/year/week/Tuesday, etc.
disagree with an affirmative statement, but we don’t in an hour / a year, etc.
want to repeat it. soon
A: I watched a film on TV last night. this week/month, etc.
B: I didn’t.

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