Posts belonging to Category 'comparative'

Comparatifs et superlatifs 2

Regardez la vidéo et faites les exercices proposés. Voici un petit rappel: Comparatifs / Superlatifs Adjectifs courts (1 syllabe) ex : big tall + er / + est great I’m taller than / I’m the tallest Adjectifs en -y ex : happy crazy craz + ier / + iest (attention, -y est remplacé par -i) [...]

Comparatifs et superlatifs 1

Regardez la vidéo et essayez de repérer comparatifs et superlatifs et leur structure. Demain vous pourrez réviser vos connaissances sur le sujet avec une vidéo plus “grammaticale”. Vous pouvez aussi établir le classement des plus belles langues du monde si ça vous amuse. En attendant, un petit rappel: Comparatifs : old – older than big [...]

comparatives

Mohamed Arrar send me his answers to an exercise on comparatives. I’m sorry Mohamed, I couldn’t mail you because you didn’t give your address! There was only one error: ‘than’ was missing in 3b. 1- a- these cotton gloves are nice. b- yes, but the leather ones nicer. (nice) a- they are also more expensive.(expensive)2- [...]

Not as hot as yesterday

Although it is quite possible to say “it’s less hot” or “it’s less interesting” English speakers generally avoid this construction. Here are a few examples that you can use as reminders: New York is bigger than London – … plus grande que… Philosophy is more interesting than physics – … plus intéressante que … London [...]

comparative forms of adverbs

Thanks to Nadia of Boumerdes for this question. What’s the difference between an adjective and an adverb? The simplest answer is to say that an adjective describes a noun, while an adverb describes a verb. ex 1. A slow truck – adjective(slow) + noun. ex2. The truck was moving slowly – noun + verb + [...]