156 om \We use comparative adjectives and adverbs to compare two things or actions, usualy with than: k's more interesting than Michel. He's richer than fe was. ‘She drives more earetully than a! my friends. We use superlative adjectives and adverbs to talk about extremes, usually with the ‘e's the worst guitar player in the worl! Who can run the furthest? He played the best Ive ever s2en him play. Less/easts the opposite of morelmost. We can use them with al adjectives and adverbs in less happy than | wes. ‘She grves less slowly than me. eas the least interesting meeting ever! We can use as e's as tll as me. She drives as carefully as me. ato show that two things are equal We can use not as... as to mean fess tha: Fe isnt as clever as me. (= He is ess clever than me, | am clever than him) She doesn drive as carefully as me. (= She drives less carefully than me. | drive more carefully than her.) We often use comparaives or a5 the past with the present ‘He's much better than he was. He's mot as bad as last tie. sto compare We often use superatives with ever and the present perect This isthe best meal Fve ever eaten os the least interesting book I've ever read. used to We use used fo + ifintve to talk about past stations and habits which have now changed. Used totels us something was different inthe pas 1 used to be very thin thin nom.) ‘He did use to go to the gym. (= past, but now he goes ta the gym.) Used to has the same fr fr al persons \was thin inthe past, but nat fe did't goto the gym in the ‘used to hate tomatoes. ‘She didnt use to wear high heels. Did you use to be g00d at sport? Yes, |i. No, | ada There is no present form of used fo, Use the present simple. I play tennis three times a week. NUT rset play ines nates can rey CPTI ich richer, the richest big biager, the biegest ‘easy > easier, the eastest fhencly-> fendlier, the friendliest ‘areful—> more careful, the most careful interesting > more interesting, the mast interesting ‘good > better, the best bad > worse, the worst ‘ar further, the furthest quiet > quieter, the quietest bored red-> more/ the most bored tired! corm) lables cor ore hard harder, the hardest late later, the latest ‘often more often, the most often carefully > more carefully, the most carefuly well better, the best bacly > worse, the worst ‘ar further, the furthest carly > earlier, the earliest Poot wo Cog a 2018 Jusedtobe verythin. Now tim much stronger! Qu sed tan the pas simple We can usualy use the past simple to tak about hese siuatons habs, we make i lar that wea taking about 8 particular perio of pastime: He was in good shape when he was younger. When Iwas a student {went canning three times a week. It’s natural to use a miture of used foand the past simple when we write or speak about lang-term past stuations: In the 1950s, people didn use to drive to work ‘most people walked or cycle.Grammar Focus Comparatives and superlatives a Complete the sentences about three brother lex, Eric, and Jack. fist 1 Alexis good at tennis, but fic 's___otter than Ale. Jackis__the best: tenis player. 2 Axis vr, but fies —thanlen Jackis 3 Alexhes traveled very fr but. Eric has taveled Alex__Jack has traveled 4 Alexis very rend, but tric Alex, ack 5 Alexcrives careful but fre ack 6 Alex works fat but i 7 Alexis fashionable, bat hk 1 Look at each group of sentences. Which sentence (a,b, orc) has a different meaning? 1a Inuntestertan im. 2. HerEngishis betta han mine. 3a It the most boing bok Ve ver read He doesnt runas fastasme. b Her Enlh nt as gods mine. ‘Its helastintresting bok Ive ever rad € unas fet a him © She doesn speak nglsh as wellasme, ¢ Ive neverreada more interesting book © Correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1. He orives worse as me, '5 The weather is nat as cold than it was, 2 This s best flm Ive ever seen, 66 The island was the more beautiful place I've ever visited, 3 She isnt friendly as her sister. 7 This book i least interesting than the last one. 44 ma good runner, bt Tom’ the faster in the school 8B I don't speak French as wel that she does. d 3D Now go back to p. 68, used to @ Allof the sentences about the past are false. Change them so that they are true. 500 years ago . 1. People used to workin IT People di People didn’t use to work on farms. People used to lve as log 2s they do now. Children’s education used ta be free. Cities didnt use tobe smaller than today. People did't use to travel by horse. People used to use microwaves to cook food, ‘¢use to work in IT bb Rewrite the sentences. Change the underlined verbs from the past simple to used to. © Look at the pictures of Mary and Jeff ten years ago 1 ate alt of chocolate when | was younger. and today. Write sentences about how they have alot of chocolate when | was younger. changed. Use used to / didn't use to and the words People wrate a lt of eters in the days before eral in brackets, Where lid you live when you were a child? 1 ‘She was 2 manager before she stopped working, Did your parents read you stories when you were young? I ida’ tke vegetables when | was a child. ‘Were you a good student at schoo? We werent a fit as we are today. (Mary have long hat) (eft be thinner) (eft /wear suits) (Thay Fook ater the garden) (They ! ride a motorbike) (They own a car) 2 3 4 5 6 d 3D Now go back to p. 71