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======Comparatives and superlatives of superiority====== ======Comparatives and superlatives of superiority====== =====Introduction===== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="242" id="1080" style="width: 78px; height: 131px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1080_590329aa63d58b12b374be0c7ae91240.png"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Sam is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">taller than</span> his sister.</strong></span> </p><p><img height="132" id="1692" style="width: 111px; height: 83px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1692_091e789914201c8e0d8fb31c449ee7d0.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>The white egg is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the </span>big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">gest </span>and the red egg is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the </span>small<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est.</span></strong></span></p><p><br></p></html> <html><p><img height="242" id="1080" style="width: 78px; height: 131px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1080_590329aa63d58b12b374be0c7ae91240.png"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Sam is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">taller than</span> his sister.</strong></span> </p> <p><img height="132" id="1692" style="width: 111px; height: 83px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1692_091e789914201c8e0d8fb31c449ee7d0.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>The white egg is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the </span>big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">gest </span>and the red egg is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the </span>small<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est.</span></strong></span> </p> <p><br></p></html> =====Definition and use===== =====Definition and use===== <html><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We use comparative adjectives to compare two things or people. </strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>We use superlative adjectives to compare more than two things or people.</strong></span><br> </p></html> <html><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We use comparative adjectives to compare two things or people. </strong></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>We use superlative adjectives to compare more than two things or people.</strong></span><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The construction usually depends on the number of syllables. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Comparatives:</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>One-syllable<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>adjective + 'er' + 'than'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="