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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Comparative adjectives====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="216" id="1080" style="width: 92px; height: 144px;" 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><br> </p></html> =====Definition and use===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use comparative adjectives of superiority, inferiority and equality to compare two things or people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Superiority </span></b> </p><p><table width="640" style="border: currentColor; width: 480.3pt; 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; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;'>One-syllable<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="191" 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: 143.5pt; 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 style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;'> </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;'> </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="236" 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: 177.2pt; 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;'> </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> <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;'>Sweden is cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er than</span> France.</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>Two-syllables and ending in a consonant and 'y'<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></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="191" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 143.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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 + change 'y' to 'i' + '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;'> </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;'>bus<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier 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="236" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 177.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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> <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> <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;'>I'm bus<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier than </span>my boss.</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>Others with two syllables*<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="191" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 143.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>'more' + adjective + 'than'</span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; 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> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>more</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(95, 73, 122);"></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="236" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 177.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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> <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> <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;'>Alain is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> Patricia.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>More than two syllables</span></b></p></td> <td width="191" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 143.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>'more' + adjective + 'than'</span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; 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> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>more</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span></span></b></p></td> <td width="236" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 177.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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> <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> <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;'>Cars are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than </span>motorbikes. </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></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Note that </span>there are exceptions including some adjectives ending in 'er', 'le' and 'ow'. </span></b></p><p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For example:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This exercise is simpl<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> that one.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The roads here are narrow<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er than</span> the roads in the city.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My new office is quiet<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> my old one.</span></b></p> <p> <p> </p> <p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Inferiority</span></b> </p> <p> <table style="border: currentColor; 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; 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;'> </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></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="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;'> </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;'>'not as' + adjective + 'as'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </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;'> </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;'>France is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>cold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> Sweden.</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></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>More than one syllable</span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>1. 'not as' + adjective + 'as'</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 style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </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> <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> <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> <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> <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> <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;'>2. 'less' + adjective + '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;'> </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="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-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;'> </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;'>My boss is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> busy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> me.</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;'>Alain is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> Patricia.</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;'>Motorbikes are<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>cars.</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> <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;'>My boss is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> busy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than </span>me.</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;'>Alain is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> Patricia.</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;'>Motorbikes are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> cars.</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></tr></tbody></table></p> <p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b></p><p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'not...as...as...' is more common in conversation than 'less...than...' for both long and short adjectives.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is possible to give information in more than one way. For example, the following groups of sentences have the same meaning:</span></b> </p><p></p> <p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; border: currentColor; 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="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>France is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>cold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> Sweden.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>France is warm<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> than Sweden.</span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Sweden is cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er than </span>France.</span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Sweden is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>warm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> France.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="319" 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: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Motorbikes are<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>cars.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Motorbikes are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> expensive<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> than</span> cars.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Cars are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more </span>expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> motorbikes.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Motorbikes are cheap<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er than</span> cars.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Equality </span></b> </p> <p> <table style="border: currentColor; 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; 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;'> </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;'>All adjectives</span></b></p></td> <td width="154" 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: 115.15pt; 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;'> </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;'>'as' + adjective + 'as'</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> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>as</span></b><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);">as</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> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>as</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> busy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>as</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>as</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</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="255" 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: 191.35pt; 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;'> </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> <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> <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;'>January is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> cold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>February.</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> <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;'>I'm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> busy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> my boss.</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> <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;'>She's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> him.</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> <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;'>The bus<span style="color: red;"> </span>is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>the train.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p> </p></html> =====Spelling rules when adding ‘er’ ===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;"> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>One vowel and one consonant - double and add<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'er'</span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;"> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>More than one vowel or consonant - add 'er'</span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;"> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="DE" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: DE;'>Ends in 'e' - add 'r'</span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;"> <p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Change 'y' to 'i' and add 'er'</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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> <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;'>big<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>->bigger</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;'>thin -> thinner</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="NL" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: NL;'>wet -> wetter</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="NL" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: NL;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="NL" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: NL;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="NL" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: NL;'>steep<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> steeper</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;'>rich<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> richer</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;'>near<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> nearer </span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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> <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;'>nice -> nicer</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;'>wide ->wider</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;'>close -> closer</span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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> <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;'>dry<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> drier</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;'>pretty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> prettier</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;'>happy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-> happier</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> =====Pronouns===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use either subject pronoun + verb <u>or</u> object pronoun. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Alain is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> Patricia.</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 style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </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 style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> <u>she is</u>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>or</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 style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> honest <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> <u>her</u>.</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><br> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p> <br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> <img height="204" id="1715" style="width: 102px; height: 146px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1715_928c7e1b2196cfd72de42f8b912be376.jpg"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'>Simon is young<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er than </span>Todd.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></p> </td> <td width="295" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 221.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong> </strong><img height="138" id="1709" style="width: 175px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1709_0620889b035bca23a9f44f5e5f22a000.jpg"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'>Janette's present is big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ger</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> Holly's.</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> <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;'><img height="224" id="159" style="width: 91px; height: 127px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'>This box is small<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> and heav<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier than </span>the blue box.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></p> </td> <td width="295" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 221.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><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;'><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;'><img height="149" id="831" style="width: 120px; height: 113px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/831_fbac3fe979f8151bf28d66f755e10390.jpg"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>Quality is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more </span>important <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> price.</strong></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> <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;'><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;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="126" id="1334" style="width: 125px; height: 95px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1334_c36b9d4ed7c3e073c19ae524fb68a0dd.jpg"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>The weather today is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">better than </span>yesterday.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></p> </td> <td width="295" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 221.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong> </strong><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;'><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;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="126" id="226" style="width: 132px; height: 97px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/226_6ac3a33047d0aaed94a62b20dc1fda6a.png"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>Your English is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">worse than </span>your maths.</strong></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong> </strong><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;'><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;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="224" id="549" style="width: 94px; height: 129px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/549_47204edc233492002487d3cb43f564af.jpg"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>Jenny is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> polite <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> her brother and sister.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></p> </td> <td width="295" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 221.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'> </span></strong></p> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><img height="112" id="353" style="width: 140px; height: 99px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/353_fca93f7855383ea6a3f78b427b4d2384.jpg"></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>The red apples are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less </span>expensive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> the green.</strong></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'> <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;'><img height="100" id="224" style="width: 141px; height: 91px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/224_fdcb13025b0f78d52758a200b4e7965d.jpg"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>Come and see me this afternoon - I'm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not as </span>busy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> usual today.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><br></span></p><strong> </strong></td><strong> </strong><td width="295" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 221.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong> </strong><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;'><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;'><img height="224" id="186" style="width: 91px; height: 110px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/186_9c563c935e7b6644fa783487a313ecc3.jpg"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong> </strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><strong>This is great - it's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> warm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> a swimming pool.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ;'><br></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; ;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; 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