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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Comparatives and superlatives of superiority====== =====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> =====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> =====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="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;'>Sweden is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">colder 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;'>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="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-left-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;'>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;'>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="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-left-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;'>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;'>More than two syllables</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-left-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;'>'more' + 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><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="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-left-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;'>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> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br><strong>Superlatives:</strong></span> </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="177" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 133pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>One-syllable<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b> </p></td> <td width="189" 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: 5cm; 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-US" style='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";'>'the' + adjective + 'est' </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est</span></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> <td width="265" 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: 7cm; 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-US" style='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";'>Antarctica is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est</span> place in the world.</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="177" 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: 133pt; 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-US" style='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";'>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-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> <td width="189" 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: 5cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>'the' + adjective + 'est' </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> bus<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">iest</span></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> <td width="265" 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: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>September is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> bus<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">iest</span> month for us.</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="177" 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: 133pt; 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-US" style='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";'>Others with two syllables</span></b> </p></td> <td width="189" 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: 5cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>'the most' + adjective </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the most</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> honest <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="265" 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: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>She's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most</span> honest person in the department.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="177" 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: 133pt; 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-US" style='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";'>More than two syllables</span></b> </p></td> <td width="189" 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: 5cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>'the most' + adjective </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the most </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>expensive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span> </p></td> <td width="265" 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: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='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";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>expensive car in the world.</span></b></p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p></p><br> <table width="100%" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; 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"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="177" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>One vowel and one consonant - double and add 'est' </span></b> </p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 127.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 30.0pt 51.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>More than one vowel or consonant <br> - add 'est'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="189" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 4cm;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 1.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 31.75pt 44.2pt;"><b><span lang="DE" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: DE;'>Ends in 'e' <br> - add 'st'</span></b> </p></td> <td width="201" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 120.45pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 34.3pt 48.15pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>Change 'y' to 'i' and add 'est'</span></b> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; ;"> <td width="177" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 106.35pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'> </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>big<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- the biggest</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>thin - the thinnest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>wet<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- the wettest</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 21.3pt 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'> </span></b> </p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 30.0pt 51.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'> </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 30.0pt 51.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>steep - the steepest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 30.0pt 51.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>rich - the richest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 30.0pt 51.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>near - the nearest </span></b> </p></td> <td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 4cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 1.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 31.75pt 44.2pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'> </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 1.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 31.75pt 44.2pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>nice - the nicest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 1.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 31.75pt 44.2pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>wide- the widest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 1.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 31.75pt 44.2pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>close<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- the closest</span></b></p></td> <td width="201" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 120.45pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 34.3pt 48.15pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'> </span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 34.3pt 48.15pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>dry - the driest</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 34.3pt 48.15pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>pretty<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- the prettiest </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 34.3pt 48.15pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ;'>happy - the happiest</span></b> </p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sometimes we use both in one sentence. </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'>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";'>England is big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ger than</span> Belgium but France is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">gest</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. </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-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br></span></span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; 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="213" 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: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adjective</span></b> </p></td> <td width="213" 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: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Comparative adjective</span></b> </p></td> <td width="213" 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: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Superlative adjective</span></b> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" 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: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>big</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>cheap</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>pale <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>funny</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>good</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>bad</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></td> <td width="213" 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: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ger</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>cheap<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>pale<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">r</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>funn<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier</span></span></b></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";'>better</span></b> </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";'>worse</span></b> </p></td> <td width="213" 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: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <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";'> </span></b> </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";'>the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>big<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">gest</span></span></b></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";'>the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>cheap<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est</span></span></b></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";'>the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>pale<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">st</span></span></b></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";'>the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>funn<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">iest</span></span></b></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";'>the best</span></b> </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";'>the worst</span></b> </p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br></p></html> =====Irregular adjectives===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>good <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong>-><strong> better <span style="color: rgb(95, 73, 122);"></span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>bad<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong>-><strong> worse</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>far </b>-> <b>further</b></span><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" class="table"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="224" id="1715" style="width: 80px; height: 124px;" 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 valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="170" id="1709" style="width: 188px; height: 135px;" 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 valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="176" id="159" style="width: 81px; height: 101px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg"></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 valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="190" id="49" style="width: 96px; height: 106px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/49_eb02bc8b0e552697863531a607322388.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;'>My apartment is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> modern <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> my house.</span></strong> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="150" id="831" style="width: 89px; height: 102px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/831_fbac3fe979f8151bf28d66f755e10390.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;'>Quality is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more </span>important <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> price.</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 valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; 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="127" id="1334" style="width: 121px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1334_c36b9d4ed7c3e073c19ae524fb68a0dd.jpg"></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'><font size="2"><strong>The weather today is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">better than </span>yesterday. </strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>We often have </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'><b>the best </b></span><b></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>weather in September.</span></b></font></span> </p></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><br></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"> <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><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;'><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><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 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 style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><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;'><img height="99" id="216" style="width: 138px; height: 88px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/216_1065d8b23df06980645923def064a786.jpg"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>I have </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>the worst </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>office in the department!</span></b></p></span> </td> <td> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><img height="135" id="1713" style="width: 157px; height: 114px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1713_521917e1731fc254556ffd7356f7d272.jpg"> </font> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'><font size="2">They have four daughters. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The </span>old<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est </span>is nine and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the </span>young<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est </span>is one.</font></span></strong></p></td> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <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></font></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'><br></span></b> </p> </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"> <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;'><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="108" id="1711" style="width: 138px; height: 107px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1711_e033ab6fce2bd4a29babaf68edbd6dc8.jpg"></span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>The pink flower is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> prett<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">iest</span>.</span></b></p></span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]