F2 - SEM2 - Making Comparison Flashcards

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Good

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Better than
The Best

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Bad

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Worse than
The Worst

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Far

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Farther than
The Farthest

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Little

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Less than
The least

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Few

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Fewer than
The fewest

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One-syllable adjectives, E.g. small, fast

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+er than, E.g. smaller than, faster than
+the ~est, E.g. the smallest, the fastest

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Most two-syllable adjectives, E.g. thoughtful, useful

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+ more/less than, E.g. more/less thoughtful than, more/less useful than
+ the most/least, E.g. the most/least thoughtful, the most/least useful

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Two syllable adjectives ending with ~er, ~le, ~or, ~ow, E.g. little, narrow, gentle

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+er than, E.g. littler, narrower than, gentler than
+the ~est, E.g. the littlest, the narrowest, the gentlest

same as one-syllable adjectives

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Two syllable adjectives ending in ~y, E.g. sleepy, happy

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~y => ~ier than, E.g. sleepier than, happier than
the ~y => ~iest, E.g. the sleepiest, the happiest

similar to one-syllable adjectives except ~y=>~i

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Three or more syllable adjectives, E.g. intelligent, important

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+more/less than, E.g. more/less intelligent than, more/less important than
+the most/least, E.g. the most/less intelligent, the more/less important

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Adverbs ending in ~ly, E.g. carefully, slowly

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+more/less than, E.g. more/less carefully than, more/less slowly than
+the most/least, E.g. the most/least carefully, the most/least slowly

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Clever

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More/less clever or cleverer
The most/least clever or the cleverest

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Simple

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More/less simple or simpler
The most/least simple or the simplest

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