Chapter 16: Making Comparisons. Definition Comparisons Words Similarity Words The same The same as Similar Similar to Like Alike See pages 449 & 452.

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Chapter 16: Making Comparisons

Definition

Comparisons Words Similarity Words The same The same as Similar Similar to Like Alike See pages 449 & 452 Difference Words Different Different from

Comparative and Superlative Adjs Comparative Adjective It compares two things or people Using (-er/ more) See pages 454 & 461 Superlative Adjective It compares three or more things or people Using ( -est / most)

Comparisons with adverbs More fluently the most fluently More slowly the most slowly Hard, fast, early, late are Irregular Adverbs, we use –er and –est for comparison Better and the best are the comparative and superlative of the adverb well See page 480

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