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COMPARISONS
DEGREE:
beautiful than .
THAN
EQUALLY/ AS, AS
good as my sister
She is more
Im equally
good idea
MODIFYING COMPARISONS
Big difference : MUCH + COMPARATIVE
BY FAR/EASLY + SUPERLATIVE
ever eat
NOTHING LIKE/NOT NEARLY/ NOWHERE NEAR + AS + ADJ. +
AS
Hes not nearly as tall as
you
JUST ABOUT + SUPERLATIVE
museum
SO/ SUCH ; TO/ENOUGH
SO + ADJ + THAT CLAUSE
windows
REPETITION
COMPARATIVE + AND + COMPARATIVE
THE THE
better I play
AS/ LIKE
LIKE + NOUN : something similar to
AS + JOB
(=commercialista)
REPORTED SPEECH
Were going away they said (that) they were going away
I watched TV He/she said that she/he had watched TV
1. When reporting something using PRES She says were going on holiday
2. When reporting an event from the same point of view They were happy that
I passed my exam
3. Modals (should, might, could, ought to, would) She/he says I ought to study
more
PLACE/PERSON/TIME
I will meet you here tomorrow
SAME DAY: He said that he would/will meet me later
3 DAYS LATER: He said that he would have met me the day after