tailieunhanh - Book grammar for IELTS part 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'book grammar for ielts part 8', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Comparing things 4 Comparing quantities quantifier comparative superlative a lot much many more the most a few fewer plural countable noun the fewest plural countable noun a little less uncountable noun the least uncountable noun For plural or uncountable nouns we can compare quantities with more or most Today s top sportspeople receive a lot more money than in the past. We can use fewer or the fewest with plural countable nouns and less or the least with uncountable nouns 25 years ago few 60-year-old men and even fewer women would have considered running a marathon. There used to be less information available about fitness. We can add emphasis with a lot I many more I fewer plural countable noun Increased sponsorship has given today s athletes many more opportunities to succeed. with a lot I much more I less uncountable noun Today s athletes need to do much more training than in the past. by repeating more less fewer So much in our society is about making more and more money. We can say something is the same or different using not as many I much plural uncountable noun as There aren t as many people doing sports at school as there used to be . We can add more specific information about quantity by using half twice three times etc. with as many much . as In 2004 China won nearly twice as many silver medals as the US. The US won more than three times as many medals as Great Britain. Grammar extra Comparing nouns We can compare how similar things are using like the same as similar to Older athletes can achieve the same degree of physical improvement as those in their twenties and thirties. He swims like a fish. This film is similar to this director s last one. 93 C Grammar exercises Fill in the gaps with the adjectives in the box in a comparative or superlative form. brave effective exciting expensive last happy good heavy small 1 I travelled through Turkey by train because it was way to cross the country. 2 Scientists have discovered a tiny bacteria living in the .