Comparatives
What's happens if the adjective is short or long in a comparative sentence?
Short: -er
Long: more...
Name three linkers of contrast:
Teacher will say if it's correct!
To express obligation or necessity we use:__________or ______________.
Must or have to
In: Aeron didn't need to go to the stadium because he was able to watch it live.
Did Aeron go to the stadium?
No
To talk about ability in the past IN GENERAL we use: C____
Could
Name three word used to make a comparative stronger.
a l__, f___ and m____
a lot, far, much
What are the two linkers that will come at the beginning of a new sentence?
However and Nevertheless
Don't have to and don't need to are used for the same purpose and have no differente in meaning. (True or False)
True
What's the difference between didn't need to x needn't have?
In Didn't need to, the person didn't do something because it wasn't necessary whereas needn't have is used when a person does something but it wasn't necessary.
To talk about ability at specific moments in the past we use: ___________, ____________ and ____________
Was/were able to / managed / succeeded
What are the tree expressions used to intensify a comparison?
Just as, nowhere near as and not nearly as
What are the two linkers that can be followed by a gerund.
Despite and in spite of
What are the modals used to express permission and to say that something is not permitted. (It's not can)
Let and not allowed to
How would you match the following sentences:
1.Mum came and ate with us at the restaurant.
2.Mum cooked a big meal for us but we'd already eaten.
( )She needn't have cooked.
( )She didn't have to cook.
2
1
To talk about the lack of ability at specific moments in the past we use _________ or________.
couldn't or wasn't/weren't able to
Tell us an example of a comparative sentence where something or someone is changing or increasing.
hotter and hotter / more and more interesting.
Are there any mistakes in:
Despite I was full, I took more soda bottles
Despite being full, I took more soda bottles.
Despite the fact that I was full, I took more soda bottles.
What modal do we use when we want warn people?
Had better
Write a comment using didn't have to or needn't have to Daniel:
Daniel didn't do his homework lasat night. He'd already done it the night before.
Daniel didn't need to do his homework last night.
How would you complete: She had to ask several people until she finally_________in finding some help.
succeeded
Give us an example of a comparative sentence that shows two events affect each other.
The longer you stay, the more tired you will get.
Rewrite the following sentence three times, each time with a different conector (However, even though and despite):
I'd seen the film before. I still really enjoyed it.
I'd seen the film before. However, I still really enjoyed it.
Even though I'd seen the film before, I still really enjoyed it.
Despite had seeing the film before, I still really enjoyed it.
Be supposed to is used for:
There's an obligation to do something but in reality people don't always do it.
Are these sentences the same in meaning?
1.You needn't have washed the dishes. I would've put them in the dishwasher.
2.You didn't need to wash the dishes. I would've put them in the dishwasher.
The Same! To say someone did something that was not necessary we can use either one. However, if we want to say that someone didn't do something because it wasn't necessary we'll have to use "didn't need to" as in: The sun came out so we didn't need to take any rainwear on the trip.
What's the word we use after succeeded? managed? and was/able?
succeeded in | managed to | waswere/able to