Reporting Structures
Comparative and Superlative Forms
As/ Like
100
Marco has kindly (agree) help me with my presentation.
agreed to
100
It's becoming (more and more hard /harder and harder) to secure a good job nowadays.
harder and harder
100
Are you (like/as) your sister?
like
200
She threatened (stop) seeing him.
to stop
200
We find that we have (far less/ lesser) time to relax now that we have children.
far less
200
Jane's won lots of dance competitions but, (unlike/ as) her, I am a terrible dancer.
unlike
300
The press (accuse police) overreacting during the demonstration.
accused the poilice of
300
Out of the two of them, she was (a bit/ far and away) the better singer.
far and away
300
We found the exam difficult, (like/as) did most of the other candidates.
as
400
Jamie denied ( copy) his partner's essay.
copying
400
Tom and Margot are ( easily/ easiest) the best students in my class
easily
400
Tom is our son and, (like/as) his parents, we want the very best for him.
as
500
They ( congratulate/ Susan/ win) the singing contest.
congratulated Susan on winning
500
My exam results are only ( marginally/quite) worse than yours.
marginally
500
I agree with your teacher. (Like/Unlike) her, I think you could do better.
Like