Топик: Сравнительные степени прилагательных и наречий (Comparison) Модальные глаголы (Modal Verbs) Цепочки существительных (Атрибутивная, номинативная группа) (Chains of nouns)

1. Adverbs in -ly form their comparative and superlative with more and most. (But not early)

Could you say that more slowly, please?
Tom can shoot the most accurately.
You will just have to get up earlier.

2. Adverbs with the same form as adjectives form their comparative and superlative with -er and -est.

Sarah run the fastest.

Some adverbs form their comparative and superlative irregularly.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
badly	worse	worst
well	better	best
little	less	least
far	farther, further	farthest, furthest
much	more	most

Comparison as...as, less etc.

We use as...as to compare 2 things that are the same in the same way.
I cannot do crosswords as quickly as you.

Less and least are the opposites of more and most.
The old man's son visits him less often nowadays.

We can repeat a comparative after and to talk about a change in something else.
They went faster and faster down the hill.

We use the+comparative to talk about a change in one thing which causes a change in something else.
The more you practise, the better you will play.

Ten sentences:

1. I am not the tallest student in our group.

2. James Hetfield plays electric guitar much better than I.

3. I think that tomorrow it will be colder than today.

4. On my girlfriend’s birthday I bought the most expensive present I could afford.

5. Sevastopol is the most picturesque city in Crimea.

6. T-1 line Internet connection is much faster than dial-up one, however it is more expensive.

7. The more I study, the better will be results.

8. On average, people eat about twice as much proteins as they need.

9. Calculus is simpler than statistics.

10) Mice are smaller than elephants.

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The first computers with their electronics filled more room than up-to-date computers do. Photographs of early computers show men and women in business suits and laboratory coats standing in the middle of a room surrounded by a U-shape machine. In reality, people operating and developing the first computers did not wear suits. Air-conditioning was poorer than people needed and they dressed in T-shirts and tennis shoes.

The development of the transistor in 1948 made it possible to build smaller electronic devices. Computers became smaller and smaller and in our days personal computer can easily be fitted on the desk. Notebooks have less size than personal computers and they widely used by businessmen. For the most pretentious people engineers created a Pocket personal computer that can find room in pocket. Pocket PC is the smallest PC, on the other hand, it is the slowest and the least powerful than other personal computers. For people who do not need features like Infrared or Bluetooth connection or color display that offers Pocket PC, Palm designed small electronic organizer. It has fewer features and it is less powerful than Pocket PC, but it is also less expensive.

Computer designers are trying to create more friendly interface computer, because it is sold better. The one of the most important factors is a noise uttered by computer. Nobody likes noise and people are ready to pay more to buy quieter PC.