Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar book teacher course part 105', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 34 Degree-Comparatives and Equatives 735 8. Use. You can present the use of -erversus more to your students by contrasting short informal adjectives with longer more formal adjectives in a context where both types of adjectives are being used to make similar comparisons. Situation Mrs. Harrison owns a public relations firm. She is creating a new position and asks her manager if she should promote Ms. Franklin or Ms. Thomas. Manager on the phone with Mrs. Harrison Oh I d hire Ms. Thomas. She s smarter works harder and is much friendlier. Manager in a written memo to Mrs. Harrison I recommend Ms. Thomas for the promotion because she is more intelligent and more industrious than the other person being considered. Also Ms. Thomas is more personable which will also be an important asset to bring to the new position. Exercises Test your understanding of what has been presented. 1. Provide an original example sentence for each of the following terms. Underline the pertinent word s in your examples. a. the comparative construction e. use of adverb to express degree b. the equative construction f. free comparative c. irregular comparative adverb g. unmarked adjective d. absolute use of adjectives 2. Describe the ambiguity in the following sentences a. Phyllis likes Carol more than Sue. b. Mark teaches Sam as well as Ralph. 3. What part of speech is being compared in the following sentences a. Harry throws the ball farther than Ned does. b. John has more than two cars. c. I bought more oranges than we can eat. d. This book costs more than I want to pay. e. This movie is more interesting than the one we saw last week. 4. Why is the following sentence awkward or questionable Joan sings less well than Sally. Test your ability to apply what you know. 5. If your students produce the following sentences what errors have they made How will you make them aware of their errors What exercises will you prepare to correct them a. To make the story more short I ll just tell the .
