Lingoda Group Class Notes 49
Topic: Comparatives and superlatives Relatedskill: Grammar
Date: 21 November 2024 Teacher: E.Claire
What I've learned
Idioms
to step up your game - Meaning: to start performing better - Example: He needs to step up his game if he wants to win the tournament.
Vocabularies & Phrases
| V&P | Definiation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| of all time | 有史以来；一直；空前的 | In my opinion, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. |
| of their time | 在他们的时代 | Michael Phelps was the greatest swimmer of his time. |
| far | 远；远远；大大；久 | Toyko is a far more densely-populated city than Dublin. |
| slightly | 稍微；略微；身材瘦小的 | My new flat is slightly larger than my old one. |
| the same as | 与…同样 | That band sounds the same as another band I know of. |
| similar to | 与……相似；与……类似 | The new couch you ordered is similar to mine. |
| different from | 不同于；与……不同；与……不相同 | My sweater is different from yours. They might look the same, but yours is cotton and mine is wool. |
| as + adjective + as | 和...一样XXX | The ice cream is not as tasty as I remember. |
| tournament | n. 锦标赛；联赛；（中世纪的）骑马比武 | For me, such a great player like Serena, if she would have come back and it was her first tournament I would have maybe understood. |
Grammar
As you know, the comparative form of adjectives is what we use when we are comparing the characteristic of one noun to that of another.
- This ball is bigger than that ball.
- Basketball is more popular than netball.
- It's a less physical sport than rugby (n.橄榄球运动).
Often, you need to modify comparatives to add some detail or make a point clear.
Quantifying comparatives with a little, a lot, much etc.
One thing might be better than another, but by how much? Here are some of the modifiers you can use.
| less | more |
|---|---|
| slightly better/more | a lot better/more |
| a litte better/more | much better/more |
| a bit better/more | far better/more |
Here are some examples:
- Overall, the team was much fitter and inmuch better condition than last month.
- I thought the goalkeeper was slightly moreaware in the second half.
- These shoes are far better for playingtennis than those ones.
Slightly, a little, and a bit
Slighty, a little, and a bit often occur with only. This usually express disappointment.
Despite all that training, we were only slightlyquicker to the ball than we were last week.
Lots, a lot, and much
Lots, a lot, and much can be combined with the negative form of the verb. This is like only slightly or only a bit.
Despite all that training, we weren't much quickerto the ball than we were last week.
Note: this doesn't work with far: -✘ He wasn't far more engaged in the game this week -✓ He wasn't much more engaged in thegame this week.
Explaining similarities and differences
When we compare things, we often want to underline similarities or differences.
If two things are the same, we say that they are the same as each other. If they share a characteristic to the same degree, we say that they are as + adjective + as each other.
- Rounders is more or less the same as baseball.
- These days, cricket is just as commercial asfootball.
If they share a likeness (but are not exactly the same), we say that they are similar to each other.
- Rugby is similar to football in that you have toget a ball into a goal.
- Water polo is similar to basketball and football,but it's played swimming.
If the two things are not alike, we say they are different from each other.
- Cricket is quite different from baseball.
- The two players are actually quite different fromeach other.
We can highlight differences using not as + adjective + as.
The rules of baseball are not as complicated asthose of cricket.
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