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2017-08-09 Grammar: so/such, comparatives

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
  3. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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  5. Homework: p. 142 exercise 18 - Answer these questions with “so” or “such”.
  6. 1 I am such a good student that I always attend my class.
  7. 2 I walk so quickly that I often have to stop to wait for my friends.
  8. 3 I wanted a car so badly that I sold my house.
  9. 4 I ate such a huge amount of food at my friend’s wedding that I had a stomachache.
  10. (I ate so much food…)
  11. 5 The Himalayan Mountains are so high that no pilot wants to fly over them.
  12. 6 Yes, because on my first birthday I ate so many cakes and desserts.
  13. I don’t know. I was so young that I don’t remember anything.
  14. 7 He was such a tall person that I was surprised to see him.
  15. 8 The TOEFL test is so hard that you can’t take it without preparing first.
  16. 9 It was such a boring class that I couldn’t wait for it to end.
  17. It was so boring that I fell asleep.
  18. 10 Greg is so wonderful that every student likes him.
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  20. You are so good at organization that…
  21. You are such a good organizer that…
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  23. Comparatives
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  25. When we compare the intensity or degree of two different things, we use comparatives.
  26. You are better at organization than me.
  27. You are better than I am. - This is always correct.
  28. You are better than I. - Some people think this is more correct, but it sounds strange.
  29. You are better than me. - Some people think this is incorrect, but it’s how we speak.
  30. You are a better organizer than me.
  31. You organize better than I do.
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  33. as...as = these are the same, so to express that they aren’t, you need a negative
  34. I am not as good at organization as you.
  35. I am not as good an organizer as you.
  36. I don’t organize as well as you do.
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  38. “short” adjectives that take -er instead of “more” are one syllable, or two if the second syllable is small enough, such as -y or -le
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  40. p. 171 exercise 4 - Interview your partner to find this information about them.
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  42. Homework: Use this information to write comparative sentences (with intensifiers) about you and your partners.
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