2015-11-17 Core: 7 houses and comparatives

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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When you were growing up, did you have a favorite room in your house?
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p. 81 part 2 - in pairs, talk about your experience (if any) with these living arrangements, and about which arrangements you like best (alone or with friends or with family, in a house or an apartment, with pets or without, etc.)
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p. 82 part 1 - house features, different styles of house, housing history in your countries
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BREAK
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Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
He is taller than everyone else in the class. = He is the tallest in the class.

an old man = 60 or 70 years old
an older man = older than average / older than me (more polite)

He is as tall as me. = We are the same height.
He is not as tall as me. = He is shorter than me.
He is not quite as tall. = He is nearly/almost as tall. = He is a little shorter. (the difference is small)
He is not nearly as tall.  = He is a lot shorter. = He is much shorter. (the difference is large)

My house is more comfortable than my sister’s house.
Her house is not as comfortable as mine. = Her house is less comfortable than mine.
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p. 83 part 7 - write the sentences with the words in parentheses (so they have the same meaning)
(Some of the sentences use adverbs, not adjectives.)
1 Houses are less appropriate for local conditions.
2 A cave house is not as small as you think.
3 An igloo is not as cold inside as you might think.
4 New houses are more and more expensive every year.
5 My tent is the best in camp.
6 This house is the oldest.
7 A house on stilts survives more easily in floods.
8 You can put up a ger more quickly than a brick house.
  You can’t put up a brick house as quickly as a ger.

“more and more expensive” = more expensive over time
“cheaper and cheaper” = cheaper over time = cheaper now than in the past, and cheaper in the future than now
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adjectives have an -er/-est form, and adverbs that are the same as adjectives also use -er/-est
Other adverbs, and when we compare nouns and verbs, we just use more/most and less/least.

I have more money than my roommate.
My roommate doesn’t have as much money as me.

I study more than my classmates.
My classmates don’t study as much as I do.

She arrived before I did. / She arrived before me.
She arrived earlier than I did. / She arrived earlier than me.
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When someone is sick, they are expected to stay at home. (singular “they”)
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Homework: p. 83 part 10 - describe what type of living arrangement is best for these people (apartment, condominium, house, etc)