| 1. Giving Opinions | 2. Using The Word Too | 3. Superlatives | 4. As good as |
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1. GIVING OPINIONS | ||
| It is polite to say perhaps when giving an opinion or making suggestions. | |||
| Listen to the difference. It’s time to go. Perhaps it’s time to go. You’re wrong about that. Perhaps you’re wrong about that. |
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| ANNE Good fruit. Perhaps a little immature. she means the wine is not ready to drink |
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| When we give an opinion and want people to agree we say isn’t it? It’s hot, isn’t it? It’s funny, isn’t it? |
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| SARAH It’s very pale isn’t it? she means the wine is pale in colour |
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| Be careful. You only use isn’t it when the subject is it. Instead of saying isn’t it with other subjects we say: He’s funny isn’t he? You’re late, aren’t you? They run fast, don’t they? |
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| Isn’t it is short for 'is it not?' which is the same as saying 'don’t you think?'. This is a good movie, isn’t it? This is a good movie, don’t you think? |
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| We often say I think when we are giving our opinion. I think the food here is excellent. I think it’s a boring movie. |
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| ANNE I think we’ll leave that one. a polite way of saying she will not buy it But I like the Chardonnay. I think we can sell that. |
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2. USING THE WORD TOO | ||
Another word we often use when giving opinions is too. The train is too crowded. This tea is too sweet. |
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| We often use too after much (much too) to mean 'even more than'. The train is much too crowded. This tea is much too sweet. |
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| ANNE It’s a bit too dry for our market. the wine is not sweet |
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| We use too before much (too much) to talk about amounts that can’t be counted. This tea has too much sugar in it. There’s too much noise. |
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| ANNE A bit too much fruit at this stage the wine tastes too much like fruit juice |
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For things that can be counted we use many. It has more than one o. |
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| We also use too spelled like this to mean 'as well' It has another meaning too. I want to come too. |
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| TIM It’ll drink well for years yet, but you can drink it right now too. it will taste good for many years and also tastes good now as well |
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| The number 2 is spelled two |
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| All other uses of to are spelled to. We’d like you to try the quiz. |
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3. SUPERLATIVES | ||
| We use adjectives in a different way to compare more than two things. When we compare two things we add 'er' or say 'more' before the adjective. This is big. This is bigger. |
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More Information: comparatives |
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One way to compare more than two things is to add 'est' to the adjective. |
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| This is a big animal. This is a bigger animal This is the biggest animal. |
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| ANNE It's a lovely colour, deepest red a very dark red TIM Yes, it's made from some of our youngest vines |
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| Words that have one main sound or syllable have the est ending. small (one syllable) smallest When a word has more than two main sounds or syllables, we don’t add an est sound to form the superlative. |
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| Beautiful has three syllables. Beau-ti-ful The superlative of beautiful is the most beautiful. She is the most beautiful woman in the class. |
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| TIM Well, it's our most expensive wine at fifty dollars retail. TIM It's our most popular white at the moment. white wine |
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| There are two common superlatives that are different. | |||
| The superlative of good is best. This is the best wine. The superlative of bad is worst. This is the worst wine. |
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| ANNE What's your best red? red wine |
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| Notice that we usually use the before superlatives. This is the biggest animal. She is the most beautiful woman in the class. |
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| Or we use a possessive (your, our, their, its, my, someone’s or something’s) That is your biggest problem. Sam’s largest pet is his dog. |
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| ANNE What's your best red? TIM Yes, it's made from some of our youngest vines. TIM Well, it's our most expensive wine at fifty dollars retail. TIM It's our most popular white at the moment white wine |
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4. AS GOOD AS | ||
| We use the expression as good as to say that things are the same as each other or that they are equally good. | |||
| My house is as good as yours. (my house is equal to yours) |
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| TIM Our reds are as good as any you’ll find around here. our red wines are equal to any in the area |
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| We use as before and after adjectives to say that things are the same. I’m as big as he is. She’s as smart as you are. |
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