Alice Grammar 2

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3 Making comparisons
er, more 過 … than 比起 (comparative); the … est, most 最(superlative)

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more 更多, most 最多, less 少些, least 最少, fewer 少些, fewest 最少
Cathay is the youngest of her siblings.
Steven runs the fastest in our school.
Winning the competition was one of the happiest moments of my life.
The book features some of the best stories published in this decade.
I arrived as 那麼 early as 如 she did.
His luggage is not as heavy as mine.
This is the most beautiful song (that) I’ve (ever 從來) heard.
It was the best gift (that) I’ve (ever) received.

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Practice A
1 My brother is two years older (old) than I am.
2 This dress is too small for me. Do you have a bigger (big) size?
3 The three set meals are great but we had hoped to have more (many) choices.
4 Of the three films in The Hobbit trilogy, Erica likes the last one most (much).
5 The Giant Buddha is one of the most famous (famous) tourist attractions in Hong Kong.
6 I’m spending less (little) than usual. I need to save for a trip to Bangkok.
7 Why don’t you wait for the sale? Everything will be cheaper (cheap) then.
8 The yellow jacket was not as expensive (expensive) as the blue one.

Practice B
delicious easy far little pretty soon
1 A: Do you like playing table tennis?
B: No, of all sports, I like it (the) least .
2 A: What do you think of the egg tart?
B: It’s one of the most delicious desserts I’ve ever tasted.
3 A: When will we receive the book?
B: After we have received payment, we will send you the book as soon as possible.
4 A: How did you do in the test?
B: Great! It was much easier than I had expected.
5 A: Which skirt should I pick?
B: Both skirts are nice but I think you look the prettiest in the red one.
6 A: Is Leon the long jump champion at school?
B: Yes, he jumps farther than anyone else.

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Practice C
1 Emma’s new flat is smaller than her old one. (as … as)
Emma’s new flat is not as big as her old one.
2 Mike is less active than his brother. (as … as)
Mike is not as active as his brother.
3 Sophie’s hair is longer than Chloe’s. (as … as)
Sophie’s hair is not as long as Chloe’s.
4 Jason cannot do as many push-ups as Clark. (than)
Jason cannot do more push-ups than Clark.
5 The traffic was less busy than usual. (as … as)
The traffic was not as busy as usual.
6 The problem is not as serious as we thought. (than)
The problem is not more serious than we thought.

Practice D
Ext. School Playground—Day
The camera pans across the playground. A crowd of students is gathering in the playground. A boy starts
to speak in front of the group at the camera zooms in.
Jack: Hello everyone! I’m jack Wong from the Rope Skipping Club. Here we don’t do ordinary rope skipping.
We do something (more exciting / exciting / the most exciting) than that. Look at them.
The camera pans to three students performing a criss-cross. There are cheers and applause from the
crowd. The camera pans back to Jack when they finish.

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Jack: Doesn’t look (more fun / fun / most fun)? Hey Mia, Emma and Justin, come here! They are
(experienced / more experienced / the most experienced) skippers in the club. All of them have
practiced for (as many / more than / the most) five years. Mia, please tell the audience about the tricks
you guys just did.
A girl step into the frame.
Mia: Hi everyone. What we just showed you was a basic technique that involves crossing arms in front of the
body while jumping. It’s called criss-cross. It’s (easier / easy / the easiest) to master than other
techniques, but it looks cool all th same.
Emma: If you don’t think that’s cool enough, you can make it a bit (the most interesting / interesting / more
interesting) by adding a few additional moves.
Emma performs a criss-cross with a few fancy moves. The cheers and applause from the group are (loud /
louder / the loudest) than before. Then Emma picks up speed and skips much (faster / the fastest / fast). The
crowd gives an even (bigger / the biggest / big) round of applause when she finishes. Camera pans to Jack.
Jack: Wasn’t that amazing? If you want to learn these techniques for yourself, you are welcome to join the
Rope Skipping Club! For more details, check out our club’s notice board and website.
Fade Out.

Practice E
Name Mr Tam Mrs Tam Eva Daniel
Salary $36,000 $62,000 $6,000 /
Working hours per week 42 50 16 /
Favourite pastimes / / 1. Social networking 1. Playing football
2. Listening to K-pop 2. Playing video games
3. Online shopping 3. Social networking
How happy do you feel 7 5 6 9
about your life?

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There are four people in the Tam family. Three of them have jobs. Mrs Tam is an accountant and she
has the highest income (she/have/high/income) of all the family members. She works the longest hours
(she/work/long/hours) in the family, too. Her husband earns less (her husband/earn/little) than she
does, but he likes his job. ‘My boss and co-workers are nice to me and we get on well,’ he says. Eva is studying
at university and has some part-time jobs. I do not earn as much (I/not/earn/much) as my parents do,
but I think my salary is good enough for me. I can pay my own school fees,’ Eva says.
Daniel is a Secondary 2 student. He and his sister are close. Like most young people, both Eva and Daniel
want to stay connected but Eva likes social networking more (Eva/like/social networking/much) than her
brother. Eva also likes to shop online but she doe not shop as often (she/not/shop/often) as her friends
do. Daniel is very good at playing football. In fact, he is one of the best young footballers (he/be/one of
/good/young footballers) in Hong Kong.
Of all the members of the family, Daniel feels the happiest (Daniel/feel/happy) about his life. He
just led the school football team to victory in an inter-school football competition. It is the happiest
moment that I ever have (it/be/happy/moment/that/I/ever/have) in my life,’ he says. Mrs Tam’s
happiness rating is not as high (Mrs Tam’s happiness rating/be/not/high) as the other family members. She
is usually very tired after long hours of work and she doesn’t get enough sleep. ‘I hope I can spend more
time (I/can/spend/much/time) with my family in the future,’ she says.

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Using the Language
A night packed with action and entertainment
This year, the Drama Competition was held in a larger (large) venue and more (many) guests
were able to join us than ever before. Many thought the production was among the most impressive
(impressive) of recent years. Class 5B won the most (many) awards, including Most Liked Drama and
Best Director. Although …