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Unit 4

The document discusses various comparative structures in English, illustrating how to express comparisons using different phrases and forms. It also includes examples of idiomatic expressions related to comparisons and lists words with their corresponding noun forms. Additionally, it touches on the topic of multiple intelligences and poses questions regarding the measurement and understanding of intelligence.

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Unit 4

The document discusses various comparative structures in English, illustrating how to express comparisons using different phrases and forms. It also includes examples of idiomatic expressions related to comparisons and lists words with their corresponding noun forms. Additionally, it touches on the topic of multiple intelligences and poses questions regarding the measurement and understanding of intelligence.

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comparatives

• The blue box is bigger than the brown box


• The brown box is smaller than the blue box
• The brown box is less big than the blue box
• The brown box isn’t as/so big as the blue box

• As +adj +as: affirmative/neg/ int


• So/as +adj +as : so only for negative
• I tried as hard as the others
• He was not so/as big as his classmates
• When he works, his stomach is less painful than
when he rests
• We get older and older (nos estamos haciendo cada
vez más mayores)
• S +verb +comparative +and + comparative
• The longer you practise, the better you get (cuanto
más practiques, mejor lo harás)
• The + comparative + sentence, the +compara
+sentence
• The earlier you start, the easier it is
Is less healthy than

As quickly/fast as
1. The sooner, the better (cuanto antes, mejor)
2. The bigger they are, the harder they fall (cuanta más alta la subida, más alta la caída)
3. This is going from bad to worse (de mal en peor)
4. Better to be safe than sorry (
5. Better late than never (mejor tarde que nunca)
6. Easier said than done (es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo)
7. The more, the merrier (cuanto más, mejor)
• Act: actress, actor electric: electricity, electrician
• Appear: appearence happy: happiness
• Confident: confidenceimprove: improvement
• Create: creation, creator invent: invention, inventor
• Different: difference investigate: investigation/tor
• Educate: education, educator mad: madness
• Employ: employee, employer music: musician
• Relevant: relevance science: scientist
Plough arar
listening
• Multiple intelligence (48-49)
• 1. What does the writer say about knowing facts and
data
• 2. Why does the writer say that Gardner’s theory is
more realistic than the traditional view of intelligence?
• 3. According to the writer, why is it difficult to
measure intelligence?
• 4. What examples does the writer give to show that
intelligence is not just a question of being born
intelligent?

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