Task 4 - Read the Learn this! box. Match each highlighted phrase in the dialogue with a rule (a-f) - SHS Friends Global 11 page 50

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

LEARN THIS! Comparative and superlative forms

a. We often use a superlative with the present perfect

That's the biggest mansion I've ever seen.

b. We use double comparatives to emphasise that something is changing.

Property is getting cheaper and cheaper.

c. We use The..., the... and comparatives to say that one thing changes with another.

The closer you are to the centre, the more you pay in rent.

d. We usually use more and most to form comparative and superlative adverbs. However, we add -er and -est to some short adverbs.

The flat sold more quickly than I expected.

Houses sell faster in the spring.

e. Like more and most, we can use less and least with long adjectives, adverbs and uncountable nouns.

This is the least spacious house in the road.

There's less space in my room than in yours.

f. We use fewer and fewest with countable nouns.

Which flat has the fewest rooms?

There are fewer big flats in the town centre.

Jenny: I think this flat is the best we've seen so far. Rents seem to be getting higher and higher. But this one's the least expensive and it's the 1 nearest to the city centre.

Beth: But it's the one with the fewest rooms and the least space.

Jenny: So you prefer the flat in the 2 worst location and with the 3 highest rent?

Beth: The location isn't that bad. It's 4 farther from the centre than the other two, but you can get to the train station more easily. And it's much 5 more spacious than the other two flats.

Jenny: Can we afford it, though? The more we spend on rent, the less we'll have for other things.

Beth: Actually, it's less expensive than it seems because the rent includes all the bills.

2. Phương pháp giải

Đọc khung Learn this! Nối mỗi cụm từ được đánh dấu trong đoạn hội thoại với một quy tắc (a-f).

3. Lời giải chi tiết

a. I think this flat is the best we've seen so far.

(Tôi nghĩ căn hộ này là căn hộ tốt nhất mà chúng tôi từng thấy từ trước đến nay.)

b. Rents seem to be getting higher and higher.

(Giá thuê dường như ngày càng cao hơn.)

c. The more we spend on rent, the less we'll have for other things.

(Chúng ta càng chi nhiều tiền thuê nhà, chúng ta càng có ít tiền cho những thứ khác.)

d. You can get to the train station more easily.

(Bạn có thể đến ga xe lửa dễ dàng hơn.)

e. It's less expensive than it seems.

(Nó ít tốn kém hơn nó có vẻ.)

f. It's the one with the fewest rooms.

(Đó là nơi có ít phòng nhất.)