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Comparatives & superlatives
We use comparative adjectives to describe people and things :
Superlative adjectives :
We use the with a superlative :
It was the happiest day of my life . Everest is the highest mountain in the world . That ’ s the best film I have seen this year . I have three sisters , Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest .
This car is certainly better but it ’ s much more expensive . I ’ m feeling happier now . We need a bigger garden
We use than when we want to compare one thing with another :
She is two years older than me . New York is much bigger than Boston . He is a better player than Ronaldo . France is a bigger country than Britain .
When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two comparatives with and :
The balloon got bigger and bigger . Everything is getting more and more expensive . Grandfather is looking older and older .
We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another :
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When you drive faster it is more dangerous The faster you drive , the more dangerous it is . When they climbed higher it got colder The higher they climbed , the colder it got .