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John is 178 centimeters. David is 180. Smith is 195.  John is  tall . David is  taller   than  John. Smith is  the   tallest  of all. The red car next to the tree is $50,000. The blue car in front of the house is $80,000. The black car over there is $150,000. The red car is  expensive . The blue car is  more expensive than  the red car. The black car is  the most expensive  of all. 1. My elder brother is three years  older  (old) than I am. 2. When I was a kid I always wanted to be   taller  (tall) than he was. 3. Now I am the  tallest  (tall) in my family. 4. But my younger brother is   more intelligent  (intelligent) than I am. 5. My elder brother played volleyball much  better  (good) than I did. 6. My younger brother drives  more carefully  (careful) than I do. 7. I am the   fastest  (fast) driver in my family but the least carefu...

WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?" Simply put adjectives are descriptive words. Adjectives are used to describe or give information about things, ideas and people: nouns  or  pronouns . For Example:- The  grey  dog barked. (The adjective  grey  describes the noun " dog ".) The most common question an adjective might answer is "What kind of ...?" The good news is that in English the form of an adjective does not change, once you have learnt it that's it and it does not matter if the noun being described is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object. Yay! Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with). Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree). There are different types of adjectives in the English language: Numeric: six, one hundred and one etc. Quantitative: more, all, some, ha...

There is often confusion about the use of who and whom.   Who and whom are pronouns.   Who is a subject pronoun, in the same way as 'he/she/they'.   Whom is an object pronoun, in the same way as 'him/her/them'.   In the sentence "John loves Julie." : John is the subject of the verb 'love' Julie is the object of John's affection. Simple rule : If you can substitute 'he/they', use 'who'.   If you can substitute 'him/them', use 'whom'. Subject Verb Object Tom loves Julie Who loves Julie? Tom loves whom? Subject Who We use 'who' when it is the subject of a verb, that is, when it refers to the person who takes an action. Julie played tennis. Julie is the subject of the verb 'to play'. To find out the name of the player, we ask a question using 'who'. Who played tennis? Julie played tennis. Who can also be used as the subject of a non-identifying clause: There's M...

When to use 'whether' and 'if' in English. 'Whether'  and  'if'  are used as follows :   To express alternatives : I don't know  whether/if  I'll go to the party on Saturday (or not). To report a question : Are you going to the party? - She asked me  whether/if  I was going to the party (or not). Only  whether  can be used in the following cases: When followed by an infinitive : I don't know  whether to go  to the party or not. After prepositions : It depends  on   whether  I get home early or not. When  whether  begins a clause which is the subject of a sentence. Whether I  go to the party or to the cinema makes no difference to me. When followed directly by 'or not' I'll be happy  whether or not  I go to the party.

Complete the sentences below with an appropriate word.              1.      You are welcome to come and stay with us __________ you like.                    2.       I'd like to speak to __________ is in charge of sales.               3.      __________ you do, don't forget to call me as soon as you arrive.               4.      It comes in three colours;  choose __________ you prefer.               5.      What do you want to do on Saturday?  I don't mind - ___________ you like!                6...