Look at the Grammar box. Read the sentences about how sports and sportspeople have changed. Answer the questions.

1 Which sentences use a comparative form with:

• an adjective?
• an adverb?
• a noun?

2 Which sentence uses a superlative adjective?

3 Which sentence emphasises that something is 'less than'?

4 Which of the words in bold show a small difference and which show a big difference?

5 Why do we say many more people, but much more energy? What is the opposite of both of them?

6 Which sentence shows how one change causes another change to happen at the same time?

Comparatives and superlatives

a Bicycles have improved and become far more aerodynamic.

b There are many more people training today.

c Athletes are training harder and more intelligently than before.

ɗ The running tracks used in the 1930s were not as fast as the ones today.

e The soft surface of old running tracks stole much more energy from athletes' legs compared to modern tracks.

f Usain Bolt is the fastest man in history.

g On average, shot-putters are now two and a half inches taller and 130 pounds heavier than they were in the 1920s.

h The current hour record in cycling is only slightly better than it was over 40 years ago.

i The more money governments spend on athletes, the better the results.

 

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Look at the Grammar box. Read the sentences about how sports and sportspeople have changed. Answer the questions.

1 Which sentences use a comparative form with:

• an adjective?
• an adverb?
• a noun?

2 Which sentence uses a superlative adjective?

3 Which sentence emphasises that something is 'less than'?

4 Which of the words in bold show a small difference and which show a big difference?

5 Why do we say many more people, but much more energy? What is the opposite of both of them?

6 Which sentence shows how one change causes another change to happen at the same time?

Comparatives and superlatives

a Bicycles have improved and become far more aerodynamic.

b There are many more people training today.

c Athletes are training harder and more intelligently than before.

ɗ The running tracks used in the 1930s were not as fast as the ones today.

e The soft surface of old running tracks stole much more energy from athletes' legs compared to modern tracks.

f Usain Bolt is the fastest man in history.

g On average, shot-putters are now two and a half inches taller and 130 pounds heavier than they were in the 1920s.

h The current hour record in cycling is only slightly better than it was over 40 years ago.

i The more money governments spend on athletes, the better the results.

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