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Comparatives • Used to • Online Shopping • Apartments • Past Perfect • Appointments

📖 E-Learning Grammar Revision

Complete Exam Preparation

✨ Comparatives - Compare things correctly

🕐 Used to - Talk about past habits

🛒 Online Shopping - Essential vocabulary

🏠 Apartments - Renting vocabulary

⏮️ Past Perfect - Actions before other past actions

📅 Appointments - Professional phrases

📘 How to Use This Lesson

📘 Read each slide carefully

🧠 Memorize the formulas

✏️ Look at the examples

✅ You will see these in the exam

💡 Study Tip

Go through each slide 2-3 times. The memory tips will help you remember for the exam!

PART 1: COMPARISONS

Comparing Similar Things

⚖️

Pattern: as ... as

📝 Formula

noun + is/are + as + adjective + as + noun

Use ✔️ When two things are the same

✨ Examples

Yuma is as hot as Kuwait City.

Madagascar is as big as the UK.

🧠 Memory Tip

as = same

Comparing Different Things

❌

Pattern: not as ... as

📝 Formula

noun + is/are + not as + adjective + as + noun

Use ❌ When things are NOT the same

✨ Examples

China is not as big as the US.

Nepal is not as small as Greece.

🧠 Memory Tip

not as = different

Comparative Adjectives

...er than / more ... than

📊

Comparing: One is MORE than the other

📝 Formula

noun + is/are + comparative adjective + than + noun

✨ Examples

The UK is smaller than New Zealand.

Africa is bigger than China.

🧠 Memory Tip

than = comparison

How to Make Comparatives

1️⃣ One syllable → add -er

cold → colder

fast → faster

2️⃣ CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) → double

big → bigger

hot → hotter

3️⃣ Ends in -y → y → i + er

easy → easier

happy → happier

4️⃣ Long adjectives → more

beautiful → more beautiful

dangerous → more dangerous

🧠 Memory Rule

Short word = -er | Long word = more

PART 2: TOO & NOT ENOUGH

Using "too"

❌

Too = More than needed (negative!)

📝 Formula

too + adjective

Meaning ❌ More than needed (bad result)

✨ Examples

The rent is too expensive. (I can't afford it)

The ticket price is too high. (I won't buy it)

🧠 Memory Tip

too = problem

Using "not enough"

📉

Not enough = Less than needed

📝 Formula

not + adjective + enough

Meaning ❌ Less than needed

✨ Examples

The room isn't big enough. (I need more space)

The beer isn't cold enough. (It should be colder)

🧠 Memory Tip

not enough = missing something

PART 3: ONLINE SHOPPING

Essential Vocabulary

🛒 Online Shopping Words

log on
start using a computer

shopping site
website to buy things

password
secret code

checkout
where you pay

register
create an account

secure
safe

🧠 Exam Tip

These appear in listening & reading sections!

PART 4: USED TO

Past Habits

🕐

Used to = Past habit that is FINISHED

Use ✔️ Something happened in the past
❌ It does NOT happen now

📝 Formula

used to + verb

✨ Example

I used to live in New York. (I lived there before, but not now)

Used to - All Forms

📝 Negative

didn't use to + verb

✨ Negative Example

I didn't use to like coffee.

📝 Question

Did + subject + use to + verb?

✨ Question Example

Did you use to work here?

❌ Never present tense: Now I use to work here

✅ Correct: Now I work here

🧠 Memory Tip

used to = finished past

PART 5: RELATIVE CLAUSES

Who / That (People)

👥

Use to join two sentences about a person

Use ✔️ Join two sentences about a person

✨ Examples

Mel is the person who makes the artwork.

Mel is the person that makes the artwork.

🧠 Remember

Both "who" and "that" work for people!

That / Which / Where

Things → That / Which

company that designs websites

company which designs websites

Places → Where

The office where we work

🧠 Memory Tip

Who = people

That/Which = things

Where = place

PART 6: RENTING AN APARTMENT

Essential Vocabulary

🏠 Apartment Vocabulary

rent
monthly payment

deposit
initial payment

landlord
property owner

unfurnished
no furniture

balcony
outdoor space

elevator / stairs
ways to go up/down

air-conditioned
has cooling system

non-smoker
no smoking allowed

🧠 Listening Alert

These words appear together in exams!

PART 7: PAST PERFECT

Actions Before Past Actions

⏮️

Past Perfect = Something happened BEFORE another past event

Use ✔️ One action happened before another in the past

📝 Formula

had + past participle

✨ Example

He had moved to Sydney before 2012.

(He moved FIRST → Then 2012 came)

Past Perfect vs Past Simple

✨ Compare the Difference

Past Simple:
He moved to Sydney → then lost money

(moved first, lost money second)

Past Perfect:
He had lost his money → before he moved

(lost money FIRST, then moved)

🧠 Memory Tip

Past perfect = first action (the earlier one)

PART 8: MAKING APPOINTMENTS

Professional Phrases

✨ Starting

I'd like to make an appointment.

I'd like to schedule an appointment.

✨ Asking

What's it regarding?

Appointments: Dates & Ending

✨ Offering Times

She has an opening on the 18th at 2 pm.

✨ Ending

We'll see you then!

See you on the 20th!

🧠 Tip

These phrases are very common in listening exams!

🎯 EXAM MEMORY CHEAT SHEET

Quick Review - Memorize These!

✔️ as … as = same

✔️ than = comparison

✔️ too = problem

✔️ not enough = missing

✔️ used to = past, finished

✔️ who/that/where = connectors

✔️ had + PP = past before past

💪 You're Ready!

Review these slides before your exam. You've got this!

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