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Comparatives Used To Online Shopping Past Perfect

📘 How to Use This Lesson

  • 🧠 Memorize the formulas
  • ✏️ Analyze the examples
  • ✅ Prepare: These will be in your exam!

PART 1 — COMPARISONS

Comparing Similar Things

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

✔️ Use when two things are the same

"Yuma is as hot as Kuwait City."

"Madagascar is as big as the UK."

🧠 Memory Tip: as = same

Comparing Different Things

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

❌ Use when things are NOT the same

"China is not as big as the US."

"Nepal is not as small as Greece."

🧠 Memory Tip: not as = different

Comparative Adjectives

noun + is/are + ...er than / more ... than + noun

"The UK is smaller than New Zealand."

"Africa is bigger than China."

🧠 Memory Tip: than = comparison

How to Make Comparatives

1. Short Words

cold → colder | fast → faster

2. CVC Words

big → bigger | hot → hotter

3. Ends in -y

easy → easier | happy → happier

4. Long Words

beautiful → more beautiful

Rule: Short = -er | Long = more

PART 2 — TOO & NOT ENOUGH

Using "too"

too + adjective

❌ Meaning: More than needed (Problem!)

  • "The rent is too expensive."
  • "The ticket price is too high."
🧠 Memory Tip: too = problem

Using "not enough"

not + adjective + enough

❌ Meaning: Less than needed

  • "The room isn’t big enough."
  • "The beer isn’t cold enough."
🧠 Memory Tip: not enough = missing something

PART 3 — ONLINE SHOPPING

Key Vocabulary

Log on: Start using
Secure: Safe
Checkout: Pay here
Password: Secret code
Register: Create account
Site: Website
⚠️ Exam Tip: These appear in modern listening & reading texts.

PART 4 — USED TO

Past Habits

used to + verb

✔️ Happened in the past

❌ Does NOT happen now

"I used to live in New York."

Forms of "Used To"

Negative

didn’t use to + verb

"I didn't use to like coffee."

Question

Did + subject + use to + verb?

"Did you use to work here?"

🚫 Never Present: ❌ "I use to work here" ➡️ ✅ "I work here"

PART 5 — RELATIVE CLAUSES

Who / That (People)

Join two sentences about a person.

"Mel is the person who makes the artwork."
"Mel is the person that makes the artwork."

Things & Places

THINGS

"The company that/which designs sites."

PLACES

"The office where we work."

Who = People
Which = Things
Where = Place

PART 6 — RENTING

Apartment Vocabulary

Rent Deposit Landlord Unfurnished Balcony Elevator Air-conditioned Non-smoker
⚠️ LISTENING ALERT: These words appear together in exam scenarios.

PART 7 — PAST PERFECT

Had + Past Participle

had + past participle (V3)

✔️ One action happened before another in the past.

"He had moved to Sydney before 2012."

The Timeline

2

He moved to Sydney (Past Simple)

1

He HAD lost his money (Past Perfect)

🧠 Past Perfect = The First Action

PART 8 — APPOINTMENTS

Starting & Asking

Polite Start

"I'd like to make / schedule an appointment."

Receptionist Asks

"What is it regarding?"

Offering & Ending

Offering a time:

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

Ending:

"We'll see you then!"

Exam Cheat Sheet

✅ as...as = same
✅ than = comparison
✅ too = problem
✅ not enough = missing
✅ used to = past habit
✅ had + V3 = past before past

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAM! 🎓

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