Grammar Focus - Comparatives
According to ‘AskOxford’ a comparative is an ‘adjective: measured or judged by comparison; relative’.
To explain this to a young native speaking student would be difficult enough, so we would have to rely on a common knowledge between the teacher and student. We both understand the concept, it came to us a babies when we noticed the mummy’s left breast-ee-dumpling was slightly bigger than mummy’s right breast-ee-dumpling.
So, similarly in the ESL classroom with beginners, we need to [...read more]
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