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Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 31. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | 264 STRUCTURE SK LL 28 USE COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES CORRECTLY Another problem with the comparative and superlative on the TOEFL test is that they can be used incorrectly. The comparative and superlative have different uses and you should understand these different uses to answer such questions correctly. The comparative is used to compare two equal things. The history class is larger than the math class. Mary is more intelligent than Sue. In the first example the history class is being compared with the math class. In the second example Mary is being compared with Sue. The superlative is used when there are more than two items to compare and you want to show the one that is the best the biggest or in some way the most outstanding. The history class is the largest in the school. Mary is the most intelligent of all the students in the class. In the first example the history class is compared with all the other classes in the school and the history class is larger than each of the other classes. In the second example Mary is compared with all the other students in the class and Mary is more intelligent than each of the other students. The following chart outlines the uses of comparatives and superlatives THE USES OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES The comparative is used to compare two equal things. The superlative is used to show which one of many is in some way the most outstanding. ERCISE 28 Each of the following sentences contains a comparative or superlative. Circle the comparative or superlative. Then indicate if the sentences are correct C or incorrect I . C 1. Harvard is probably the most prestigious university in the United States. 2. Rhonda is more hard working of the class. 3. The engineers hired this year have more experience than those hired last year. 4. The graduate assistant informed us that the first exam is the most difficult of the two. 5. He bought the more powerful stereo speakers that he could find. 6. The afternoon seminar was much more .
