İngilizce isim karşılaştırması

İngilizce isim karşılaştırması

Comparasion of Nouns

1.as      +          many   +          as (+, -, ?)              so  +          many   +          as (-)

                          much                                                                       much

Nobody drinks so much milk as a baby.

Emeç has got four wives. Alper has got three wives.

Alper hasn’t got so many wives as Emeç.

Selen spends two billion dollars a month on clothes.

Seray spends only one billion liras a month on clothes.

Seray doesn’t spend on clothes as much money as Selen.

as    +          few       +          noun(s)            +          as

so   +          little     +          noun                +          as

Selen doesn’t spend on clothes as little money as Seray.

Bilgesu read 5 books a week last year. Merve read only two books a week last year.

Merve didn’t read as many books as Bilgesu.

2. comparative nouns

1. a) more noun(s)

Yadigar has got 4 dresses, Yağmur has got 3 dresses.

Yadigar has got more dresses than Yağmur.

Emre spends 1 billion liras a day. Sadık spends 500.000.000 TL a day.

Emre spends more money than Sadık.

1. b) less noun(s)

Sadık spends less money than Emre.

1. c) fewer noun(s)

Yağmur has got fewer dresses than Yadigar.

3. superlative nouns

1. a) the most noun(s)

Ezgi has got 3 dresses, Gamze has got 4 dresses, Celalettin has got 6 dresses.

Celalettin has got the most dresses of all.

Kenan loses 500.000 a day, Harun loses 1.500.000 a day, Can loses 5.000.000 a day.

Can loses the most money of all.

1. b) the least noun(s)

Kenan loses the least money of all.

1. c) the fewest noun(s)

Ezgi has the fewest dresses of all.

4. the same +noun+as

He is richer than his sister.

His sister doesn’t have the same wealth as him.

Some adjectives and their noun forms:

old, young

age

fast, quick, slow

speed

hot, warm, cold, cool

temperature

intelligent, clever, foolish

intelligence

big, large, small, little

size

famous, popular, unknown

fame

high, tall, low, short

height

beautiful, nice, pretty, ugly

beauty

wide, narrow

width

interesting, boring

boredom

long, short

length

dull, exciting

excitement

deep, shallow

depth

east, south, west, north

direction

far, near

distance

crowded, lonely, uncrowded

population

expensive, cheap

price

black, white, red

colour

different, the same

difference

flat, smooth, round, oval

shape

heavy, light, thin, fat

weight

experienced, inexperienced

experience

Adjectives:

Face:

round

Eyes:

black

Hair:

black

Age:

teenage

roundish

blue

brown

middle-aged

square

big

ginger

elderly

long

slanted

fair

in his teens

thin

cross-eyed

blond

in his early fifties

wrinkled

bolted

blonde

in his late fifties

freckled

Mouth:

small

brunette

in his mid fifties

pimpled

wide

red

in his sixties

dimpled

thin/thick lips

grey

Moustache:

thin

Nose:

hooked

puckered

white

Eye brows:

bushy

crooked

full

sand

curved

turned-up

Build:

thin/thick lips

thick

card

flat

slim

thin

Ears:

big

long

hell built

curly

small

pointed

overweight

straight

adhering

big

fat

balding

small

medium

receding

Beard:

thick

weight

beamy

wavy

Suggestion

1. Let’s V₁   Let’s eat apple.

Let’s not V₁   Let’s go to the cinema.

Let’s not speak Turkish.

Let’s not cheat in the exams.

2. Shall we V₁ ? A : Shall we eat grapes?

B :That’s a good idea.

A : Shall we drink cola?

B :Yes, let’s drink.

3. What/how about V-ing?            What about eating apples?

How about going to Çamlık?

4. Why don’t we + V₁ ? Why don’t we finish the lessons?

Why don’t we go out and play?

Offer

1. Shall + I + V₁? A :It’ hot here. Shall I open the window.

B :Yes, please.

2. Would you like some/a/an + noun? A :Would you like a quiz of adjectives now?

B :No, thanks.

3. Can/may I + V₁? Can I open the door for you?

4. Would you like me to V₁? Would you like me to give you some worksheets for weekend?

5. A/an/X/some noun? A cigarette?

Some cake ?

Request

1. Can you + V₁? Can you open the window?

2. Could you + V₁? Could you open the window?

3. Will you please + V₁? Will you give me some money?

4. Would you + V₁? Would you pass me the salt?

5. Please + V₁? V₁ +please                                         Open the door please.

6. Don’t + V₁ please Please don’t call me tomorrow.

7. Would you mind +V-ing? A : Would you mind opening the window?

B : Yes. I’m cold.

8. Would you mind if I/we V₂? Would you mind if I used your dictionary?

9. Do you mind if + S +V₁? Do you mind if she take your car for holiday?

1. V₁ , will you? Open the door, will you?

1. Don’t V₁ , will you? Don’t sit here, will you?

2. Will you be so kind enough as to V₁? Will you be so kind enough as to be quiet during the lesson?

Permission

1. Can I + V₁? Can I open the door?

2. May I/we + V₁? May I open the window?

May we clean the board?

So – Neither / Nor

So + aux. verb. + S                      After positive statements

Bob is wearing a uniform.

So are you (=You’re wearing a uniform too.)

Daniel likes tea. So does Jack.

Neither / Nor + aux. verb + S     è After negative statements.

I don’t have any brothers or sisters.

Neither / Nor do I. (=I don’t have any brothers or sisters either.)

He wasn’t hungry. Neither / Nor was I.

Substitute Pronouns – one & ones

We use ‘one’ for singular nouns, ‘ones’ for plural nouns when we don’t want to repeat a word.

I have got two pens. The red one is in my bag, and the blue one is on the table.

I have got ten books on the shelf. The little ones are on the right. The big ones are on the left.

A : Which coat is yours?                                     A : Which teacher is yours?

B :The blue one. (the blue coat)                        B : The tall one. (the tall teacher)

The one in the teachers’ room / at the table / in the corner