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Unit
9 0 the oldest the most expensive
HOTEL PRICES IN KINTON
( P e r r o o m p e r n i g h t )
Europa Hotel £150 Grosvenor £110
Grand Hotel £130 Bennets £100
Royal £120 Carlton £98
Astoria £115 Star £85
Palace £115 Station £75
Box A is bigger than Box B.
Box A is bigger than all the
o ther boxes.
Box A is the biggest box.
The Europa Hotel is m ore expensive than the Grand .
The Europa Hotel is m ore expensive than all the o ther
hotels in the city.
The Europa Hotel is the m ost expensive hotel in the
city.
Bigger and m ore expensive etc. are co m p a r a t ive form s (—> Unit 87).
Biggest and m ost expensive etc. are su p erla t ive form s.
The superlative form is -est (oldest) or m o st ... (m ost expensive).
Short words (old/ cheap/ nice etc.) —» the -est:
old —> the oldest cheap —» the cheapest
b u t good —> the best bad —» the w orst
nice —> the nicest
Spelling (—> Ap p en d ix 5): big —> the biggest ho t —> the ho ttest
W ords ending in -y (easy/ heavy etc.) —> the -iest:
easy —> the easiest heavy —> the heaviest pretty —» the prettiest
Long word s (careful/ expensive/ interesting etc.) —> the m o st ...
careful —> the m ost careful interesting - » the m ost interesting
R m
W e say the o ld est ... / the m ost expensive ... etc. (w ith the):
O The church is very old. It's the oldest building in the town.
(= it is older than all the o ther buildings)
O W h at is the longest river in the world?
O M o ney is im p o rtant, but it isn't the m ost im portant thing in life.
O Excuse me, where is the nearest bank?
You can use the oldest / the best / the m ost expensive etc. w it h o u t a noun:
O Luke is a good player, but he isn't the best in the team.
(the best = the best player)
You can use su p erla t ive + I've ever ... / you've ever ... e t c.:
O The film was very bad. I t hink it's the w orst film I've ever seen.
W hat is the m ost unusual thing you've ever done?
190 ( present perfect + ever -fr Unit 17 older / more expensive 4 Units 87- 88
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