The document discusses various patterns and structures used to compare things or describe their level or degree. It provides examples of using comparatives like "more/less" or "than" to indicate bigger or smaller differences. It also covers using "as...as" patterns, double comparatives, "so/such", "enough/too", and superlative structures like "the best". It explains that these comparison structures can show how things change together or describe a very high or exceptional level.

1. Comparison

2. Modifying Comparison with than
- A big difference
a good/ great deal, a lot, considerably, decidedly, far,
infinitely, significantly, etc.
- A small difference
A (little) bit, barely, any, fractionally, slightly
- No difference
No, not any
The total silence was a lot worse than any sound could ever
be
There’s considerably more noise when you get inside the
venue.
Living in Bandung is slightly more expensive this year
I am no happier than I was in my last job
Modifying Comparison with as ... as ...
- -A big difference
Not nearly, nothing like, nowhere near, twice/three
times, etc.
- A small difference
Almost, nearly, not quite
- No difference
Equally, just
The smell was not nearly as bad as we thought it would be
Stella knows almost as much about cars as me
There are just as many people who want to study French

3. Comparative Patterns
• Double comparatives with adjectives/adverbs to say that sb or sth is
changing.
- The Empower lesson is getting harder and harder
- Time seemed to go more and more slowly
• The use of the ... the ... with comparatives or more/less to say that
things change together because they depend on each other
- The harder you train, the longer you can run
- The more Filipus thinks about her, the more he realizes that it was a
mistake

4. So/Such
• so + adjective/adverb (+that)
• such + a + noun (+that)
We use those patterns to describe a very high level.
- It’s so loud here that I can’t hear myself.
- If she is such a bad girl, why doesn’t Filipus find a better one?

5. not enough/sufficiently/too
• too/(not) enough to compare things with a standard
• sufficiently has the same meaning (more formal)
Filipus is good enough to win her heart
The jacket is too big for Filipus
You are not sufficiently well-behaved to receive any green cards

6. Superlative Patterns
• We use this pattern to highlight something exceptional
He’s the best footballer ever!
• We can modify the strength of a superlative with adverbs like by far,
almost, nearly
That was by far the best lesson this year