Bonjour,
Réponse :
6/ comparatif d’égalité : as + adjectif + as
1. as clever as
2. as popular as
3. as tall as
4. as ambitious as
5. as expensive as
6. as expensive as
7/ comparatif d’inégalité négatif : not as + adjectif + as
1. The weather in France is not as wet as in Wales.
2. My suitcase is not as heavy as yours.
3. The CD in the sale are not as expensive as usual
.4. Kevin is not as fit as last year.
5. High-heeled shoes are not as comfortable as trainers.
8/ double comparatif ( de plus en plus … / de moins en moins … )
Quelques rappels :
adjectif courts ( ou 2 syllabes qui finissent par « y », « er », « ow » , « le » :
adjectif-er
adjectifs longs : more + adjectif
irréguliers : good/well ==> better
bad ===> worse
Double comparatif adjectifs courts : adjectif-er and adjectif-er
Double comparatif adjectifs longs : more and more + adjectif
Attention : pour exprimer une progression en parallèle, on utilise:
- the + comparatif + the + comparatif
1. Katty is becoming prettier and prettier. ( de plus en plus jolie )
2. Petrol is getting more and more expensive. ( de plus en plus cher )
3. I’m getting more and more bored. ( je m’ennuie de plus en plus )
4. The sooner the better ( = le plus tôt sera le mieux )
5. The more the merrier ( = plus on est de fou, plus on rit ) idiom
6. heavier and heavier ( de plus en plus lourd )
7. the bigger the better ( plus c’est grand, mieux c’est )
8. I’m feeling worse and worse ( de plus en plus mal )
9/
Public schools are some of the (d) most expensive and selective schools in Europe. They are usually boarding schools, which means that pupils spend (a) most of their time at school and only go home for holidays and weekends.Pupils at boarding schools therefore see (b) less of their families than pupils attending day school. Public schools tend to be (a) more traditional than state schools. For example boys at Eton ( one of the (b) most famous public schools in the country ) have to wear a uniform which has remained (c) more or less unchanged since the 19th century. This consist of a tailcoat, with silver buttons for (a) older boys, and a white tie. Discipline is strict. Until it was finally banned in the nineties, corporal punishment was (b) commoner in public schools than in state schools. You might think that this type of schools is becoming (a) less and less popular but, although the class system isn’t (b) as rigid as it used tto be, many people believe you are still (c) more likely to be offered a place at Oxford and Cambridge and a job in the (b) most prestigious companies, if you went to a public school.
