【生英語】今日の学び_20110205

Face to Face

英語を始めて6ヶ月。

TOEICの勉強も大事だけど、やっぱ話せないと意味がない。

ってことでLanguage Summary 6-7 をまとめてみる。

○Making comparisons
  - We use a lot or much before the comparative to say there there’s a big different:
    He’s a lot noisier. He’s much lazier.
  - We use a bit before the comparitive to say there’s a small differece:
     He’s also a bit more patient.
  - We can also use more with nouns:
     He’s got more money than her. I’ve got more free time than my brother.
  - We can also use not as ＋ adjective ＋ as to compare two people or things that are different:
    Harry isn’t as happy as Tom.
  - We use as ＋ adjective ＋ as to say that two people or things are the same.
     Tom’s as intelligent as Harry.

○Superlative
  - Before superlatives in sentences we use:
    the : She’s the happiest person Dom knows.
    possessive’s : He’s Jake’s best friend.
    possessive adjectives : She’s our richest relative.

○Expression with go
  - We use go on with trip and journy:
     He went on a business trip to Spain.
  - We often use go for a ＋ noun or go ＋verb＋ing to mean the same thing:
     go for a swim/run/walk = go swiming/running/walking

○Present Continuous for future arrangements
  - We often use the Present Continuous to ask about people’s arrangemens:
     What are you doing this evening?
     We’re getting married in July next year.

○Quantifiers
  - We don’t usually use much or many in positive sentence:
     ○I’ve got lots of free time.
　　×I’ve got much free time.
  - We use How much…? to ask about uncountable nouns and How many…? to ask about countable nouns.
    How much soap have we got?
    How many towels are there?