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Doing stressful things

Doing stressful things

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What's more stressful? Learning to drive or learning a new language? Listen to Pippa and Phil talking about stressful things and grammar guru Georgie explaining how to make comparative and superlative sentences.

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essi

comparative + than برای مقایسهٔ دو چیز استفاده می‌شود. ساختار: صفت کوتاه: adj + er + than صفت بلند: more + adj + than مثال‌ها: Learning to drive is more stressful than doing a job interview. Speaking English is harder than reading English. --- superlative + (that) برای مقایسهٔ یک چیز با همهٔ گروه استفاده می‌شود. ساختار: صفت کوتاه: the + adj + est صفت بلند: the most + adj کلمهٔ that بعد از صفت عالی اختیاری است. مثال‌ها: Paris is the most beautiful city that I saw on my trip.

Feb 18th
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essi

roller-coaster ترن هوایی (در شهربازی) Comparative تفضیلی (در گرامر) Superlative عالی (در گرامر) volcano آتشفشان

Feb 18th
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