MORE THAN


 

 



Sports

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Underline the word "more" and "than" in this reading:

(Aşağıdaki okuma parçasındaki "More" ve "than" kelimelerinin altını çiziniz.) 


Wayne Gretzky is a sports hero in Canada.  He is very famous hockey
player.  He scored more points than any other hockey player.  He won
more awards than any other hockey player.  He is more famous than any
other hockey player.  Now, he is retired and people miss him more than
any other hockey player!


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VOCABULARY

awards:  a prize for skill

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GRAMMAR LESSON: COMPARING USING "MORE...THAN"


To compare two things, we can use the words, "more...than."  These words
mean that one person or thing has a greater amount of something than
another person or thing.  

(İki nesneyi karşılaştırmak için "more...than" kelimelerini kullanırız. 
Bu kelimeler bir kişi yada nesnenin diğerlerinden daha fazla miktarda
bir şeye sahip olduğu anlamını verir.)


For example:

I have 10 books.  Sue has 3 books.  I have *more* books *than* Sue.

Now, you make some comparisons using these sentences:

(Şimdi siz bu yukarıdaki örneğe bakınız ve bu cümleri kullanarak 
karşılaştırma yapınız.)

1.  George drinks 1 cup of coffee.  Joe drinks 4 cups.

2.  Diana ate 1 cookie.  Evan ate 6 cookies!

3.  Jack speaks two languages. Mary speaks three languages.


ANSWERS:

1.  Joe drinks more coffee than George.

2.  Evan ate have more cookies than Diana.

3. Mary speaks more languages than Jack.