Cristiano is better than Messi!
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Introduction
Welcome to Intermediate English
Nouns and Pronouns
Starting a New Job
Indefinite Pronouns: Prefix and Suffix
Workshop: Let's Practice!
Variable Indefinite Pronouns
Countables vs. Uncountables
Tricky Nouns
Using Quantifiers
Quiz: Nouns and Pronouns
Get Ready to Describe!
Descriptive Words
My New Job Is Better Than My Previous One
She's As Tall As Me
How Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?
Listening Practice: Meeting a Coworker
Quiz: Get Ready to Describe!
Knowledge, Needs and Future Plans
We Need the Report with the Metrics
Have to
Talk About Skills and Knowledge
Going to and "Gonna"
Behind the scenes with the Platzi Crew
Quiz: Knowledge, Needs and Future Plans
Experiences with Present Perfect Simple
Have You Heard About the Present Perfect?
Since vs. For
Prepositions of Time
Yet / Still / Already / Just
I've Been Promoted!
Project: Let's Practice the Present Perfect Simple
Quiz: Experiences with Present Perfect Simple
Conclusion
You Have Finished This Course!
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What is a Syllable
A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit.
For example:
- “book” has one syllable
- “reading” has two syllables
Short Adjectives
Adjective + "er"
One syllable
Two syllables ending with “Y”, “y” becomes "i"
For example:
- small --> smaller
- easy --> easier
- heavy --> heavier
- hot --> hotter
- big --> bigger
- cold --> colder
- cheap --> cheaper
- fast --> faster
- fit --> fitter
- short --> shorter
Long Adjectives
more / less + adjective
Two or more syllables
For example:
- modern --> more/less modern
- expensive --> more/less expensive
- beautiful --> more/less beautful
- interesting --> more/less interesting
- confortable --> more/less confortable
Irregular Adjectives
Do not follow any rule
For example:
- good --> better
- bad --> worse
- far --> further / farther
- fun --> more fun
Comparative Form
subject + verb + comparative + THAN + object
For example:
- A doberman is bigger than a pisncher
- A house is more expensive than an apartment
- My neighbor is taller than me.
- She sings better than him.
- My new job is more demanding than my old one.
- My parents wake up earlier than me.
- The Mexican food are better than EU.
- I play football faster than my friends.
- The building BBVA is taller than Latin America.
- The Metrobus is more confortable than Subway
- The Facebook is biger than instagram
- I eat chocolate more common than candy’s.
Practice:
• My neighbor is taller than me.
• She sings better than him.
• My new job is more demanding than my old one.
• My parents wake up earlier than me.
- Mango is sweeter than any other fruits
- In this year FC Barcelona is better than the last year.
- For me is more enjoyable traveling in train than in airplane.
- Internet cost is less expensive than three or four years ago
- I think I am more healthy than 10 years ago.
Apples are healthier than pizza.
Swimming is funny than running.
Barcelona is more beautiful than París.
Airplane is faster than train.
I was more talkative 10 years ago.
1- the coffee is more delicous than the water.
2- a swiming pool is smaller than a long river.
3- the school is less beautiful than the museum
4- the car is more faster than the train.
5- the bus is lower than an airplane.
6- microsoft teams is more interesting than slack, because it has more integration with the digital ecosistem.
7- I am more intelligent than me 10 years ago.
Hamburger is **better than** rice.
Running is **more fun** than karate.
Bogotá is **safer than** Medellín.
Traveling by helicopter is **faster than** taking an Uber.
Instagram is more **addictive than** TV.
Ten years ago I was less aware of life.
So, I was **shorter than** nowaday.
These days, I am **more solitary** than I was ten years ago.
A **syllable** is a unit of sound in a word that typically contains a vowel sound.
For example:
* **Cat** has 1 syllable: *Cat.*
* **Apple** has 2 syllables: *Ap-ple.*
* **Elephant** has 3 syllables: *El-e-phant.*
the watermelon is tastier than melon.
I can swim faster than my brother
My sister is stronger than I am
Sometimes it is better to take the TransMilenio instead of a taxi.
Hi guys, when I was 26 years old I was nicer because I a lot of dancing and I went to many parties,I was timider, and I thought that I don´t could to learn English but now I am more confident myself, an I know that to learn English is a little tricky but is easier when you dedicate time and practice, I love to drink coffee warmer without milk during the day, and I want to meet Medellin is nicer than Bogota specially I want to go to Guatape to meet the village more colorfull than my city.
Practice #2 **Structure of sentences**
Hello everyone!
**Structure of sentences (Comparative form)**
Subjet **+** verb **+** Adjective **(**in a comparative form**)** **+** THAN + object
Some examples:
1\) High **/** High**er**\*
2\) Smart **/** Smart**er**\*
3\) Dinamyc **/ More or less** dinamyc\*\*
4\) Demanding **/ More or less** demanding\*\*
5\) Good **/** **Better**\*\*\*
6\) Fun **/ More fun**\*\*\*
7\) Funny **/** Funn**ier** \*
\*Short Adjectives
\*\* Long Adjectives
\*\*\*Irregular Adjectives
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I cook my potatos better than my salad.
A basketball player is taller than a football player
China is further from Mexico than USA
Going to work on bicycle is healtier than going on a car.
Podcast are funnier than radio to my generation.
Ten yeras ago i was less organized than today.
- The pupusas are better than tamales.
- Nathy jumps higher than Stella.
- Live in LA is more expensive than live in Orlando.
- Car is more comfortable than Motorcycle
- Telegram is more secure than Whatsapp
- The old Ale is curlier than today
Well…
- i like pasta, its better than fish for me
- Bolleibol is more interesting than futbol soccer (don’t kill me) anyway i dont like sports
- Italy is smaller than Colombia
- The means of transporting of Colombia are the worse
- The internet news are faster than the Tv News
- i’m taller than when i were 19 years old
Colder
Cheaper
Faster
Fitter
Shorter
more / less interesting
more / less comfortable
more / less challenging
more / less rewarding
more / less comitted
- My neighbor ir taller than me
- she sings better than him
- my new job is more demanding than my old one
- my parents wake up earlier than me
Home food is healthier than fast food.
In Colombia soccer is more popular sport than basketball.
The Maracaná Stadium is bigger than The Campin Stadium.
An airplane is faster and more comfortable than a train.
Advertising in social networks could be cheaper than in television.
My hair is lighter now than ten years ago.
- I think that Apples are more delicious than strawberries.
- Basketball is more demanding than volleyball.
- Bogota is bigget than Medellín.
- Motercycles are faster than bikes.
- A call is more efficient than an email.
- I am balder than when I was young.
Cold-colder, cheap-cheaper, fast-faster, fit-fitter, shorter
more interesting, more comfortable, less challenging, more rewarding, and more committed.
my neighbor is taller than me
she sings better than him
my new job is more demanding than my old one
my parents wake up more early than me
Eggs are more healty than bread
Snow boarding is more dangerous than Chess
My house is bigger than my apartment
Today i’m fitter than ten year ago
Tacos are better that hamburguers of course!!
Mexico is more interisting than france
My neighbor is taller than me
She sings better than him.
My new job is more demanding than my old one.
My parents wake up earlier than me.
1. **my neighbor is taller than me.**
2. **she sings better than him.**
3. **my new job is less demanding than my old one.**
4. **my parents wake up more early than me.**
Novak is a better tennis player than Murray!
Tus ejemplos son correctos. "I am taller than my brothers and my parents" usa el comparativo "taller" adecuadamente. En el segundo caso, "Vegetables are better than pizza", el comparativo "better" es el uso correcto para "good". Asegúrate de seguir practicando con más frases usando adjetivos en su forma comparativa. Esto te ayudará a mejorar tu fluidez y comprensión en inglés.
I am travelling now in Argentina. here the transport is better than Colombia, I really thought the socialism was worse than the capitalism... I still thinking that, but I have nuances about it, because I think now the societies need to be able more well-organized and the states must to invest in infrastructure. 10 years a go I was a leftist, later I went right-wing, but now o think to being objective is harder than stay in a side simply for keep the pride.
How I saw 10 years ago:
Currently I have 23, so when I was 13 years younger. I was more immature and rebellious than today. At that time I didn’t think about the future, I saw it as very far away. But now I’m more serious. I’m very worried about what I will do with my life. My brothers are more successful than me and have even more projections for their professional lives. But I’m more athletic and attractive than them. It could said that I win.
Writing in a notebook is better than typing in a laptop.
Hello guys! Here is my activity.
Here is one fact. In Mexico we have something called "enchiladas", well the "enchilada suiza" it's better than "enchilada queretana" for miles.
About sports it's obvious that the 90's basketball is less modern than de 2020's basketball and part of the evolution of it, the shooting action it's getting more farther than the 90's. In my opinion it's funnier, it looks amazing, but all of us that love basketball miss the challenge of the 1v1 and freak dunks it was more challenging than just shoot the ball.
I'm going to me in 10 years. I see myself working in big company as a backend or mobile developer, me being a better professional as I am now. Looking for more fun experiences and getting more challenging jobs.
I think the meat is better than the salad but is more expensive.
I practice biking three times a week, when I was a child I used to play soccer... So I notice that biking is more demanding but more rewarding than soccer
Bogotá is bigger than Cali, but Cali is cozier than Bogotá.
1. My neighbor is taller than me
2. She sings better than him
3. My new job is more demanding than my old one
4. My parents wake up earlier than me
Short Adjetives
1. Cold - Colder
2. Cheap - Cheaper
3. Fast - Faster
4. Fit - Fitter
5. Short - Shorter
my neighbor is taller than me
she sings better than him
my new job is more demanding than my old one
my parents wake up earlier than me
Any soccer team is better than my national soccer team. (I'm from Venezuela 😅😔)
My brother's English speaking level is better than mine
Television is more popular than radio these days.
Mexico's cuisine is spicier than Colombia's.
* My neighbor is taller than me.
* She sings better than him.
* My job is more demanding than old one.
* My parents wake up earlier than me.
* The bandeja paisa is **more delicious** **than** hamburguers
* The swimming is **more exahusting than** ping pong
* Bogota is **bigger than** Soacha
* Travel by car is **more comfortable than** traveling by motorbike
* Nowadays I'm **fatter than** ten years ago
1..- My neighbor is taller than me
2.-She songs better than him
3.- My new job is more demanding than de old one
4.- My parents wake up earlier than me
* Salmon is more delicious than catfish.
* Skating is more fun than basketball.
* Cartagena is more beautiful than Bogotá.
* A bus is slower than a taxi.
* 10 years ago, I was younger and slimmer than I am now
My homework:
1. My food is healthier than ten years ago.
2. The new champions league is better than previous format.
3. The forest is more polluted than ten years ago.
4. The Bogota's subway is more tangled than a blind knot.
5. Colombian journalism communicates less than a Tibetan monk.
Hello every one, here it is my [notes](/13defc01012b808ba334f1e246345609?pvs=25).
C language is better than python
A car is faster than walk
A plane is faster than car
My country Perú has more diversity than other countries in LATAM.
The currency of my country is more stable than other countries.
Engineering is better than medicine
I think crunchy food is tastier than soft food.
Playing sports is better than just whatch them.
For me is easier to live in a small place than a big one.
using bike for transport is more sustainabme than take care every day, even if it's a electric one.
The smoke signals is more interesting for me than morse code.
Ten years ago I was more stubborn than now.
* **Mexican food is better than American food.**
* **A football match is longer than a soccer match**
* **Brussels is quieter than Paris.**
* **A taxi arrives faster than a bus.**
* **The radio is more fun than TV.**
**"Ten years ago, I lived in a city noisier than the one I live in now, and the weather here is warmer than in the last city where I lived. I’m happier here than I was ten years ago."**
I'm more handsome today than 10 years ago and i have more knowledge than 5 years ago also I'm better playing videogames than 2 years ago
Tacos are better food than tostadas
Football is more popular sport than others
Rome is a smaller city than Sicily
Subways is less contaminating than airplanes
WhatsApp more preferred than SMS
Me of the present is smarter than me of 10 years ago
I enjoy the meet more than ice cream because is more healty
I think that cycling is more dangerous sport than futbol soccer.
In Bogota I walk o bicycle is faster means of transport than a car.
* Food: Salads are healthier than fries, but fries are usually more fun!
* Sports: In Perú soccer is more popular than baseball.
* Places: The beaches in the Caribbean are usally more beautiful than the ones in my country.
* Means of transport: Airplanes are safer than boats or trains.
* Means of communication: I often find WhatsApp to be more versatile than email.
* 10 years ago I was definitely younger than I am now, but now I certainly have more experience than my younger self.
Bitcoin is better than Shiba Inu
The pizza is better than pasta.
Baseball is more interesting than soccer.
The school is further than the park.
The taxi is faster than bus.
Texting is easier than calling.
I’m wiser than myself ten years ago.
1\. Pizza is more delicious than a hamburger.
2\. I find playing basketball easier than playing baseball.
3\. The beach is calmer than the mall.
4\. The train is faster than the bus.
5\. It is faster to communicate with someone through a phone call than through text messages.
6\. I am older than I was 10 years ago.
I like to eat more vegetables than fruits. I like drinking coffee more than tea. My partner is more engaged than I when we exercise. He is more constant than me in our projects. It is more rewarding to read a good book than to listen to music.
Sometimes it is more rewarding sleep late than do things
I find talking about technology ***more interesting*** than football.
Studying at night is ***less beneficial*** than in the morning
Medellín's public transport is more expensive than Bogotá's transmilenio.
Public transport in Bogotá is more dangerous than in other cities.
Bicycles are better than other means of transport.
I would like to know how we can learn about de syllables for the words please
i like eating healty food more than fast food.
i find cycling easer than running, but montain biking is the most challenging sport for me.
When I was 8 years old, my brother was taller than I was
The pizza is lighter than hamburger.
The soccer have more fans than voleibol.
Paris is more visited than Budapest.
The subway is less confortable than my car.
My IPad is better than my IPhone for study English.
Ten years ago, my weight was light than now.
This course is better than open english course
In Twitter someone was talking about juices, she said that guan abana juice IS better than "tomate de arbol" one, i agree with her
Today I'm smarter than 10 years ago ❤️
My contribution:
* Mexican food is better than American food
* Soccer is easier than american football
* The beaches of Santa Marta are more beatiful those of Cartagena
* Traveling by taxi is more unsafe than traveling by bus (reality)
* Communicating by email is less effective than doing it by whatsapp
* I am more qualified than ten years ago
Practice:
1. My neighboor is taller than me.
2. She sings better than him.
3. My new job is more demanding than my old one.
4. My parents wake up earlier than me.
**Activity**.
Foods
Pizza is better than hamburguer.
Lasagna is better than anything else.
*Sports*
*Roger federer is better than any other tennis player*
Places
Valencia is sunnier than Caracas
European beaches are colder than caribbean ones.
Hola Mayra,la pausa del video se debe hacer con el ejercicio visible para poder desarrollarlo
I prefer to learn languages than learn mathematics, is easier for me to figure out all the language rules than imagine matrices or vectors. Is not because I like languages more than maths is because my skills are better with characters and sounds maybe, jajajaja I don't know
Practice order the sentences:
1. My neighbor is taller than me
2. She sings better than him
3. My new job is more demanding than my old one
4. My parents wake up early than me
* The Italian food is better than American food.
* Lebron James is stronger than Stephen Curry.
* Cartagena is hotter than Barranquilla, in my opinion.
* Travelling in train is less expensive than airplane.
* The social media tik tok is more interesting than instagram.
* I´m taller and bigger than ten years ago.
* Candies are less healthy than fruit.
* Ultimate is more interesting than golf.
* Home is cozier than a hotel.
* newspaper is more informative than social media.
* The actual version of me is more confident than my old version.
McDonald's burgers were tastier in the 2000s.
Ten years ago I was less intelligent. I liked to sleep later than before and I was lazier. A person without an aim.
The pizza (to me) is better than hamburger.
The soccer is more thrilling than futbol.
The sea is bigger than a lagoon.
The airplane is faster than electric train.
Ten years ago, the communication was very slower than today, because there had not satellities.
In the past, ten years or more ago, I´m playing soccer, but today i can't to do, because my body is less athletic than.
1. colder
2. cheaper
3. faster
4. fitter
5. shorter
This lesson blew my mind :O
my neighbor is taller than me,
she sings better than him,
my new job is more demanding than my old one,
my parents wake up earlier than me
More interesting, more comfortable, more challenging, less rewarding, less committed
Hey there 👋🏼
I leave you a syllable dictionary if you want to know how many syllables a word has.
<https://www.howmanysyllables.com/>
I hope this comment will be help for you. 💚
* My neighbor is taller than me
* She sings better than him
* My new job is more demanding than my old one
* My parents wake up earlier than me
Well, in my life ten year ago until now has changed many things, now I'm taller than before, I'm more intelligent than before and everyone around also changed a lot. My brothers are better than me at kitchen, my grandma was faster than my mom in do housework and so on.
* The stone oven pizza is better than commercial ones.
* Old comedies are more fun than new ones.
* Home Office is more comfortable than face-to-face work
1. My food is more delicious than my brother's
2. Soccer is better than American Football
3. I've been more expensive places than my girfriend
4. I've take less means of transport to work than my sister
1. My neighbor is taller than me
2. She signs better than him
3. My new job is more demanding than my old one
4. My parents wake up earlier than me
the buguers is better than the hot dogs
the soccer is more difficult than pool
in my trip two years ago to spain for me Vasco country is more beautiful tha barcelona
i am colombian for me go by sitp is better than go by trasmilenio
i prefer more talk face to face than talk by cellphone
10 years ago i had nine years, so for me in those years the toys were more rewarding than the clothes
1. My mom's food is better than the street one.
2. Soccer is more dangerous than ping pong.
3. Ixtapa's beaches are less beutiful than Cancun's ones.
4. The subway is more faster than the bus.
5. A message is more cheaper than a call.
6. I have more experience than me 10 years ago.
The hambuerguer is better than hot dog
The American people are colder people to speak than Latinos people
Compare:
* Food: I think that Colombian food is more delicious that Italian food.
* Sports: Rafting is less dangerous than Skydiving.
* Places: Rusia is bigger than China.
* Means of transport: A Plane is faster than a train.
* Means of communication: A cellphone is more useful than a landline.
* You 10 years ago: I'm older than 10 years ago.
Practice - order the sentences:
1. My neighbor is taller than me.
2. She sings better that him.
3. My new job is more demanding that my old one.
4. My parents wake up earlier than me.
Practice - long adjectives:
Interestig - more/less interesting
Comfortable - more/less comfortable
Challenging - more/less challenging
Rewarding - more/less rewarding
Committed - more/less committed
Practice-short adjectives:
Cold -colder
cheape - cheaper
fast - faster
fit - fitter
short - shorter
1. My neighbor is taller than me
2. She sings better than him
3. My new job is more demanding than my old one
4. My parents wake up earlier than me
* colder
* cheaper
* faster
* fitter
* shorter
Pasta is better than rice
The Arepa is better than bread
American football is more interesting than Soccer
Medellín is warmer than bogotá
A Scooter is cooler than walking
TV is less interactive than a PC
I am better persona than me ten years ago
In my city, japanese food is more expensive than chinese food.
**short adjetives**
* Cold -> cold**er**
* Cheap ->cheap**er**
* Fast -> fast**er**
* Fit -> fit**ter**
* Short -> short**er**
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
* Interesting-> **more**
* Comfortable->**more**
* Challenging->**more**
* Rewarding->**less**
* Committed->**less**
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
homework
* my neighbor is taller than me.
* she sings better than him.
* my new job is more demanding than my old one.
* my parents wake up early than me.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
* McDonald's is the better fast food restaurant than Burger King.
* Basketball is the more difficult sport for me.
* Amusement parks are better than swimming pools.
* Strawberries are the best fruit for me.
homework
* my neighbor is taller than me
* she sings better than him
* my new job is more demanding than my old one
* my parents wake up early than me
* Vegetables are healthier than rice
* Personally, music is more interesting than any sports
* Russia is bigger than USA
* A taxi is more expensive than taking a bus
* Devices like tablets or laptops are more useful than phones for academic purposes
* I'm more productive than 10 years ago
* Mexican food is more delicious than Colombian food
* Vegetables are healthier than meat
* Swim is more realxing than cycling
* Climb is more difficult than run
* Londres is safer than Medellin
* Praga is blinding than Bogota
* Roma is cleaner than Barranquilla
* Motorcycles are faster than a car in a traffic jam
* Cars are more expensive than bikes
* movilephones are more useful than phones
* newspapers are less important than TVs
* Internet is more necessary than radio
* 10 years ago I was thinner than my best friend, I had a car cheaper than my current car, I was younger than nowadays.
The protein is more expensive than the carbs.
Soccer is more popular than rugby.
My city is cheaper than New York.
My bicycle is more eco-friendly than my car.
He has a worse cellphone than hers.
I’m smarter than I was 10 years ago.
The soursop is sweeter than apple.
Football is more famous than squat.
Small towns are more safe than big cities.
Metro is faster than bus.
Send a electronic message is cheaper than send a letter.
Now, I am more confident than old me 10 years ago.
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