Complete the sentences with the correct comparative of the adjectives or adverbs from the box. Use than when necessary. busy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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early
far
fluently
heavy
hard
Lead is _____________ silver. Rivers are __________ creeks. He used to be lazy, but he works ________ now. I usually get up at 7, but tomorrow I’ll get up ___ . Which one is _________: Australia or Japan? We speak English __________ Spanish. Unfortunately, I’m _______ at Science ___ her. Sheila’s __________ she used to be as a student.
interesting
popular
softly
well
wide
9 I liked ‘It’ but I found ‘Dolores Claiborne’ _______. 10 Jeans have been ______ any other type of clothes for over 50 years. 11 Can you speak ______? The children are sleeping. 12 I’m sure my grandmother can cook _______ any chef that cooks weird dishes on TV.
Build the sentences with the comparative or the superlative form.
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bad
Tokyo / crowded city / world? _____________________________________________________ In May /the climate / dry / in November. _____________________________________________________ Who / young: you / your brother? _____________________________________________________ Mona Lisa / popular painting / by Leonardo da Vinci. _____________________________________________________ It / exciting trip / I / ever / have. _____________________________________________________ Cindy / pretty / the other girls in the class. _____________________________________________________ Monday / bad day / week. _____________________________________________________ Which / hard subject / school? _____________________________________________________
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Listen to Grace and her mother Meg talking about what life used to be like in the past. Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)? Correct the wrong ones.
1 When Meg was 16 it wasn’t as easy to get 6 Meg’s generation of teens felt miserable in touch with people as it is now. because they had less pocket money so 2 Teenagers used to be freer than now and they didn’t feel independent. they could see their friends more often. 7 Meg wasn’t always so interested in what 3 Today’s teens don’t do as much sport as she studied at school. they did in the past. 8 Unlike her classmates, Grace already 4 Grace thinks that being a teenager now is knows what she’s going to do when she better than in the past. leaves school. 5 When Meg was 16 she didn’t realise that those years were the best period in her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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First Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using the word in brackets. You must use between 2 and 5 words.
1 2 3 4 5 6
There didn’t use to be as many cars as now. (than) Gwen didn’t do the exercise as fast as me. (quickly) My room is noisier than yours. (not) My dog eats more than my cat. (as) He’s one of the friendliest people I’ve met. (few) Randy’s the shyest of my friends. (shy)
There used _____________ now. I did ________________ Gwen. Your room is _________ mine. My cat doesn’t eat _______ my dog. There are __________________ as him. None of my friends ___________ Randy.
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UNIT 14 Comparatives and superlatives (1)
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