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Flashback GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
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Underline the correct answer.
0 She is my better/best friend. 1 The Spanish are the friendliest/more friendly people in Europe! 2 Which is the bigger/biggest building in the world? 3 Laura is tallest/the tallest pupil in the class. 4 New York is the more/most beautiful city in the world. 5 Moscow is one of the coldest/coldest cities in Europe. 6 The band plays the cooler/coolest music. You must listen to them. 6
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Complete the gaps with one, two or three words.
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Complete the following sentences with the correct form of good, bad and far. better than my German. (good) 0 My English is _______ 1 The weather is getting ____________ every day. It’s really cold. (bad) 2 South Africa is ____________ from Italy than Denmark. (far) 3 She is the ____________ singer in the class. She’s wonderful. (good) 4 I got my ____________ exam results in maths. They were very bad. (bad) 4
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Complete with the correct word.
0 Luke is the _________ cleverest student in the class. (clever) 1 Berlin is the _______ city in the world. (exciting) 2 Edinburgh is ________ from London than Cambridge. (far) 3 He is the ________ chess player in the class. He’s a champion! (good) 4 Sally got her ________ exam results today. She’s a bit worried. (bad) 5 Susan is the ________ girl I know. (beautiful) 6 This exercise is ________ than the last one. (difficult) 7 She is ____________ now because she’s found a great job. (stressed) 7
Wh- words as subject or object
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less popular than football. Only a 0 Rugby is ____________ few countries play it. (popular) 1 Stephen is ____________ Richard. (rich) 2 Maria ____________ Laura. (tall) 3 Are the Danes ____________ than the Swedes? (happy) 4 France is ____________ than Holland. (beautiful) 5 The Smiths are not ____________ as the Joneses. (happy) 6 She is not as ____________ her sister. (content) 7 I am not ____________ at the weekend as I am on Monday. (stressed) 8 English ____________ than Chinese. People learn it quickly. (easy) 9 Life in big cities is not ____________ than life in the country. (healthy) 10 Dogs ____________ cats. They understand people very well. (clever)
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Complete with who, which and whose and the correct verb.
0 ______ Which type of music ____ do you prefer? 1 ________ sport ________ you like best? 2 ________ your favourite sport? 3 ________ the shopping in your house? 4 ________ running in the race today? 5 ________ you look like, your mum or your dad? 6 ________ shoes ________ these? 6
can, could and may
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Complete the dialogues with can or may.
1 A Hey, John, (0) ____ can you play the guitar? B Yeah, and the drums. A (1) ____ I ask you a big, big favour? B Yeah, of course you can. A (2) ____ you play a song at my birthday party? B Yeah, of course I (3) ____ . 2 A Hey, (4) ____ I ask you a question? B Yeah, of course you (5) ____ . A Do you love me? B Sorry, darling. I (6) ____ tell you. It’s a secret… 3 A Excuse me, Professor Jones. (7) ____ I speak to you, please? B Yes, of course. Come in. A (8) ____ I sit down? B You (9) ____ . Now, what (10) ____ I do for you?
Say which dialogues are formal (F) or Informal (I).
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