Grammar revision Making comparisons
Articles
1 Choose the correct alternative. In some sentences, both alternatives are correct. 1 She doesn’t work as hard/hardly as me. 2 My classmates are a lot less hard-working than/as me. 3 The sunnier it is, it gets hotter/the hotter it gets. 4 She speaks quieter/more quietly than a mouse. 5 Mathematics is not as/so difficult as people imagine. 6 They’re the most/least confident people I know. 7 The sooner she finishes her work, the earlier/earliest she can get home. 8 When you write your composition, do it more careful/carefully than the last one you did.
2 There are no articles in these sentences. Add seven articles in the correct places. 1 I met friend yesterday in city centre. 2 Most important thing in life is good friends. 3 Experts say government is having problems. 4 When I’m bored I pick up book and read. 5 I like listening to my grandfather and things he tells me about life before computers. 6 Books I read are all about history.
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So/such/too/enough 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Match the sentence halves and complete the sentences with so, such, too, enough. The test was long a to hear the start of the talk. serious My uncle was b that we didn’t stay to see the end. My friend wasn’t patient c that we’ve decided to go there again this year. He arrived late d to carry all the dictionaries. a long talk It was e to wait for me. He was strong f that he never laughed. His assignment was bad g that the teacher gave it a 0. a beautiful place for our holidays last year We went to h to finish in just one lesson. WORKBOOK
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Vocabulary revision Personality
Noun suffixes
1 Complete the sentences with adjectives of personality. 1 A person is someone who is very careful in the way they speak and behave so that they do not make other people unhappy. , it means you aren’t generous with 2 If you are your money. person is someone who accepts many 3 A different types of behaviour and is not easily shocked. is the opposite of being self-confident. 4 Being . 5 If someone is ambitious but in a negative way, they are 6 Once he’s formed an opinion about something, it’s very hard to . convince him he’s wrong. He’s very because she acts like she is 7 She’s twenty-five but she’s quite still a child. student is one who has an impressive natural ability. 8 A . 9 She never gets nervous, she’s always relaxed and
2 Complete the sentences with a noun related to the words given. 1 One day she’d like to become a professional (journal). (improve). Your work is much better now. 2 What an (confident). 3 Playing a sport well is often a question of 4 They’re spending more and more money on health and (educate). (dark) everywhere. 5 There was no light, just (invent) of microcredit. 6 Muhammad Yunus is the (electric). 7 The lights aren’t working. We need to call an (appear) is important in creating a good impression. 8 Your
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