Comparatives and superlatives 1 You are going to hear three people talking about where they live. First, Jook at the three photos and write a list of adjectives you could use to describe each place. 2
~3.1 Listen to the three extracts. Did you hear any of the adjectives you wrote in 1?
3 Listen again and complete the sentences under each photo.
Katrina says 1 she used to have a _ _ time getting to school. 2 when they were rebuilding the city centre, the traffic jams were even _ _ than they were before. 3 the trip to school is much _ _ than it used to be.
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1 How do you form the comparative and superlative of these adjectives? Match the adjectives to the correct form 1--6. John and Suzie say 1 Ihey are very lucky because the fiat is _ _ . 2 living in a city is much _ _ than being in the country. 3 Ihe garden in the square is one of the _ _ gardens in London.
nice small. relaxing • bad. convenient • good big. easy. beautiful 1 2 3 4 5 6
add ·er and -est add -r and -51 drop [he -y and acid ·ier and -jest double the last conson~nf and add -er an<i -est use the words more ... Own, and (he mos{ change the word complelely
2 Complete the tables showing how we compare adjectives. Short adjectives
bi9 e<lsier
the nice-st Long adjectives
re-laxln9 more convenient Ihe-' most beautiful Irregu lar adjectives Ma rtin says 1 it is very _ _ to live in the country. 2 a flat near the office would be more _ _ than where he lives now. 3 he lives in one of the most _ _ places in the world.
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bad
good fcJr Ilffle