old/nice/interesting etc. (adjectives) _ adjective + noun (nice day / blue eyes ctc.) adjective + noun Ksanice day today. Lauta has got brown eyes. Do you like Italian food? | | ! ‘There’ very old briege inthis wilge. | | I don't speak any foreign languages. | ‘5 They live in a modern house. (not a house modern) © Have you met any famous people? (nor people famous) ‘The ending of an adjective is always the same: adifferent place different places (not differents) PRD 5 ce eres cc) + aie | 5 The weather is nice today. 15 These flowers are very beautifil © Are you cold? Shall I close the window? 2 Pm hungry. Can { have something to cat? The film wasn’t very good. It was boring. 1 Please be quiet. I'm reading, look/feel/smell/taste/sound + adjecive 3*You look tired? “Yes, I feel tired? 17 Gary told me about his new job. It sounds very interesting, 5a Pn not going to eat this fish. Te doesn't smell good. Compare: Gucueuutn | |i 1] | are He! feels | tired. | | They | took | happy. Tooks I ‘get-+ adjective (get hungrytired ete) > Unit 66 somethinglanybody + adjective > Unie 29Exercises Unit 85 85.1 Put the words in the right order, 1 (new / live in / house / they / a) 2 (like / jacket /1/ that / green) 3 (nusic / like / do / classical / you?) 4 (had / wonderful / a / 1 / holiday) = 5 (went to / restaurant / a / Japanese / we) —.. 85.2 The words in the box ate adjectives (black/foreign etc) or nouns (airfjob etc). Use an adjective and a noun to complete each sentence. [ar douds foreign holiday job languages sharp | [sc Googe fet bee Tle ag eae | 1 Do you speak any foreign languages” 2 2 Look at those cevnnnenneewnenes « TRS going to rain, 3 Sue works very hard, and she’ vory tired. She needs & 4 Twould like to have a shower, but there’ no... 5 Can you open the window? We need some 6 Lneed a s 7 Fire-fighting isa. - i : A You look tired. Do PP 1 ..den't, feet, tired. weveensmmnes (feel) This isa new coat, | | Is? Iedoesnt nn es lO) T'm American. | | Are you? You . aa. (ound) You look cold. | | Dot? 1. » (feed These bags are heavy. ‘That soup looks good. Are they? They ‘Maybe, buc ie —old/older expensive oh more expensive Me = es Ab & [zm] ‘Older / heavier / more expensive are companitive forms. heavy heavier expensive more expensive ‘The comparative is er (older) or more ... (more expensive). older/heavier etc. Short words (1 syllable) —> -er: old > older slow ~> slower cheap > cheaper nice > nicer late ~> later big > bigger Spelling (> Appendix 5): big > bigger hot hotter thin — thinner ‘Words ending. F easy > easier heavy > heavier carly — earlier — Rome is old, but Athens is older, (sof more old) 15 Is it cheaper to go by car or by train? (wot more cheap) 10 Helen wants a bigger car. 1 This coat is OK, but I think the other one is nicer. _ 11 Don't take the bus. It's easier to take a taxi, (not snore easy) far -> farther: £1 ‘How far is it to the station? A mile?” ‘No, it's further. About two miles” Long words (2/3/4 syllables) -* more ... careful + more careful polite —> more polite expensive > more expensive _ interesting —> more interesting = You must be more careful. 5 I don't like my job. 1 want to do something more interesting. 17 Is it more expensive to go by car or by train? a 13 The weather wasn't very good yesterday, but its better today. 6 ‘Do you feel better today?” ‘No, | feel worse? © Which is worse ~ a headache or a toothache? 184 ‘older than ...j more expensive than ..—+ Unit €2 the oldest/ the most expensive -» Unit 20Exercises Unit 87 87.4, Look at the pictures and write the comparative (older | more interesting ete). 87.2 Write the comparative, 1 old older... 2 strong, 87.3 Write the opposite. 1 younger 04 2 colder 3 cheaper ous 87.4 Complete the sentences. Use a comparative, 1. Helen’ car isn't very big. She wants a 99°"... one, 2 My job isn't very interesting. I want to do something ..!0"e, interesting _ 3 You're not very tall. Your brother is = David doesn't work very hatd. T work ono My chair isn’t very comfortable. Yours is Your iden isn’t vety good. My id2€ 5 wo-nnom 5 ‘These flowers aren't very nice. The blue ones are. My bag isn’t very heavy. Your bag. is Y’m not very interested in art. 'm 10 Itisn't very warm today. It was 11 These tomatoes don't taste very good. The other ones 28d nnn 12 Britain isn't very big. Franc 13 London isn’t very beautiful. Patis is 4144 This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got a — 15. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were 16 The weather isn't too bad today. Often itis much 2 = eoryoueShe’ taller than him. ‘The Europa Hotel is more expensive than the Grand. ‘We use than after comparatives (older than ... / more expensive than ... etc): 15 Athens is older than Rome. © Are oranges more expensive than bananas? 1 les easier to take a taxi than to take the bus. 1 ‘How are you today? ‘Not bad. Better than yesterday’ 15 The restaurant is more crowded than usual. ‘We usually say: than me / than him / than her / chan us / than them. You can ay: © Lean run faster than him. or I can run faster than he can, 15 You are a better singer than me. or You are a better singer than I am. «GT got up earlier than her. or 1 got up carlicr than she did. more/less than .. DA: How much did your shoes cost? £50? 8: No, more than that. (= more than £50) U The film was very short ~less than an hour. 8 They've got more money than they need, 50" © You go out more than me. MORETHAN 50 LESS THAN 50 a bit older / much older cte. we Ws Box A is a bit bigger than Box B. Box C is much bigger than Box D. Ta © Canada is much bigger than France. © Sue is a bit older than Gary ~ she’s 25 and he's 24. 18 The hotel was much more expensive than I expected. 5 You go out much more than me. old -> older, expensive > more expensive ~» Unit 87 not as. as—> Unit 29Exercises Unit 88 88.4 98.2 82.3 Write sentences about Liz and Ben, Use than. 1 Tm 24, I'm not a very good swimmer. 2 M'm a very good swimmer. Pm I metre 68 tall. 3 Fm t metre 65 tal. I start work at 8 o'elock 4 I start work at 8.30. I don’t work very hard. 5 L work very hard. haven't got much money. 6 I've got a lot of money. I'ma very good driver. 7 V'm nota very good driver. Pm not very patient. 8 I'm very patient. Tm not a very good dancer. 9) I'm a good dancer. I'm very intelligent. 10 I'm not very intelligent. 1 speak French very well. 1 I dont speak French very well. 1 don’t go to the cinema very much. 12 1 go to the cinema a lot. 6 Ben has got .. oncmens 12) Ben ‘Complete the sentences. Use than, 1 He isn't very tall. You're ...42iter than Jim (OR taller than he is) 2 She isn’ very old. You're 3 Ldon’t work very hard. You Work oon 4 He doesn’t watch TV very much. You 5 I'm not a very good cook. You 6 We don't know many people. You : 7 They haven't got much money. YOU um 8 [cant rum very fast, You can : 9 She hasn't been here very long. You... 40 They didn’t get up very early. You as 11 He wasn't very surprised. You Complete the sentences with a bit or much + comparative (oderbeticr ete). 1 Emma is 25. Gary is 244. 2 Jack’ mother is 52, Jacks mother... 3 My camera cost £100. Yours cost £96. My camera. 4 Yesterday [felt eerible. Today I feel OK. feel 5 Today che temperature is 12 degrees. ‘esr it was 10. deges. es ne 6 Sarah is an excellent tennis player. I'm not very good. SarahHOTEL PRICES IN KINTON (Per room per night) Europa Hotel £140 Grosvenor £100 Grand Hotel £125 Bennets £90 Royal £120 Carlton £85 Astoria £115 Star £75 Palace £110 Station £75 Box A is bigger than Box B. ‘The Europa Hotel is more expensive than == the Grand. Box A is bigger than all the other ‘The Europa Hotel is more expensive than all boxes. the other hotels in the city ais Box A is the biggest box. ‘The Europa Hotel is the most expensive eS hotel inthe cy Bigger / older / more expensive etc. are comparative forms (> Unit 87). a Biggest / oldest / most expensive etc. are superlative forms. ‘The superlative form is est (oldest) or most... (most expensive), | Short words (old/cheap/nice ctc) — the est! | old = the oldest’ cheap > the cheapest nice — the nicest | P | fut good — the best bad +r the worst | Spelling (> Appendix 5): big — the biggest hot — the hottest | Words ending in =y (easy/heavy etc) ~> the -ies |___exy— the easiest heavy —> the heaviest __pretty —> the pretti a | Long words (careful/expensive/interesting etc) —> the most ——|__extefl > the most careful interesting ~r the most interesting ‘We say the oldest ... / the most expensive ... ete. (with the): cz 1 The church is very old. its the oldest building in the town, it is older than all the other buildings) 5 What is the longest river in the world? 5 Money is important, but it isn’t the most important thing in life ee 9 Excuse me, where is the nearest bank? aS 1 Ken is a good player, but he isn’t the best in the team. 2 (the best = the best player) ee 1 The film was very bad. I think it's the worst film I’ve ever seen. 1 What is the most unusual thing you've ever done? aie present perfect + ever» Unit 17 older / more expensive -* Units 07-99)Exercises 90.1 Write sentences with comparatives {older etc.) and superlatives (the oldest ete). 90.3 ii | [RESTAURANT A excatiené RESTAURANT B et back | RESTAURANT C goad buts net weorderfi RESTAMRANT D afi | Unit 90 big/small arp) (A) ® Acs beager Baan | Ais. the biggest "Bis. te. pmatiest. Jong/short (C/A) Cis ©) Dis a BB vyoung/old ore) D a ®) a © cexpensive/cheap DIA) as © (a) - ‘good/bad wo) A) wn ©) Complete the sentences. Use 2 superlative (the oldest ete), Te-was a very happy day. It was Its a very good film. Irs She’ a very popular singer. She's Te was a very bad mistake. fe was. Tes a very pretty village. 185 o-oo Te was a very cold day. Tt was He's very boring person. He’ — eyauronre Write sentences with a superlative (the longest ete). 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