Lesson 3
Exercise 1
Add the apostrophe (‘), the apostrophe s (‘s) or ‘of’ to the following.
Tia – dress : Tia’s dress
The table – legs : legs of the table
1. My drawing – stars = Starts of My drawing
2. The lizards – tails = The lizards’ tails
3. The pen - the cover = The pen’s cover
4. The lioness- cubs = The lioness’ cubs
5. The flies - hairy legs = The flies of legs hairy
6. Raymond – watch = Raymond’s watch
7. The plant – flowers = The plant of flowers
8. The book - the pages = The pages’ the book
9. No one else – place = No one else of place
10. The computer – game = Game of the computer
Exercise 2
Complete the sentence by using the possessive form of the italicized noun on the left!
1. Student One student asked several questions. I answered the student
questions.
2. Student Many students had questions after the lecture. I answered the
students questions.
3. Daughter We have one child, a girl. Our Daughter bedroom is right next to
ours.
4. Man Keith is a man name.
5. People It’s important to be sensitive to other people feelings.
Exercise 3
Do you have some examples of comparative adjective in your mind? Share it with your friend!
Answer :
Trains are more expensive than buses in London
(we are comparing two forms on transport : trains and buses. Expensive a three-syllable adjective the
sam and add “more” before it)
Hannah is taller than Jane
( we are comparing Hanna and Janne’s height. Talls a one-syllable adjective so we add- er to the end)
Fruit is healthier than chocolate
(we are comparing two different types of food . healthy ends in so we addi hier to the end of the
adjective)
LISTENING
Exercise 4
Listen to the dialogue and complete the missing sentences!
Anna : Lidia, I need to buy a new laptop, but I don’t know how to pick
the best one. , please?
Lidia : Of course, Anna. But first, I want to know………?
Anna : Oh, is broken, .
Lidia : Okay then, tell me what the laptop is for. programming
or is it only for documenting your work, like using Microsoft
Office?
Anna : documenting my work, but I’m planning to learn
computer programming too, so I suppose I want to buy the one
that suit that purpose.
Lidia : That’s good that you want to explore computer programming. I
start with this one, the Acer laptop. The specification is quite
good. It has 4 gigabytes of memory and 500 gigabytes for
storage. The other one is Lenovo, which has 8 gigabytes of
memory and the same storage capacity.
Anna : What is the different? I still don’t understand.
Lidia : The Lenovo laptop the Acer laptop.
Anna : Okay, is that mean the Lenovo the Acer?
Lidia : Yes, that’s right. It is for programming purpose.
Anna : Okay, then I will buy this one.
Exercise 5
Practice the dialogue with your partner!
Student A : Is today a bit colder than yesterday?
Student B : Today is much colder than yesterday.
Student A : Today the weather is very hot.
Student B : Yes. It’s hotter than yesterday.
Student A : Is Europe hotter than here?
Student B : Here is perhaps a little hotter than England.
Student A : Is the Europe winter cold?
Student B : The Europe winter is very cold.
