Chapter 3 Way of Life

Getting Started

Matching each of the following words/phrases with the correct definition.

a. houseboat = viii

b. caravan = vi

c. studio = ix

d.cottage = x

e. bunglow = ii

f. detached house =

g. semi-detached = i

h. terraced housed = v

i. flat = vii

j. motorhome = iv

Grammar: making comparisons

Types of comparison

A. To a higher degree

The tower centre is busier than five years ago.

In our family, my mother drives the most carefully.

B. To the same degree-as …as

The tower centre is not ​as busy ​as five years ago.

My mother ​drives​ ​as carefully as​ my father.

C. In a lower degree ​with less + than

The tower centre is not ​less busy than​ five years ago.

My mother ​drives​ ​the least carefully.​.

One syllable adjectives and adverbs​- fast- faster -fastest/ hot- hotter-hottest

Three syllable adjectives and adverbs- ​expensive- more expensive- most expensive

Exceptions

two syllable adjectives and adverbs- earlier- earliest

She is usually here earlier than this.

Mary is the earliest to arrive this morning.

Not as – as

We use ​not as-as​ to complete things which are different​.

Keat is ​not as good​ at the guitar ​as​ Roger is.

We use ​as-as​ to complete things which are same.​.

The film is as boring as the book.

Find mistakes and correct the following sentences.

a. This lifestyle is harder work than you might think​.

b. We can live a more flexible life than before.

c. I certainly have to be more tidy than I was before.

d. Living on the road was the most sensible thing to do.

e. Speaking on the phone is not bad as for having a friend pop round.

f. Is living in a van as exciting as he says?

Read the given passage and complete with positive, negative and both positive and
negative.

1. more often than

2. quicker than

3. more cheaper than

4. more healthy

5. fitter than
6. more far

7. more quicker than

8. the scariest

9. as bad as

10. more good

Modifying comparatives and superlatives

1. more

2. the

3. as

4. more

5. as

6. nearly

7. as

Rewrite the following sentences using the prompts in brackets to make comparatives /
superlatives.

a. I’d be ​a bit​ more interested in trying to live without technology if I could just keep my
phone.

b. I think it would be ​much more interesting ​to live on a houseboat than in a motor

c. I think ​easily the best​ thing about living on the road would be meeting more

d. I don’t think I’d be​ quite more willing​ to give up my television as other people I know.

e. I’d find it ​far easier​ to give up my mobile phone than my computer.

f. I think that in the end living on the road would be ​just more boring​ living in a house.