G comparative adjectives V personality adjectives ap 8 P /ar/, sentence stress Yellow cars are safer than rs. , 1 SPEAKING & LISTENING THE [ii(Ue PRS SHOW [1] Mosquitoes are more dangerous than sharks [2.] Brown eggs ae heather than white eggs. [B] the Earth is hotter than Mars. [A] Cotfee is more popular than ta in the UK 5 | Tigers are better swimmers than house cats, a Look at the pictures. What can you See? [6] An aduits shorter in the morning than in the evening b In pairs, look at the sentences from The True False [77] white cas are safer than yellow cars, ). Write T (true) or F (false). =m ae ee ag is 7 show. Check your ‘a1 Listen to The True False SI © Jnswers. How much money does Darren win? Escaneado con CamScanner2 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives a Look at the adjectives in the quiz show sentences. In pairs, answer the questions. Using adjectives to compare two things: 1 What two letters do you put at the end of one-syllable adjectives (e.g., short)? 2 Why is hot different? 3 What happens when an adjective ends in -y? 4 What word do you put in front of long adjectives (e.g., popular)? 5 What's the China is bigger b © p.136 Grammar Bank BA. Read the rules and do the exercises. 3 PRONUNCIATION /or/, sentence stress a (82) Listen and repeat the comparative adjectives. Underline the stressed syllable. How is -er pronounced at the end of a word? healthier hotter better shorter safer b 83> Listen and repeat the eight quiz show sentences from 1b. Copy the zhythm. ¢ © Communication True False Show A p.110 Bp.113. Write eight quiz sentences. Then play The True False Show. 4 VOCABULARY personality adjectives Match the adjectives of personality with their meaning. aggressive careful stylish friendly generous quiet serious 1 a friendly person is open and kind 2a 3a 4a Sa 6a 7an 5 LISTENING person doesn’t make mistakes or have accidents person thinks a lot and doesn’t make jokes person doesn’t talk alot person likes giving people things person dresses well person argues a lot and can be violent ‘a What color is your / your family’s car? Do you like the color? 1b 84> You're going to listen to a radio program about car colors and personality. Listen once and write the colors in the chart. your car color _| yout person i 1 yellow | very (more popular with women than men) 2 (very popular with doctors) 3 more than normal iE | 5 = 6 (popular with business people) 7 ¢ Listen again and complete “our personality” with the adjectives from 4. d Think of three people you know who have a car. What color are their cars? Is their personality the same as in the chart? Escaneado con CamScanner8A 4 Write the comparative form of these adjectives. D Write comparative sentences. hot hott The Nile / the Amazon (long) 1 short The Nile is longer than the Amazon. 2 difficult, =. 1 Canada / Brazil (big) 3 beautiful, 2 Tessa / Deborah (pretty) 4 noisy 3 Driving / flying (dangerous) 5 thin a 4 My English / your English (bad) 6 close — 5 This chair / that chair (comfortable) 7 easy SS 6 He/ his wife (young) 8 rich ee lneminen 7 Buses / trains (cheap) 8 Your car/ mine (good) Escaneado con CamScanner