Starting off Holiday activities Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the holiday activities. What do they show? Which would you like to do? Use the words in the box to help you. buy gifts/souvenirs gosightseeing go snorkelling gosnowboarding hangoutwith friends hire a bike look around a market take photos Vdlike to hire a bike because | love cycin What about you? Vd prefer to go snorkelling. 0 Listen to Joe asking Sonia about her last holiday. Where did she go? What did she do? Work in groups. Discuss the questions. When you go on holiday, do you prefer to 1 2 3 4 go somewhere in your own country or go abroad? do lots of different activities or hang out by the pool or beach? goon a tour with a guide or make your own plans? send messages to your friends or post something, general for everyone to see?ecu cele © workin pars Lookat this ist question fom Reading part 1. What do you have to do in this part? . Boat trip ue to bad weather, this has been put off until the same 5 time tomorrow morning, Lunch wil sill be provided. ‘The notice for the boat trip is telling customers ... A the refreshments have changed. B the time has changed, the day has changed, Look at the text in Exercise 1 again and answer these questions. + Isitanote, an email ora sign? + What does it say about the weather, the time, the day and the food? Read the text and underline the key words. Then find similar words in each option (A, B and C). @ ‘ow choose the corectletterA, Bor. + With each text, think about what kind of text itis, + Undertine the key words in each option, Then look for words and phrases in the options and the text that have similar meanings. {© 00k atthe textineach question (2-5). For each auestion, choose the correct answer HiDan {had loads of fun today! My friends and | went salting before playing tenis. Then we had barbecue on the beach and ate the fresh fish we'd caught, See you soon, Vicki we 9 A After playing tennis, Vicki went on a boat trip. B Vicki ate dinner on the beach before going sailing. © During her boat trip, Vicki went fishing. ave To: Rob Subject: Snowboard Can | still borrow your snowboard for the trip? Pete says he can lend me his but | think yours is. better. Let me know. A Pete's snowboard is not as good as Rob's. B Dave would rather borrow Pete's snowboard. € Rob would prefer to lend his snowboard to Pete. eee lease shower before entering Diving is ony permited inthe deep end No food or dink in the pool area A. Eating and drinking is not allowed next to the pool. B After swimming, please use the showers provided, €_ Diving is forbidden in all parts of the pool. Jane, Please check Iie up before you leaue for work. Idan wwance to weiss the bus for the trip and rth need to make comme sertduriches claire Claire is asking Jane to ‘A. Make her some sandwiches for her trip. B_ Make sure she is awake by a certain time. © Driveherto the bus stop. Work in small groups. Choose one of the holidays in the photos. Plan your holiday together. + Where are you going? In which season and how long for? + What are you going to see and do there? + Where will you stay? Where will you eat? Present your holiday to the class. Listen carefully to each presentation. Decide as a class which is the most attractive holiday.Weed travel, journey and trip @ cxam candidates often make mistakes with ravel, {© Inurey and tip. Choose the corect option tals 1. often go on business journeys / trips. 2. Idlove to win a trp journey to Australia and stay in a five-star hotel. 3. Last summer, we tripped | travelled around my country, 4 'vejust got back from holiday. it was a wonderful travel / trip. 5 'mreally afraid of flying sol often get very nervous about the travel journey. © book at this extract from the Cambridge Learner's © Ditionary and check your answers from Exercise 1. travel, journey or trip? ‘The noun travelis a general word which means the activity of traveling Air travel has become much cheaper. travel verb to make ajourney | trove! abrood alot on business. Use journey to talk about when you travel from one place to another He ell esleep during the train journey. Did you have o good journey? Did you boven good ravel? Atripis ajourney in which you visita place fora shorttime and come back again, ‘business trip Page 124 Grammar reference Rereeeeyare amtiectives © Workin pairs. Read these facts. Decide they are tru or false. Then check your answers on page 162. a The population of Canada is largerthan the popula of Tokyo. b The longest country in the world is Brazil. Rain ismorecommon In Rome than n Pais © The sentences in Exercise 1 compare things. Comet the ules withthe correct sentence eter 1 We generally use comparative adjectives (e.g. larger than) to say that something has more size, height, etc, than another: sentences .A..and 2 We generally use superlative adjectives (e.g. the Iongest) fo say that within its group, something has th. most siz, height, ofe.: sentence Exam candidates often make mistakes with compara @ M4 superlative adjectives. Complete the table. ere big (a). than the(7) beautiful morebeautifulthan the (8) bad (5). than the (10). © Underline and correct the mistake in each sentence. 1. {don't ke tiving in the countryside even ifitis more safe than cities, 2. That's the worse joke | have everheardin all my lie 3. Inthe entreis the bigest market in Europe. 4 Portugalis the hotest country | have ever visited 5 6 This town is more quiet than the town | used to live My bestfriend is taler than me and better looking 4 © Look st the sentencesin Exercise 4 again, What are th spelling rules for regular comparative and superttn aajectives?complete each sentence with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectivein brackets, Then choose the correct option (A, B or C). North America is... biggev..... (big) than A Asia, B Africa, C South America. What is the lavaest..(large) country in the world? A Russia 8 Canada C China What is (dangerous) creature in the world? A the snake 8 the mosquito C the shark An African elephant is (light) than a A blue whale, 8 brown bear. C giraffe. ‘A howler monkey is (noisy) than A aparrot. Bation. Cation and a parrot. j What is (slow) fish in the world? A the seahorse B the tuna C the shark Great white sharks are (fast) than A tunas. 8 killer whales. C dolphins. t Whereis (busy) tran station inthe world? ‘A New York 8 London C Tokyo Y40 Deep Joy is (deep) diving pool in the world. It’s in A Italy. 8 Sydney. C Argentina. Antarctica is (dry) than ‘A Australia, 8 Europe. C any other place in the world. Listen to Abby and Lucas discussing the quiz and check your answers. Qa //P/ Weak forms in comparative structures A) Listen to the extracts. Are the underlined syllables stressed or not stressed? + Lwouldn’t like to share my home with a howler monkey They're much louder than parrots or tions. | * Great white sharks can swim at 40 kilometres per hour, so they're faster than dolphins, which can swim at 30 kilometres per hour, Work in pairs. Take turns to read the sentences in Exercise 8 with the correct stress. |4 abit, alittle, slightly, much, far, a lot (not) as...as Page 125 Grammar reference Page 125 Grammar reference obit, alittle, slightly, much, far, alot no © read part ofa biog about shanghai.n China, and the © complete the sentences wth the comparative frm answer the questions, of the adjective in brackets. Use a bit, a little, slightly, much, far or alot. Z / a One of my favourite cities in the world is Shanghai, 11 China, It isn't the capital, that’s Beijing. Shanghat is ‘as polluted as Beijing, even though Shanghai is biggo: more people live there. It’s an international city. It's a international as many other large cities in the world New York or London, 60 tt has @ lot to offer. 1 Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, is around 8,850 metres high. K2, also in the Himalayas, is around 8,611 metres high. (high) 2 An African elephant’s brain weighs over Skg. Ahuman adult's brain weighs about 1.3 kg, (heavy) An African elephant’ brains 1 What expression do we use to say things are the sam 2 What word do we add to say things are different? 3. Does the form of the adjective change? 3. Arica, in Chile, gets 0.76 mm of rain per year. Death Valley in Arizona, USA, gets less than 50 mm per year. (ry) Aricais 4 84 million people travel through Atlanta international | Airport, USA, each year. 67 millon people travel through London's Heathrow Airport. (busy) Atlanta International Airport is © Write down an example ofeach thingin the box. your favourite city your favourite museum your favourite celebrity your favourite activity © Workin pairs. Compare your favourite thingsin Exerc 12 Sayhichyou think s better Use es 0. 5 Cherrapunjiin India gets 11,777 mm of rain every year. Tutendo in Colombia receives 11,770 mm per year. (wet) Cherrapunji is 6 Cheetahs can run at 120 kilometres an hour. Elephants can run at about 20 kilometres an hour, (fast) Cheetahs can (what's your favourite museum? oar —S— Hove going to / museums like T don't Theyre not sinteestng as science museums.Theane in Munichis_| the argentin the wri and t's amazing! Louvee in PariWork in pairs. Look at the photos. Do you know what these places are? Use some of the words in the box. artgallery bookshop bridge cinema departmentstore factory fountain library market monument shoppingcentre sports entre stadium townhall youth club | think the stadium isin Barcelona. What do you think? Which of the things in Exercise 1 do you have in your town or city? Which do you like most? Write the opposite of each adjective. cheap clean dangerous dull empty interesting low near old quiet ugly wide 1 crowded empty 5 dirty 9 safe 2 narrow 6 beautiful 10 expensive 3 high T lively AL noisy 4 modern 8 boring 12 far Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about where you do these activities. | getfit getsome peace and quiet go shopping havea goodtime stay dry when it’s raining take photos We often go to the market, but we rarely goto the shopping Centre because it's too crowded and noisy. big and enormous > Match descriptions 1-3 with the photos A-C in Exercise 1, Then answer the questions. 1. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France in 1886 and, at 93 metres, it’s quite tall. Visitors need to climb 354 stairs to get to the top. 2. The Mall of the Emirates is very large. Apart from hundreds of shops and restaurants, there’s a games centre, a cinema and a theatre, and two hotels. You can also go skiing, 3. The Camp Nou (or ‘New Ground’ football stadium is absolutely enormous. Itis the biggest stadium in Europe and 99,354 people can watch football there. + Which of the underlined adjectives can we use with very, extremely and quite? (These are called gradable adjectives.) + Which ofthe adjectives can we use with absolutely or totally? (These are called non-gradable adjectives, Write the gradable adjectives for these non-gradable adjectives. (Sometimes, more than one answer is possible.) 1 enormous tig 5 terrible 2 tiny 6 exhausting 3. boiling 7 fascinating 4 freezing 8 fantastic Exam candidates often make mistakes with non-gradable adjectives. Choose the correct option in italics. 1. I’sa(n) very / absolutely wonderful place. 2_ Itwas a(n) quite / extremely good movie. You should see it 3. That dogis very / absolutely enormous. 4 The weather is absolutely / quite hot here. 5. This food is very / absolutely nice. Listen to Ani and write her answers to the ‘questions. Then listen again and check. 1 Where do you come from? 2. What do you like about living there? 3. What would you change about where you live? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 4, trying to use very, quite, absolutely and extremely with gradable and non-gradable adjectives. on lear ©Listening Part 3 What can you see in the photo? Would you like to doa bushcraft course? Why / Why not? Busheraft describes the skills weneed tostay alive in the wild, for example how to hunt for animals, ook for drinking water or build a fire. © ‘ead these notes about abusherat sits couse. Decide what information you think is missing from each space (number, date, noun etc.) Bon ie RT SKILLS a ¥ ‘+ meet your guide outside the a). + learn how to use equipment + make a (2). + prepare food for lunch, e.g. (3) you have caught to sleep in visit the river ‘+ make drinking water ‘+ predict the weather with (4) pce Email address: (5) @bushcraftskills.com Phone number: (6) + Before you listen, read the notes carefully Think cbout what kind of words are missing, + Write down the answers exactly {8 you hear them. © workin groups oiscuss the questions © read the vring Part task, Answer the questions © Read Bandite's answer. hich city ishe writing about? For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number or a date or a time. You will hear a woman talking to a group of people about the bushcraft courses she organises. + How could these skills help you in your everyday life? + What other skills would you tike to learn? Rm ma P> Page 145 Writing bank Anemail 1 What do you need to write? 2. What information should you include? Read this email from your English-speaking friend Stevie, and ‘the notes you have made, From: Stevie How are you? Did mention that Fm thinking of taking some time off next year to travel? Well, Vd love to visit your country as part ofthis trip. 1d also love to see your city, What's it like? 1s Pm not very keen on crowds of tourists, so when is the best time to visit? ———— {i Where else should | goin your country while )'*” Pm there? ————— \ Please write back soon, Best wishes, stevie Write your email to Stevie, using all the notes. Histevie, ‘You should definitely visit my country. There's so much to experience in South Africa, from absolutely amazing wildlife 0 history and culture. Live in Johannesburg whichis the most visited city in Africa. One ‘ofthe best things about my citys the weather because the su" ‘even shines in winter. Tourists mainly comein our summer witch is between December and February so ifyou wantto avoid therm comein March, Youshauld also goto Kruger National Park, stay on acompsite ‘and explore it with a guide. You might see an elephant or a ion! Bye fornow, BandileRead Bandile’s email again. Answer the questions. 1 Does the email answer all the parts of the question? 2 Isthe answer well organised? 3. Does the email open and close in a suitable way? 4 Are the ideas connected with words like and, because, so and which? 5. Istherea variety of vocabulary and grammar (adjectives, comparatives and superlatives etc.)? 6 Isthe email about 100 words? Write your own answer to the task in Exercise 1. You can use the underlined ‘expressions from Bandile’s email Work in groups. Read each other’s emails to see if you have answered all the questions in Exercise 3 In preparation for the exam. itis Useful fo write rough drafts. Your teacher and other students can then help you to improve your work before you write your final drat In the real exam you won't have time to write a rough draft. Just make notes before you start writing. Write the final draft of your email. Oem) > Listen to a group of friends talking (A) about their next holiday Which type of holiday do they choose? '@ Work in pairs. answer these questions about the conversation. 1_Does each member of the group take turns to speak? 2. Does each member make a suggestion and then give reasons for their suggestion? a Complete the sentences. Then listen again and check we al gotoPaisforournexthoiday? 2 Why....Ao¥ 2 Vd to go somewhere quieter. 3. Itsoneofthe beautiful places in the world 4. Not camping again, please! We got wet last time, 5 What trying anew sport lke surfing? 6 Let's that! 7 There’sso todo. Decide which sentences from Exercise 3 are suggestions (S) and reasons (R). Don't talk for a long time without letting your partner speck. + Give reasons for your suggestions and ask the other candidate to give reasons for theirs Do this task with a partner. Talk for at least two minutes. Your friend is visiting his cousin who is working in an English- speaking country. While his cousin is at work, he's going to spend the afternoon on his own in the city. Here are some things he could do there. ‘Talk together about the different things your friend could do in the city and say which would be most enjoyable. On holidayWess © choose the correct option in italics. 1 Inmy English class | sit behind / GetweeMtwo friends, ‘so all three of us are on the front row. 2_ live nextto / near the place where | work and ican walk therein ten minutes. 3 Ilive on the third floor and my cousins live right below / above us on the fourth floor. 4 I couldn’t see at the cinema because a tall man sat in front of / opposite me. 5 Youcan either cross the river on the bridge or take the tunnel under Jin it. 6 We ran between / inside a shop when the rain started, © Match the beginnings of sentences 1-8 with endings a-h. 1'm going to put my name ‘ We're all realy looking People who like art often take Hove languages so think 'llsign 1'm sure that you can deal Inthe next game, you can join lesa long walk, so need to set IF spend too much, F'itrun up painting as a hobby. with any problems like that. down for swimming lessons. off very early in the morning. forward to surfing tomorrow, ‘out of money soon. in and play for our team. up for Spanish lessons za teance © choose the correct option (A, Bor C). 1 Whilet'm away, aneighbouris..... ourcat A looking for © looking ater © looking at 2 When Igo cycling, | always wear a myhead. A helmet B board © tent to protect © complete the emai with the-ingor the infinitive form 3. Mybrotherisa very good lovely meals. A cook B cooker cooking He makes some 4. Iwant to learn the piano, or another musical A object B_ equipment € instrument 5 Mila was so busy that she had to hobby. A givein B giveup © giveout her favourite 6 It’smorefunto take watch it A team B part © practice (Seno ina game than just the verb in brackets. Hi Louis, V'm planning (1)...... to.40... (go) away on holiday next week, but there are still so many things I need @ (do) before | leave! | want (3). (take) some new clothes with me, but I can't afford (4) (buy) expensive things. Actually | don't feel like (5) (spend) anything at all, so I've decided (6) (borrow) some clothes from my sister. I'm also hoping (7) (see) my friends here before | go, so I've suggested (8) (spend) Sunday afternoon together. And when I'm away, | must remember (9) (send) you photos. | forgot (10) (do) that last summer, but I promise | will this time! ‘See you on Friday AriaEomplete Clara's email with adjectives in the correct Porm The First letters given and there is one space for teach other letter in the word. eee HiGeoree, Ive in Bilb20, which isa very large city in Spain. Infact it isthe (1)! {city in the area. Bilbao is (2) ¢__ Tove i! It’s located on the north coast andiitcan be quite rainy. Aprilisby farthe (3) w______ month but January isthe (@)c. month, Last January was ()f______.temperatures fell to-20C! As for the city itself Bilbao is absolutely fascinating. | love shopping and there are many places to go inthe city centre, My friends [ove the shopping centre. It's always fun and (6)_____.Iprefer El Corte inglés, it’s a (7) h department store. Tourists usually visit the Guggenheim Museum, but think t's abit 8) b_____. Why don’tyou come and visit me? Hope to hear from you soon. Lots of love, Clara Choose the correct option in italics. 1. At250 metres below the sea, Jericho is the world’s highest (lowesby widest city 2 Gustave Eiffel was responsible for building the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is slightly older then / as / than the Eiffel Tower. 3. One of the most popular tourist attractions in the worlds Istanbul's Grand Bazaar which is a(n) absolutely very | far large market. 4 The pool at San Alfonso del Mar, Chile is more /far/ very larger than any other swimming pool in the wortd 5 Steve Fossett was the first person to travel/ trp /jourmey 2round the world ina hot-air balloon. He took just under 15 days. 6 The world’s largest bookshop / department store / library in Washington DC in the USA. It has over 38 million books that only people working for the government can borrow. Vocabulary and grammar review Grammar Exam candidates often make mistakes with comparative adjectives. Underline and correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1 2 3 4 5 6 My city is much more better than any other city in the world. b itis more easy for you to walk to my house. That's the worse restaurant we've ever been to. like living in the city much more that the countryside. Those days on holiday were the happier days of my life Hotels are more cheaper here than the hotels in the city. Complete the article about a holiday with the words which best fit each gap. Use only one word in each gap. Last August, we set off for our summer holiday ona small Greek island. I thought the journey was going to be really terrible but it wasn’t as (1).....)44.......as I'd expected. The hotel was brilliant. It was nearer to the beach (Sensor the hotel we stayed in last year and the food was absolutely delicious. In fact the restaurant in our hotel was the @) _.. popular restaurant in town. We tried lots of new sports. Of all the activities, Tiked going snorkelling (4) lt really was an amazing experience. The weather ‘was boiling. [have never visited a place as hot 6) this. [don’t think T'll ever forget that holiday, That island has to be one of the ‘most beautiful places (6) ‘the world. Vocabulary ond grommar reviewso Choose the correct option in italics. 1. Thewaterin the lake is absolutely cold freezing. 2 Hiking all day is very / totally exhausting. 3. We visited an extremely / absolutely fascinating sealife centre, which even had sharks. 4 Thenew earphones were extremely / totally small. 5 Wegave the theme parka very terrible / bad review. ‘Comparative and superlative adjectives, (not)as...as Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets. 1 The (good) way to get to the island is by boat. 2. Iprefer to walk because it’s as. the bus. 3. Using Google maps is the get directions. 4. Why are you late? | expected you to be here (early). 5 Health and happiness are than money. 6 Thatwas the (quick) as (easy) way to {important} (bad) storm in ten years. Exam candidates often make mistakes with ‘comparatives and superlatives. Underline and correct one mistake in each sentence. 1 Themeals in the USA are more bigger than at home. 2. The wildlife in the desert was more interesting that! imagined. 3. The cruise ship was one of the larger in the world 4 Ittook us as longer to get to the station as to the airport. 5. One ofthe best thing about the holiday was the weather. © compiete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets and words from the box. as...a5 abit alittle alot far much slightly than phe S006 a night: 200 roor 200m fromthe beach | 2 ie ina d fotet breakfast from 6-8 am 2 hours from airport coove Me Grand Hotel» + 50€ a night + breakfast from a 200 rooms 9am P + km from +15 mins from c the beach airport 2 TIPTOP HOTEL S5€ a night 20 rooms 200 m from the beach no breakfast available 20 mins from airport kel 1 The Tiptop Hotels. the Sunshine & Hotel. (small) 4 2. The Sunshine Hotel isn’t fromthe bead_© the Grand Hotel. far) 3. The Sunshine Hotels. the Grand Hotel. (expensive) 4 The Sunshine Hotels. the Gran Hotel. (big) 5 Ittakes to getto the TiptD Mat Hotel from the airport theGrand Hotel (long) 5 6 The Grand Hotel serves breakfast the Sunshine Hotel. late] 3 7 The Tiptop Hotels. the beach 4 the Grand Hotel. (near) 5 8 The Grand Hotelis the 6 Tiptop Hotel. (cheap) 7 9 The Grand Hotel isn't the ¢ Tiptop Hotel. (small)Peer kaan + Signs and short messages offen have grammatical words missing. Think carefully about their complete meaning. + Decide if any of the options are definitely wrong. Then look at the ‘other two more carefully. Cou poy For each question, choose the correct answer. ’ WILDLIFE PARK / |. Noswimminginthe lake Barbecues allowed in the picnic area 7 ‘Take your rubbish home with you A You are allowed to swim in the water. B You must throw things away in the park's rubbish bins. © Youcan cookin a special place. 2 HiEmily ‘Are you ready for the camping trip tomorrow? ‘ve got a tent, but could you packa torch? Mine's broken -| won't have time to replace it. Don’t forget we're leaving early! kelly kelly wants Emily to ‘A. remember to bring something forthe trip. B find something to use for cooking on the trp. € leave something they don't need for the trip. Hi Larry We gob a problem with meeting on Friday. What about Saturday instead? There's 6. much better film on then. | hope: you haven't got the tickets yet! Ouie A Ollie will buy the tickets for the cinema. B Ollie wants to go to the cinema on a different day. € Ollie is confirming that they will see the same film as previously planned. ‘4 © EWPRY FREE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS OR FOR VISITORS UNDER EIGHTEEN OR OVER SIXTY-PIVE TIFICATION NECESSARY FOR ALL ‘A. Ifyou liven the area, you can go in without paying. B Everyone over eighteen has to pay to goin. € Certain people need to show a document for free entry. 5 Tessa Have you tried that restaurant in the square next to the bank? | wouldn't go to the one near the bridge. ‘The food can be expensive there, and it’s not very tasty. Jake A. Jakeis recommending the food at the restaurant near the bridge. B_Jakeis telling Tessa to try the food in several restaurants. © Jake is asking Tessa what she thinks about the restaurant in the square. Match the places with the signs. 1 artgallery 2 department store 3 factory 4 library 5 sports centre fone veBear 6 fountain Champions 7 town hall eee 8 stadium =tkckats here * Timor ekitition — Fase Sadie lstorical (om novels and ees non-fiction in upstairs meeting here Friday 8.00 pm On holiday ”© what can you do on these holidays? Complete the table with the activities. Some activities can goin more than one section. buy souvenirs enjoynature go sightseeing Bosnorkelling makeafire see animals sleep inatent sunbathe journey, travel and trip < | © choose the correct option in italics. i 1 The travel [journey trip from Paris to London only took two and a half hours. 2 Maxis going on a travel /oumey / trip to the mountains with his friends this Saturday. 3. How often do you travel /journey / trip abroad for work 4 Train trovel /journey/ trip is the most popular way to get around the country. t 5 Ihope you have a good travel /journey / trip tonight and arrive safely. 6 Erin has to go on a lots of business travels /ourneys | trips for er job. jening Part 3 + Use the headings in the notes to help you follow the recording, + You only need to write one or two words. At the end, check you haven't written more. Check if the words should be singular or plural, © Foreach question, write the correct answer in the gap. as, Write one or two words or a number or a date or a time You will hear a guide talking about tours of a film studi © oskwoon FILM STUDIOS Ss Robert the Bruce tour The tour takes (1) ¢ I BD Listen to (2) ina documentary | | you'l see about the film, 7 s The Totem Men tour This tor thas 30 (Visit 2) in the camp to learn bout the daily life of Native American. se Ricky Ranger tour a This tour takas 45 minutos. [Gh Learn how thoy made the _ for the film, Oakwood cafeteria and shop ‘Our cats sells geet salds, burgers and pizzas. Us lose on (5) : You muy souvenirs, such as (6) . in the shop bafoe you leave.+ Connect your ideas using linking words, eg. since, as.and although. + Try to use interesting vocabulary. Don't repeat words like good or nice. Look at the exam task. Then tick (/) the information (1-7) that the answer should include. Read this email, from your English-speaking friend Toni, and the notes you have made. Write your email to Toni, using all the notes. From: Toni Hi, ‘Thanks for your etter. | wanted tottell you about my plans this summer. Jamieandl aregoingon Gaye holiday to your country in August. I'mreally excited! SU Wel like to visit some interesting 03 ~ Ay places. Do you know a good place ———~ ce iehore tis Whats the place ike? —_—— }Desovibe it We like sightseeing and being What can we do there that Recommend. is fun? Write soon, Toni comment about Toni’s news the name and location of a place information about your last holiday a description ofthe place an invitation to visit someone's home a suggestion about an activity fora couple todo together a suitable opening and ending, aonene © compiete Talia's answer with the adjectives from the box. There may be more than one possibility. amazing clean delicious excellent fascinating historic long pretty warm 1'm really happy you're visiting my country. | think the best place to go isa village called Lscala. It’s on the coast near Girona, which is very close to the border between France and Spain. The village isvery (1) and the coast is absolutely Q) There are lots of (3) restaurants and the food is (4) You can go snorkelling there because the water is extremely (5) and thereisa 6) beach where you can walk for hours. fyou want to go sightseeing, there are some a places to visit or you can go shopping in the market on Sundays. \hope you have a good holiday! Love, Tal © Exam candidates often make mistakes with adjectives. © Underline the mistakes in the sentences and correct them. 1. When we arrived at the top ofthe mountain we were absolutely tired. We saw some fasinating sights on holiday. It was amazed - the best experience of my lif! It'sa very nice city with lots of historical buildings. There was a beatiful view from the hotel balcony. The rooms were abit tiny, but the food was delicious. © write your own answer to the task from Exercise in about 100 words. Use interesting adjectives. Onholiday |© compete the emaitwith the words or phrasesinthe box. dry goodtime hang hire journey market original peace and quiet sightseeing snorkelling souvenirs trip HiEva, How's the summer going? I'm having a (1) here in Cancin, Mexico with Bill and Joe. The weather is, warm but wet because it’s the rainy season. We go out in T-shirts, but it rains every day, sot’ difficult to stay @ Itdoesn’t matter, it’s not cotd! There are things for everyone to do here. On Monday we decided to (3) bikes and we cycled along the coast. Joe wanted to go (4) yesterday, so lwent with him and we saw some amazing fish. Bill decided he wanted some (5) »sohe stayed in the hotel, reading by the pool Tomorrow the hotel has organised 2 (6) tosee some pyramids, so we're planning to go (7) there and also visit a town where Wwe can ook around a street (8) and 0 shopping. Maybe I'll buy some (9) IN get you something (10) T-shirt! The only bad thingis the (12) home - 16 hours in a plane is exhausting, Shope you're having a good holiday too and get to (2) ‘out and do some interesting and fun things. Lots of ove, Fred snotjusta © complete the crossword, 10 Hove Across 3 Kings and queens sometimes live inthis beautiful building, (6) 5 Local people can gotothe town... totalkto somebody official about their neighbourhood. (4) 8. An example of this could be a statue of aking or an important building, () 9 Mysonsgotoa..... club every Saturday to play table tennis or table football and meet fiends. (5) L enjoy sleepingin atent. (7) Down 1 There's lotsyou can doin the. centre: swim, go to the gym and use the climbing wall. (6) 2. {had to go up to the fourth floor of the find shoes and bags. (10) 4 Inanart.__....you can see wonderful paintings and special exhibitions. (7) 6 There are noisy machines in this place so all the workers wear ear protection. (7) 7. There's a beautiful one in the town square - they turn on the water three times a day. (8) storeto Vocabulary extra 58We use comparative adjectives (e.g. bigger than) to compare two people or things and to say if one has more of a quality, (eg. size, height, etc) than the other. Comparative adjectives are usually followed by than, We use superlative adjectives (e.g, the fastest, the most Jmportant) to say that in a particular group, something has the most of a quality. i comparative superlative + Formost small > smoiler > the smallest adjectives, add-er jtolyissmaller Vatican City is the or-est. than Spain. smallest country —_ inthe world. + Forshort large > larger > the largest adjectives ending | Canada is larger — Russia is the in-e,add-ror-st. | shan China, largest country inthe worid + Forshort hot > hotter > the hottest adjectives with | Aigeriaishotter Libya the vowel +a than Mexico. hottest country consonant, double the consonant and add-er or -est. + For two-syllable adjectives ending in-y,change they toiand add -eror st. in the world, heavy > heavier > the heaviest Elephants are heavier than crocodiles. Blue whales are the heaviest animals in the world, ‘Mia is more polite Mia is the most than me. (=Mia is polite student in politer than me) the class. (Miais the politest student inthe class.) + Forsome two syllable adjectives, wecan either add -er -estor use more, the most. These are adjectives endingin-ow, le, -erand polite, ‘Quiet, common and stupid. + Forlonger difficult > more/ > the most/ adjectives, ortwo- lessdifficult least difficult syllable adjectives | Some people think ending in ful put it's more difficult more/lessorthe to make friends ‘most/least infront | when you are ofthe adjective. | Sider Isittrue that Japanese is the ‘most difficult language for English speokers tolearn? There are three irregular adjectives: good, bod, far. bad > worse } the worst good > better > the bes far > farther/further* > the farthest/furthest* *There is no difference in meaning, but further /the fu rthestig more common. Complete the comparative and superlative adjectives, 1 | thin thinner than 2 nice than thenicest 3 lazier than the laziest 4 comfortable than the most comfortable good better than. bad than the worst farther/furtherthan the farthest/ furthest Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1 Itrained every day in December 2015 in Portland, USA. twas December for 75 years. (wet) 2. Some people think that the Sydney Opera House is modern building in the world, (beautiful) 3 Ablue whale is than an elephant. (heavy) 4 | feltill all weekend, but 'm much now. (good) 5 This writer's new book is (bad) 6 We've moved house. Now, we live office than we used to. (far) than her others, from nypirate, slightly, (not) much, far, (not) a fot ‘canuse these words with comparative adjectives. ijeuse abit, alitle, slightly, not much or nota lotto describe smal difference: brother sa little younger than me. Jmabit older than him jeuse much, a lot or forto describe a large difference: Jmmuch fitter than my brother, but he’s alot faster than me. fjosmuch more polite than his cousin. ots. OS Weuse as + adjective/adverb + as to say that two things are thesame. Honnch is as tall as Jess. Jodayis as warm as yesterday. | weuse notas + adjective/adverb + as to say that one thingis lossthan another, Mybrother isn’t as fit as me. =/.am fitter than my brother. {mnot as fast as my brother. = My brother i faster than me. ip Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same thing as, inal sentence, Use the words in brackets. 4 Romanistaller than Josh. Josh (not as) 2 My old phone was cheap. My new phone is very expensive. My new phone (much) 3 Burgers aren’t as healthy as fruit. Fruitis. (alot) 4 Spain isa big country in Europe. t's 05,370 km*. Frances, alittle bigger, at 643,801 kn’. Spainis (abit) 5 The old shopping centre was good, but the new one is much nicer. The new shopping centre is (far) CTT eM Lita ae eald + Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can make them stronger or weaker by using words like very. We cannot use words like completely or absolutely with these adjectives. X Emeompletety col. Imvery cold. Our English exam was fairly difficult. Harry's new car is quite big, isn't it? 7 Ben was pretty tired after along day's work. + Non-gradable or extreme adjectives are adjectives which, we cannot make stronger or weaker by using words like very. We can use these words with non-gradable adjectives: completely, absolutely, totally, really. KH . “I'm absolutely freezing. Our English exam was absolutely impossible. ¥ Harry's new car is really enormous, isn't it? / Ben was totally exhausted after along day's work PRACTICE @ Match gradable adjectives 1-7 with non-gradable adjectives a-g. 1 bad a amazed 2 big b delighted 3 cold € excellent 4 good 4 exhausted 5 pleased e freezing 6 surprised f terrible T tired & huge © Choose the correct options in italics. 1 My friend was absolutely pleased / delighted when she heard she'd passed her exam. Her parents were quite surprised /amazed, too. They thought she might fail 2 The office heating system broke down, so we feltvery, cold /freezing all day. 3 Iwas totally tired /exhausted after running 10 kilometres. 4 thad avery bad /terrible night’s sleep. That's why I'm pretty tired /exhausted now. 5 really enjoyed the film last night. | thought it was absolutely good excellent. 6 The audience for the concert was absolutely big / huge. I think there were thousands of people there. cranmerfronco ©