190 the oldest — the most expensive 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 £25 £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. Box A is the biggest box The Europa Hotel is the most expensive hotel in the city. Bigger / older / more expensive etc. are comparative forms (> Unit 87) Biggest / oldest / most expensive etc. are superlative forms. ‘The superlative form is -est (oldest) or most ... (most expensive) Short words (old/cheap/nice etc.) > the -est: old > the oldest cheap —> the cheapest nice > the nicest but good — the best bad — the worst spelling (-> Appendix 5): _ big —> the biggest hot -> the hottest ‘Words ending in -y (easy/heavy etc.) > the -iest: | easy —* the easiest heavy -* the heaviest___pretty — the prettiest Long words (careful/expensive/interesting the most carefill + the most careful interesting > the most interesting We say the oldest ... / the most expensive ... ete. (with the) Q The church is very old. It’s the oldest building in the town, (= it is older than all the other buildings) (What is the longest river in the world? 1 Money is important, but it isn’t the most important thing in life, © Excuse me, where is the nearest bank? You can use the oldest / the best / the most expensive etc. without a noun: Ci Ken is a good player, but he isn’t the best in the team, (the best = the best player) You can vse superlative + I've ever ... / you've ever ... etc © The film was very bad. I think it the worst film P've ever seen, 10 What is the most unusual thing you've ever done? present perfect + ever — Unit 17 older / more expensive — UniExercises Unit 90 90.1 Write sentences with comparatives (older etc.) and superlatives (the oldest ete.) L big/small (a/b) .A.is, bigger. than. 0. (A) A.is the biggest. @) Bis the, swatlest, long/short (C/A) Cis A (D) Dis @) iB young/old (D/C) D (B) () expensive/cheap (pv/ay © (A) RESTAURANT A excellent good/bad RESTAURANT B not bad. (A/C) RESTAURANT C good but not wonderfull | (A) RESTAURANT D_avofid @) 90.2 Complete the sentences. Use a superlative (the oldest etc), This building is very old, Ie ...the, oldest. building... in the town. Tewas a very Its a very good film. Ie She's a very popular singer. She's of my life. ve ever seen. in the country. py day. It was Its a very pretty village. [es Te was a very cold day. It was 1 2 3 4 5 Ie was a very bad mistake. It was 6 7 8 He’s He's a very boring person I've ever made, Ive ever seen: of the year. T've ever met 90.3 Write sentences with a superiative {the longest ete.). Choose from the boxes. Sydney Alaska high | | country tiver Aftica South America Everest the Nile } | Jarge |_| ) & ak / Thats my brother. Michael. He's a travel agent. No, in Manchester, / Write sentences from these words. All the sentences are present. 1 Sarah often / tennis Saray often plays tennis. 2 my parents / a new car My parents have gota new car. 3 my shoes / dirty My, sheee, are. dirty. 4 Sonia / 32 years old Sonia 5 1/ two sisters 6 we often / TV in the evening Jane never / a hat 8 a bicycle / two wheels 9 these flowers / beautiful 10 Mary / German very well ~Additional exercises cea 8 Cor ies mplete the sentences. | Please be quiet. 2 Be. yeu_often. 9° im. workiog.... (work) L (you/often/go) to ) Units 3-8 4 “ack (pied | igo) | & the piano very well.) now. Goodbye!) ( = iran) \ Can | take this umbrella? 8 /Becuse men 9 ( (weflook) for \ the museum, 9 Which is right? ‘Are-you-speaking / Do you speak English” —‘Yes,a little? (Do you speak is right) Sometimes we're going / we go away at weekends. It’s a nice day today. The sun is shining / shines. (me this word? ™) {Ctyouforonounes) 2 (You meet Kate in the street,) Hello, Kate, Where are you going / do you go? How often are you going / do you go on holiday? Emily isa writer, She's writing / She writes books for children. I’m never reading / I never read newspapers. “Where are Michael and Jan Helen is in her office. She's talking / ‘What time are you usually having / do you usually ha talks to somebody. e dinner? “Would you like some t “They're watching / They watch TV in the living room? John isn’t at home at the moment. He’ visiting / He visits some fiends “No, thank you. Pm not drinking / I don’t drink tea’Additional exercises Ene eee) Units 10-12 10 u 12 13 Complete the sentences. Use one word only. LT got up early and... Mad... a shower. 2 Tom was tired last night, so he to bed early, 31 this pen on the floor. Is it yours? 4 Kate got married when she 23. 5 Helen is learning to drive. She her first lesson yesterday. 6 ‘Tve got a new job? “Yes, I know. David me! 7 ‘Where did you buy that book?” ‘It was a present. Jane it to me. 8 We hungry, so we had something to eat. 9 ‘Did you enjoy the film?” “Yes, 1 it was very good? 10 ‘Did Andy come to your party? ‘No, we him, but he didn't come? ‘Look at the questions and Kevin's answers. Write sentences about Kevin when he was a child. em: - va PES (When you were a child Were you tall? He, wasn’t tall. Did you like school? He liked. school, Were you good at sport? He Did you play football? Did you work hard at school? Did you have a lot of friends? Did you have a bicycle? Were you a quiet chit?) Complete the questions. € > a —_/. fl 1 (Pid, you have... a nice holiday? /Yes it was great, thanks \ 2 Where did. you go. 2 To Amsterdam, 3 | there? Five days. 4 Amsterdam? Yes, very much 5 | ? I have friends in Amsterdam, so I stayed with them. | good? Yes, it was warm and sunny. 7 \ back?) \ Yesterday Put the verb in the right form (positive, negative or question). 1 It was a good party. enjoyed... it. (1 / enjoy) 2 ...Pid..you. de. the shopping?’ (you / do) ‘No, T....didn't. have... time? (1 / have) 3 ‘Did you phone Adam?’ ‘No, I'm afiaid ! (L/ forget) 4 Tlike your new watch. Where it? (you / get) 5 L saw Lucy at the party, bat to her. (I/ speak) 6a a nice weekend? (you / have) 18: Yes, I went to stay with some friends of mine 7 Paul wasn't well yesterday, so to work. (he / go) 8 ‘Is Mary here?” “Yes, five minutes ago’ (she / arrive) 9. Where before he moved here? (Robert / live) 10. The restaurant wasn't expensive. very much. (the meal / cost)Additional exercises Poe Lenehan utten ks 14 ) Units 11-14 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous. Te ....998..@ning.... (vain) when we ent... (go) out. When I arrived at the office, Jane and Paul (work) at their desks I (open) the window because it was hot, The phone (ring) when Sue (cook) the dinner. ‘elas Richard had a book in his hand, but he (not/read) it. He (watch) TV. 1 thear) a noise outside,so | Tom (look) T (look) out of the ‘out of the window when the accident window (happen) ' 7 8 (CATHERINE Catherine bought a magazine, but she (not/read) it She didn't have time. I (finish) my meal, (pay) the bill and (leave) the restaurant, KATE IL (Gee) Kate this morning I (walk) along the stveet and she (wait) for the bus.Additional exercises oeuenen Units 3-14 15 Complete the sentences. Use one of these forms: present simple (I work/drive etc) __ present continuous (Iam working/driving etc) past simple (I worked/drove etc.) past continuous (I was working/driving etc.) 1 You can turn off the television. 1.2m nob, watching... (not/watch) it 2 Last night Jenny .... fell... (fall) asleep while she ....0as,."eading.. (read) 3 Listen! Somebody (play) the piano. 4 ‘Have you got my key?” ‘No, 1 (give) it back to you. 5 David is very lazy. He (not/like) hard work. 6 Where (your parents / go) for their holidays last year? 71 (see) Diane yesterday. She (drive) her new car. Ba: (you/watch) television very much? 8: No, I haven't got a television set. 9 a: What (you/do) at 6 o'clock last Sunday morning? B: I was in bed asleep. 10 Andy isn’t at home very much. He (go) away a lot. 1 (try) to find a job at the moment. It’s very difficult, 12 I'm tired this morning. I (not/sleep) very well last night. 258)