UNIT 9: This one is better.

In this unit you will learn the following:

• How to ask for and give opinions
• How to agree
• How to disagree

Here are the words you will learn to use:

agree mushroom bad worse worst
basketball player onion big bigger biggest
beans pair of sunglasses boring more boring most boring
bread pants cheap cheaper cheapest
broccoli pasta expensive more expensive most expensive
cabbage peas good better best
cap potato heavy heavier heaviest
carrot rice interesting more interesting most interesting
cauliflower suitcase light lighter lightest
cucumber surfboard narrow narrower narrowest
horse think short shorter shortest
ice-cream tomato small smaller smallest
jockey very tall taller tallest
lettuce very much wide wider widest
like

Here are some phrases you will learn to use:

What do you think ... ? Do you like ... ? Can I help you?

Here are some sentences you will practice:

I don’t like this restaurant. I think this one is better. I think doing business is better
I think it is very interesting. I don’t agree. than teaching.

Grammar tips:
The new structures in
ives
this unit are comparat
and superlatives.

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I don’t like
I like oranges.
bananas.

3 4
I like ice cream. I don’t like burgers.

5 6
I like nuts. I don’t like chips.

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 UNIT 9

Do you like...?

1 2 3

bread potatoes rice

4 5 6

pasta onions peas

7 8 9

carrots tomatoes beans

10 11 12

cauliflower cabbage broccoli

13 14 15

cucumber lettuce mushrooms

Yes, I do. No, I don’t.

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1 Can I help you? 2 I like cabbage.

Yes. I’d like that I don’t like cabbage.

cabbage, please.

3 Can ....................... ? 4 I ..................................

Yes, .............................
cucumber, ....................... I .......................................

5 I like this restaurant. 6 I don’t like this restaurant.

I think it’s very good. I don’t think it’s very good.

7 I like this book. I think 8 I don’t like this book.

it’s very interesting. I think it’s boring.

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1 2

a basketball player tall taller tallest

3 4

a horse a jockey

short shorter shortest

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 This one is better.

1 2

heavy light

3 4 5

heavy heavier heaviest

6 7 8

light lighter lightest

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1 2

expensive more expensive most expensive

a pair of sunglasses cheap cheaper cheapest

4 5

a surfboard wide wider widest

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 This one is better.

pants narrow narrower narrowest

a cap big bigger biggest

a cap small smaller smallest

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1 2

good better best bad worse worst

3 4

I think this restaurant is

good. What do you think? I think this
one is better.

5 6
I like that suitcase. Yes, I think it’s a good one, but that
What do you think? one is better. I like it very much.

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1 2

I’m a teacher at
the school here. What do you teach?

I teach English.

3 4
I was a businessman but
Do you like teaching
now I’m a teacher. I think
English?
Yes, I do. I like teaching is better.
it very much.

5 6

I don’t agree. I think

What do you think? doing business is better
than teaching.

I agree. I think
teaching is better.

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