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MODULE 5: COMPARISON
LESSON 3: SPECIAL COMPARISON
Full Name: ……………………....…………. Class: …………………..… Date: .…......…..……………

Task 1: Complete the sentences using as … as. Choose one of the following words.

expensive comfortable fast long soon

well often quickly much exciting

1. I don’t earn ______________________ I’d like.

2. Oh, don’t sit there. The stool isn’t _______________________ the armchair.
3. We can’t do crosswords _________________________ you do.
4. I’m sorry I’m a bit late. I got here _____________________________ I could.
5. We like to keep fit, so we go swimming _____________________________ we can.
6. It was a difficult question. I answered it ______________________________ I could.
7. I prefer surfing to swimming. Swimming isn’t ______________________________ surfing.
8. How long can we stay with you? - You can stay _______________________________ you like.
9. Why don’t you buy a motorbike? A motorbike isn’t _______________________________ a car.
10. I need the information quickly, so please let me know ___________________________ possible.

Task 2: Complete the sentences using the structure …er and …er or more and more.
1. This subject gets ___________________________ (hard) all the time.
2. I'm just getting _____________________________ (confused).
3. It's becoming _____________________________ (difficult) for me to keep up.
4. The textbook just gets ____________________________ (complicated).
5. I spend __________________________ (much) time on my work.
6. My list of things to do gets __________________________ (long).
7. My problem are just getting ___________________________ (bad).
8. I feel happy as my birthday is coming ___________________________ (close).
9. Eating and travelling in this city is getting ___________________________ (expensive).
10. Your English is OK now. Your pronunciation has got __________________________ (good).
Task 3: Complete each sentence using the information in brackets and the structure with 2 adjectives.
1. (The rent is high) The bigger a flat is, the higher _________________________.
2. (You learn quickly.) The younger you are, ________________________________.
3. (The roads are quiet.) The earlier you leave, ________________________________.

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4. (The choice is wide.) The bigger the supermarket is, ________________________.
5. (I get confused.) The more I try to work this out, ________________________.
6. (You can speak fluently.) The more you practice, ______________________________.
7. (The beaches get crowded.) The better the weather is, ____________________________.
8. (She became impatient.) The longer she waited, _______________________________.
9. (It's hard to concentrate.) The more tired you are, ______________________________.
10. (The product is reliable.) The higher the price, ______________________________.

Task 4: Write a new sentence with the same meaning using the word in brackets.
1. David and James are both 22 years old. (same)
David is _____________________________ James.
2. You and I both have dark brown hair. (colour)
Your hair _________________________________________________.
3. I arrived at 10.25 and so did you. (time)
I ________________________________________________________.
4. My birthday is 5 April. Tom's birthday is 5 April too. (day)
My ______________________________________________________.
5. Richard is younger than he looks. (old)
Richard isn't _______________________________________________.
6. I didn't spend as much money as you. (more)
You ______________________________________________________.
7. The station was nearer than I thought. (far)
The station wasn't __________________________________________.
8. The meal didn't cost as much as I expected. (less)
The meal cost _____________________________________________.
9. I go out less than I used to. (much)
I don't ___________________________________________________.
10. Karen's hair isn't as long as it used to be. (have)
Karen used to _____________________________________________.

Task 5: Complete using the comparative or superlative form of the words in brackets.
1. This island used to be much _________________________ (green) before the forest fires.
2. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got ________________________ (nervous)
3. Mrs. Brown gets to work _____________________________ (early) of all.

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4. Ben says he’s feeling much __________________________ (well) after his illness.
5. I told the manager that it was the ________________________ (bad) hotel I had ever stayed in.
6. I asked the assistant to show me the _________________________ (modern) phone they had.
7. The Pacific is the _________________________ (deep) ocean in the world.
8. Let’s sit in the garden; it’s __________________________ (good) the house.
9. She dresses _____________________________ (fashionably) I do.
10. Bill drives ____________________________ (fast) of all my friends.

Task 6: Find the mistakes and correct them.

Sentence Mistake Correction

1. The situation is getting difficulter.

2. Silver isn’t as expensive than gold.

3. The weather is getting more and more hot.

4. My bag is the same like yours.

5. The elder I get, the happier I am.

Task 7: Read this part of Tessa’s letter to her friend about her new job. Choose the most suitable
word to fill in the blank.
My new job is great. I like it (1) _____ better than my old one. The people here are (2) _____ than I
expected. Luckily my new boss isn’t as rude (3) _____ my old boss, Mrs. Crossley, was. I hated her.
She was the (4) _____ friendly person I’ve ever met. Everyone here is older (5) _____. In fact I’m the
youngest person (6) _____ the office. The good thing about the job is that I get a (7) _____ more
money. The bad thing is that the journey isn’t (8) _____ simple as it was in my old job, where the
bus took me straight there. Now I have to change buses. But I’m allowed to start work early. The (9)
_____ I leave home, (10) ______ the journey because the buses aren’t so crowded.

1. A. more B. most C. much D. very

2. A. more nice B. most nice C. nicer D. nicest
3. A. as B. so C. than D. that
4. A. least B. less and less C. less D. so
5. A. as I B. as me C. than I D. than me

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6. A. from B. in C. of D. out of
7. A. bit B. less C. lot D. much
8. A. as B. less C. more D. same
9. A. early B. more early C. earliest D. earlier
10. A. more easy B. more easier C. the easier D. the easy

Phrasal verbs

Task 8: Complete using the correct form of the phrasal verbs above.

1. Dad had planned a steak dinner for himself after _______________ Mum off on her plane.
2. He rose from his seat and _________________ for the door.
3. He __________________ in at the side of the road and answered her phone call.
4. She cried inconsolably when her cat was ________________ over by a car.
5. There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to ______________ around.
6. Why do you _________________ on riding lessons if you can’t afford them?
7. I wonder when he’s going to _________________ round to reading them.
8. He had to bring ____________________ an 11 o'clock meeting so that he could get to the
funeral on time.
9. What did you get ___________________ to at the weekend?
10. Are you planning to go __________________ the 100 metres race?

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Task 9: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1 A. bush B. brush C. bus D. cup

2 A. boat B. broad C. coast D. loan

3 A. large B. car C. angry D. bar

4 A. more B. north C. lost D. hope

5 A. distribute B. tribe C. triangle D. trial

6 A. took B. look C. food D. good

7 A. showed B. visited C. wondered D. studied

8 A. fixed B. finished C. sacrificed D. seized

9 A. chores B. dishes C. houses D. coaches

10 A. works B. shops C. shifts D. plays

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Word Stress

Task 10: Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
1. A. trainee B. appropriate C. volunteer D. enterprise
2. A. oversee B. differentiate C. pioneer D. personalise
3. A. reindeer B. committee C. employee D. communicate
4. A. examinee B. separate C. interviewee D. reengineer
5. A. commercialize B. coffee C. career D. paneer

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