Comparative adjectives • have got • Comparatives and superlatives

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City living

Comparative adjectives 2 Comparing things

Write sentences to compare the pictures using the comparative form of
1 What's the comparative? the adjectives.
1 Write the comparative adjectives.
small cheap new comfortable
Adjective Comparative
1 Pete's car is sma"~r tha" Ann's car.
old old~r
2
tall
hot 3 Ann's car _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
nice 4
polite
easy
pretty HOUSE: big expensive near modern
1..200,000
'TOWN
exciting CE"7~E
+5 MIHU-rES 5 The house is than the flat.
beautiful
6
important
FLAT 7 The flat _ _ __ _ _ _ the centre.
£10 0 ,COO
2 Write the opposites of the -rOWN
CENTRE 8
comparative adjectives. S "" ......'1£5

Comparative Opposite
3 It was warmer yesterday
smaller bigg~r

cheaper
1 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in bold.
safer 1 It isn't very warm today. It was warm~r yesterday.
faster 2 He isn't very clever. His sister is much _ _ _ __
cleaner 3 Cats are friendly, but dogs are a lot _ _ _ __
quieter 4 Your homework is good, but I think you can do _ _ __ _
more interesting 5 The news is bad, but it could be _ _ _ __
more difficult 2 Complete the sentences with a comparative adjective.
more modern
1 This flat is too old for me. I want somewhere mor~ mod~r"
better
2 This TV programme is boring. Is there something on
another channel?
3 This jumper is too small. I need a one.
4 My coffee is very weak. Can I have a one?
5 This lesson is so difficult. Yesterday it was much _ _ _ _ __ _

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 have got 6 Comparing two people
Read the information about James and Kelly.
4 Has he got a computer? Complete the sentences.
Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of have got.
1 Does Paul have a computer?
Has: Paul got a computer?
2 I have a nice flat.

3 We have two children.

4 Do you have the time?

5 My friends don't have a lot of money.

6 What colour hair does she have?

28 age 29

7 I don't have any English lessons today. 1.80 height 1.70

yes car? no

8 You're lucky. You have a good job. no children? a son

flat house/flat? house

yes good job? yes

5 do / does / have / has
work - number
Complete the conversations with do, does, have, or has. 10 8
of hours a day?
1 'Have you got a computer?'
OK interesting job? very
'Yes, but it's an old one:
2 '_ _ he have any children?'
1 Kelly is older than James.
'Yes, one daughter:
2 younger
3 'How much money _ _ you got?'
'I haven't got any: 3 taller

4 ' _ _ they have a nice house?' 4 has got a car, but hasn't.
'Yes, much nicer than ours: 5 a son, but
5 'What sort of car _ _ she got?' any children.
'I'm not sure. A Golf, I think: 6 James a flat. Kelly a
6 'What _ _ you got on your head?' house.

'It's a hat. Don't you like it?' 7 They've both got

7 'What _ _ you have for breakfast?' 8 James longer hours Kelly.

'Tea and toast, usually: 9 Kelly a much more interesting
8 '_ _ she have a shower every morning?' James.
'Of course! Don't you?'

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Comparatives and superlatives 9 Questionsand answers
Complete the questions with the superlative
7 Comparative and superlative adjectives form of the adjective. Try to answer them.
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

cheap chea~er the chea~est 1 What is the longest (long) river in the world?
expensive more ex~ensive the most e~ensive The Nile.
young
happy
beautiful
2 What is _ _ _ _ _ _ (high)
big
mountain in the world?
busy
intelligent
bad
far
new 3 What is _ _ _ _ _ _ (big) city in
dangerous your country?

8 Word order
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

1 family / the / am / my / in / I / oldest 4 What is _ _ _ _ _ _ (popular) sport

in your country?
I am the oldest in my family.
2 sister / me / my / than / younger / is

3 class / who / oldest / the / the / in / is / ?

 Reading
10 The tallest building in the world
1 rt1 Read about Burj Khalifa. Complete the
questions with the correct question words. HIGHER THAN
1 'Where is Burj Khalifa?'
'In Dubai: THE CLOUDS
2 ' did it open?'
'In January 2010: It reaches into the sky for nearly a kilometre.
3 ' high is it?' Burj Khalifa is, for the time being, the world's
'828 metres:
tallest building.
4 ' _ _ _ _ _ _ floors are there?'
'160: THE WORLD'S tallest building opened in January 2010.
It is Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, and it
5 '_ _ _ _ _ _ did it cost to build?'
is 828 metres high. It took six years to build.
'us $1.5 billion:
The tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 square
6 '_ _ _ _ _ _ does it take to clean all
metres of space for offices and flats. It has the fastest lift
the windows?'
'Four months: (64 km/h), the highest mosque (on the 158th floor), and
the highest swimming pool (on the 76th floor).
2 Complete the sentences. Burj Khalifa is taller than Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which was
1 It is building in the world. the world's tallest building at 508 metres. The Burj Khalifa
2 It has _ _ __ _ __ lift in the world. tower can be seen 95 kilometres away.
3 It has mosque and 'We weren't sure how high we could go; said Bill
swimming pool in the world. Baker, the building's structural engineer. 'It's a learning
experience:
3 Answer the questions.
Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the developer of Burj Khalifa,
1 How long did it take to build the tower?
said that there were a lot of problems with the design.
2 What is on the 76th floor?
The most difficult parts weren't because of the height
3 Is Tapei 101 taller than Burj Khalifa?
How high is it? but because of the winds', he told journalists. The top

4 Who is Bill Baker? of the building moves 1.5 metres in high winds.

5 What was the most difficult problem?

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BUILDING'S STATISTICS
6 How much does the top of the building move
• 57 lifts
in the wind?
• Cost US $1.5 billion
7 How many people live and work there?
• 1,044 luxury apartments
8 Is it hotter at the top or at the bottom?
• 12,000 people live and work there
• It is 6°C cooler at the top than at the bottom
• It takes 36 men four months to clean the windows

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Listening
11 I worked in Dubai
1 rt1 Listen to Ben, who worked
in Dubai. Complete the sentences.

1 Ben worked in Dubai for five years.

2 He liked it because it was - - - - -
and very multi-cultural.
3 Not many years ago Dubai was just _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4 The people were very _____ and made Ben feel very _ _ _ __
5 There are a lot of water sports in Dubai. You can go _ _ _ _ __
and _ _ _ _ __

6 You can even go _____ . There's a _ _ _ _ _ _ centre with

real _ _ _ __

7 There are of all nationalities, such as Indian, Chinese,

Thai, and traditional Arab.
8 The weather is much ____ than England, and it doesn't _ _ __
much at all.
9 The houses were ______ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than in
England.

2 rt1 Listen again and check. What three things did Ben miss from home?
1
2
3

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 Vocabulary
12 Town and country
Find these things in the picture. Write a number.
~ square statue
_ _ bridge market
roundabout _ _ traffic lights
wood _ _ railway station
_ _ pedestrian crossing block of flats
_ _ carpark _ _ petrol station
_ _ shopping centre hill

Everyday English
13 Directions
rtl Look at the map. Find YOU ARE HERE.
Listen to the directions. Where do you finish?

Don't forget!
14 Prepositions
1 Complete the sentences with a preposition from the box. in on at outside

1 The school is ~ the left. 6 The river is the bottom of the hill.
2 Turn right _ ___ the traffic lights. 7 The wood is the top of the hill.
3 There's a statue the main square. 8 The Millbank Hotel is the right.
4 There are three people the bus stop. 9 the end of the street turn left.
S The bus stop is the chemist's. 10 The mayor's office is the town hall.

2 Look at the pictures. Write a preposition from the box.

lover along past round up down through

1 under the bridge 2 _ _ __ the river 3 _ _ _ _ the wood 4 _ _ _ the hill

S _ _ _ the hill 6 _ ___ the bridge 7 _ _ _ _ the petrol 8 _ _ _ _ the bend

station
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