Comparative adjectives Short adjectives

tall + --er taller (than)

nice + --r nicer (than)

hot double the hotter (than)

consonant + --er

happy -- -y + --ier

1 Write sentences with the comparative for.m of the adjectives.

Mumbai (population: 14 million). Bangkok (population: 7 million) (big)

Mumbai is biggerthan Bangkok. The Yangtze River (6,300 km)

The Nile (6,695 km) (long) 2 Mount K2 (8,611 m)

Mount Everest (8,850 m) (high)

3 The Pacific Ocean (4,300m) The Atlantic Ocean (3,600m) (deep)

4 The Empire State Building (381 m) Willis Tower (442 m) (tall)

5 Alaska (average winter temperature --20C / --30C)

Hawaii (average winter temperature 25C) (hot)

2 Write sentences comparing Luiza and Marcella with the adjectives in the box.

Luiza is taller than Marcella.

happy old pretty tal+ short slim

young

Long adjectives

important

boring

interesting

more+ adjective

more important (than)

more boring (than)

more interesting (than)

3 Write sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives.

geography I history (interesting) Geography is more interesting than history. skateboarding / skiing (exciting)

2 trains / airplanes (slow) 3 chimpanzees I dogs (intelligent) 4 the library / the gym (quiet) 5 cell phones I MP3 players (expensive) 6 Angelina Jolie / Julianne Moore (famous) 7 cars / motorcycles (safe) 8 cats I dogs (independent)

Irregular adjectives

good better (than)

bad

4 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives.

1 think that reality shows are better (good) than quiz shows.

1 Last week's science test was bad, but this week's test was ;o()SQ.. (9ad)!

2 Which city is p O e, l i{p>~tty) - Paris or V ' 7 en1ce. f Jf) ~

3 Boston is u 1:> '...- \ ar) from New York than Philadelphia .

4 English is !AViS \9.~(easy) than Chinese. 5 Summer in Australia is bflt-fe (hot) than

summer in the U.K. -~ ,~n t-~ C~JJYE 6 Fantasy movies are~~ !:!: __ ~C(interesting) than

animated movies. 7 Small towns are @fu~safe) than big

cities.

Make a list of two singers, two TV hosts, and two actors.

Write sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.

bad boring funny good intelligent interesting ele talented

Fergie is older than Rihanna.

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as ... as jThe Harry Potter as good as the books. l movies aren't \ Manaus isn't as big as Rio de Janeiro. j

~

Are FTkin Park as popular as U2?

1 Write sentences with as ... as and the adjectives in the box.

~ ffie.af3 cold expens1ve good heavy ele tall

l'm 13 years old . My friend is 13 years old . l'm asoldas my friend. L

The red T-shirt is $12 . The blue T-shirt is $1 O. The red T-shirt isn't as cheap as the blue T-shirt.

Hong Kong (7 million people). Dhaka (7

mllion~eople) Dhaka S b1gi aS fbnei tbnS

2 Elephants weigh about 5,000 kg . Giraffes weigh about 1,300 kg . Giraffes "3\as\t;v\ G..") e.\e.p bc.Ds

3 lt's -6C in Moscow. lt's -6C in Chicago. M oscow :5 v,c, c0\.d t\S e.h: C, ') \)

4 Koji gota B in his test. Emi got an A in her

test. Koji's test lso.'::i ?cn1 os o m\

5 Lucas is 1 m 68cm. Mili is 1 m 68cm. Mili .5 ao .-n11 \e ms

6 A burger is $4. A pizza is $6. A burger 1co)992@''X:.{h?'t:J,X2 ~ p) Z-C:c

2 Rewrite the sentences using as ... as. Skiing is more difficult than swimming . Swimming isn't as difficult as skiing.

less ... than A Fiat car is less expensive than a Ferrari.

Dogs are less intelligent than monkeys.

3 Write sentences giving your opinion. Use /ess ... than.

Daniel Radcliffe / Robert Patterson (talented) Daniel Radcliffe is less talented than

Robert Patterson. or Robert Patterson is less talented than Daniel Radcliffe.

1 ~ins /buses (expensive) 1:tee3: ooe- l e-C:S ~-.;e \ han

2 ~$s / cell phones (useful)

3 Jay-Z / Daddy Yankee (famous)

\ 0 y 2 \s lrost o 01d rl yr-J k2e 4 Jaction movies / horror movies (exciting)

B r \.. 10ll o ') 1 0'\ i, moe, + \. .t H r) 5 1J-e

1 happy,,

5 frightened

9 confident

F-eelings and emotions 1 Look at the pictures. Read and listen to the adjectives. Then listen

and repeat.

2 3 proud 4 sad

6 bored 7 embarrassed 8 excited

1 O angry 11 annoyed 12 fed up

2 Copy the adjectives from exercise 1 into the correct columns.

nervous

hle>-- QX..C,c\ 2. ~- -

3 Choose the correct answers. Luke d1d very well in his exam. We' re very happy /~of him ! l'm real!~ excited! 1 told Jenny a secret and"'sne'told everyone!

2 Chloe won first prize. Her parents are very rou / confident. ---A 3 Mark's mom showed me his baby photos! He was really frightened / embarrassed_!J 4 Hannah's sad / excited because her best friend can 't come to her birthday party. 5 lt's raining and Jack can't play soccer. He's fed up / nervous .

..>

4 Pairwork Ask and answer questions about your emotions. ~ it's the last day of high school

you receive a present your brother / sister takes your CDs

it's your birthday you get a good grade you watch a horror movie your teacher gives you extra h8mework

A How d? you feel when you receive a present? B 1 usually feel happy.

Superlative adjectives Short adjectives

tall + -est

ni ce + -st

the tallest

the nicest

3 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives.

Luke is the most popular boy in the class.

(popula r) -th 1 r t ()) 1 1 th ink that Sn Fran-Yisco is ;iv.} 1 t c1ty ~e U . S.)J~utiful) \-4-

the + double the the l hot adjective consonant saddesj -y + -iest

the happy

happiest

2 Ja'pnesrfs ,J r 1 ~ tf 1 l~~uage to learn. (difficult)JU. rroJ+ aJ ":J. .

3 The crocodiileis one of C r, -09:36 animals 1n Austrj_i~. (dmr~us) .e:X:cl ttn0 .

4 1 th in k'snowooar~ing 1s w1nter

' .

1 Write the superlative form of these

SP,ort. (excitin ) 5 Yh;nWts? P4mC>~~rson in China.

(fa mo~s) 6 Mosfaw is one")of CLLfO_s;{'tfes in the

world . (expensive) 5 n~e nQLuest 6cr~y..,~1~t 7 el ~ c\OS:c:J- 4 Complete the sentences with the superlative 8 re '.~ @. e\ R;A- forms of the adjectives in the box. 9 bu~ bu9!~-l- ;' .L

ca expeisive fast heavy

2 Write sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives.

Mrs. Thompson / nice / teacher in my school Mrs. Thompson 5 the nicest teacher in my school.

boring

important

interesting

the most + adjective

the most boring

the most important

the most interesting J

popyfated ffiH

Write sentences about the students in your class and the subjects you study. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in the box.

difficult easy old tall young

"Sergio is the tallest person in my class. Math is the most difficult subject

Superlative adjectives Irregular adjectives

good

bad

far

the best

the worst

the furthest

1 Complete th.e sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives.

Friday is ~ best day of the week . (good) 1 This song 1s 0 ~Tang on the CD . (bad) 2 wt~'ts \ ) u s \ Q.~~eria in your city?. (busy) 3 Which American cizy f5' .;,p b Jfrom New

the least

boring

important

interesting

the least boring

the least important

the least interesting

3 Rewrite the sentences with the least and one of the adjectives in the box.

confident

expens1ve

dangerous

interesting difficult

noisy , ,.

Buses are the cheapest form of public

transportation in the U.S. York? (far) th

4 The Air and Space MuseurkrR~f J 'rJ:fe6~~ ff'nj Buses are the least expensive form of public

transportation in the U.S. museums in4;~n&~nteresting)

5 Mrs. Santos is eacher. (good)

ComJ?arative I Superlative

Read the sentences. Then choose the correct option.

The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze.

The Nile is the longest river in the world. We use the 1comparative / superlative to

compare two people or things. We use the 2comparative / superlative to

compare more than two people or things.

2 Write sentences with the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Louise (11) / Emma (14) /Serena (15) (old)

Emma is older than Louise. Serena is the oldest. Venezuela (912,050 km 2) /Ecuador (283,560 km2) / Peru (1,285,220 km2) (big)

2 A Fiat (19, 170) /A Volkswagen (34,906) / A Ferrari (229, 150) (expensive)

3 Mont Blanc (4,81 Om) / Aconcagua (6,962 m) I Mount Everest (8,850 m) (high)

4 Tom (1 .68 m) / Caroline (1 .62 m) / Joshua (1.57 m) (tall)

5 London (18C) / Athens (34C) / Boston (26C) (hot)

Jack is the most nervous boy in the class . Jack is boy in the class.

2 He is the most boring host on TV. He is host on TV.

3 History is the easiest subject at school. History is subject at school.

4 The library is the quietest place in the school.

The library ~s place in the school. 5 This is the safest area in the city.

This is area in the city.

4 Complete the sentences with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses. Are the sentences true or false?

1 A kilometer is longer tnaqJeiile. (long) Sao Paulo i;> \h Off e ~JQ

T

T (big)

ll country in South $ ~ 2 Uruguay is r America. (small)

ocean F 3 Tt1e Pacific Ocean is in the ~orld ;. (deep)

(( ,.1 \nan in'the U.S. T 4 Bill Gates is ' , C' (rich)

~

5 A Ferrari is , J Rollsdfloy e. T (expensive)

6 A giraffe is an elephanL T (fast)

Write three more sentences for the quiz. Ask

your classmates if they are true or false.

Seoul is the biggest city in South Korea.

F-l

F

Superlative adjectives Irregular adjectives

good

bad

far

the best

the worst

the furthest

1 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives.

Friday is ~est day of the week. (good)

1 This song 1s t~fong on the CD. (bad) 2 Wti~fl/s \ :) uS\Q...ffit~eria in your city? (busy) 3 Which American cizy ~ ,f..p 're:> from New

the least

boring

important

interesting

the least boring

the least important

the least interesting

3 Rewrite the sentences with the /east and one of the adjectives in the box.

confident

expens1ve dangerous

i nteresti ng

difficult

noisy , r

Buses are the cheapest form of public transportation in the U.S.

York? (far) t-h 4 The Air and Space Museume.,i'?R~f 1 r? :h~6

...... ..e 01 a:;

b ..e 01 a:;

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Vocabulary 1 Write the names of the numbered items in

the picture.

contincnt country ig(a"nd l~e m)X1ntain ':5en pefr :.ea voly6no

~

~

~ 3 &-(,t~l?'l ('('. ~

~

8~

.ti. ~

2 Complete the sentences with an adjective of feeling or emotion.

1 Don't be f~ big dog, but it's friendly.

2 Mom's very acc ''~Ti; ! The cat ate our iJ

goldfishl

3 l'm f t l.h p. ! lt's Sunday and there's school tomor~

4 We're very p , , . . XJ, f Enrique. He won an art competition.

5 Monica's very h ..(U~-~Her boyfriend gave her sorne flowers.

6 The boys are e -e 1 11\.--

GraMma 3 Complete the sentences with the

comparative form of the adjectives.

Is Alaska ~ (large) than Texas? Do you think English is ? .o Dt,?v\-' (easy) than math?

2 lt's quite cold today. Yesterday was

---~(warm).

3 Are the Bl~ck Eyed Peas JJj k .v (good) than Green Day?

4 Their apartment is rrv.r z=rt--- (nice) than our apartment. -~ , . \... . 1 ..J./Y'. . i. . (>

Moio~cycles are usually . .. '::> 3 South Krea isn't as populated as Japan .

South Korea is c.. ) ' 1 , .. 4 The volcano Mount St. Helens is more active

than Mount Ra inier. .,.+ 1 Mount Rainier is J . ~Q...':' o~L.r\/"t.. ,)Ji ,~ ~ ~.vfJ -rJ

Complete the questions with the superlative forms of the adjectives. Then write personal answers.

Who is the oldest person in your family? (old) My gr.' 1dma is the oldest person 1n 11y

fatr 'ly stt 7 4 ~:_a~s. ~~1 What is ..u ~bjeLrfor you at

school? (easy) ~ ~ 2 Who is J:bg (Y'b rso~?

(important) !' ..\ 3 Wh\t_,~ J ~, . J- pr'ogram on TV? (good) 4 Whtris IY\,i 't. !i!,. j person 1n your class?

(nice)

5 What is , he \ touris1 attrdton filiour country? (eopular) 4

6 What is .-eh o ~~:5'of th"'e week far you? (bad)

Write sentences comparing the actors. Use the comparative, superlative, and the least forms of the adjectives in the box.

beautiful sMrt old talented

ta.u young

Name: Keira Knightley i .. ~ J Birth date: March 26th, 1985 . ' Height:

Na me: Birth date: Height:

170 cm , , '

Name: Ashley Tisdale Birth date: July 2d, 1985 Height: 160 cm

Lucy Liu December 2d, 1968 157 cm

Kiera Kni~htly is taller than Ashley r r a_le. but Lucy Li11 ~ tliP least tal l. lA.C.~ LK. ' , .jD- ..r-. t ,~d ... ~

2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Got it?

Florida is in the south-east of the U.S. Florida is one

of~/ most beautiful states in the U.S. with a lot of lakes, rivers, and beaches. Tw~ of the best beaches are Siesta Key Beach and Turtle Beach.

Turtle Beach isn(! 2as popul~ / as popular than

Siesta Key, but it's3 more interesting / fil:iost interesting

because there are a lot of birds and animals. There

are sorne really cool animals in Florida! Manatees, far

example, are related to elephants but they're 4smaller /sTallest and they live in water! There are also

about 200,000 alligators! They are 5dssl' the least

dangerous than people think because they are

frightened of humans and are 6more active / most

active at night than in the day,

Today Florida is 7more / r:iost famous for its theme

parks than for its animals. Disney World and Universal

Studios are two of 8the more / the most popular tourist

attractions in the U.S!

Answer the questions.

1 Where is Florida?

2 Why is Turtle Beach more interesting than

Siesta Beach?

3 What is the difference between manatees and elephants?

4 Why are alligators less dangerous than people

think?

5 What are the most popular tourist attractions

in the U.S?

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Vocabulary

Geography 1 Reorder to find eight more geography

words.

eas

1 sladin 2vreir 3 atnmunoi 4 enoac 5 tersed 6 nitneocnt 7 k e 1 a 8 coovlan

2 Complete the sentences. Use words from exercise 1.

The Rio Negro is a very long river .

Bermuda is an ,. . \

2 Mount Everest is a in the t1 1 rrrai ay as~

3 Mount Tungurahua in Ecuador is an active

\ . ~ 4 Loch Ness is a famous Scottish \ C E?, 5 The Caribbean _ ___ is to the north of

Colombia. -:?",,.. .\ 6 At night, it's cold in the Sahara ' "-.) v . 7 Charles A. Lindbergh was the first man to fly

solo across the Atlantic O . 8 Did you know that Australia is a country and a

_ _ __ ?

Grammar

Comparative adjectives Short adjectives 3 Complete the chart.

tall

long (than)

happy (than)

hot 3 (than)

funny 4 (than)

slow (than)

large 6 (than)

old (than)

nice (than)

4 Write comparative sentences. Use the adjectives from exercise 3.

My sister runs 100 m in 13.5 seconds. 1 take 11.6 seconds. My sister's slower than me.

l'm 14 years old. My brother is 12 years old. l>m 1

2 Today, it's 28C. Yesterday, it was 22C.

3 Cartoons are funny. Documentaries are boring.

4 My sister is 1.30 m. l'm 1.55 m.

5 The blue T-shirt is large. The black T-shirt is small.

6 The book has a sad ending. The movie has a happy ending.

7 The Nile is 6,650 km. The Amazon is 6,400 km.

8 Mr. York is nice. Mrs. Hardwick gives us lots of homework.

Long adjectives 5 Make comparisons using the adjectives in

parentheses.

Snowboarding is more exciting than skiing.

(exciting)

Train tickets are -=--1 ---'--' _.:..:;___;._;__:_____:_:.::...:......:..._bus

tickets. (expensive) 2 Gwyneth Paltrow is _ _ ___:c...:....:....:.....:....:.J..Y ...LI _

Sandra Bullock. (famous)

3 Dolphins are - --- ----=--- dogs. (i ntel 1 igent)

4 Motorcycles are-'-'---'------'-~--'-'-'--- cars. (dangerous)

5 Link in P a rk a re -----'-'--"-'-'------'-----'.:....__ Metallica. (popular)

6 Do you think history is _:.:__:._:____;~___:__:___:___:._ science? (bori ng)

a1ec:u 6 Complete the chart. Irregular adjective Comparative

good

bad

far

_____ _ (than)

~~~+='=~- (than) (than)

7 Complete the dialogue with the comparative form of the adjectives in parentheses.

Hannah Let's go for something to eat befare we

go to the movies.

Luke Good idea . Why don't we go to Fast

Daniel

Luke

Dan iel

Luke

Pizza?

No, 1 hate Fast Pizza. Let's go to Ben's

Burgers instead. The food is better

(good) there .

1 don't like Ben's Burgers. Fast Pizza is ____ (cheap) and the

atmosphere is 2 (re laxed).

The people are 3 2 (friendly),

too. But it's always full. lt's 4 ____ _

(easy) to get a table at Ben's Burgers.

Ben's Burgers is 5 (far)

from the movie theater. Fast Pizza is

very near the movie theater.

Hannah 1 have an idea! Let's go to Moulin Rouge Caf. The food is 6 ____ _

(good) than Fast Pizza 's and it's 7 (near) the movie theater

than Ben 's Burgers!

as ... as 8 Write sentences about these famous

people using as ... as and the adjectives in parentheses. You can use your own ideas.

Paulo Coelho / J.K.Rowling (old) .J.KRowlin~ isn't asoldas Paulo Coelho. Gerry Scotti / Will Smith (famous) Gerry Scott isn't as famous as WiH Smith.

Adam Sandler / Owen Wilson (funny)

2 Matt Damon / Johnny Depp (famous)

3 Fanny Lu I Paulina Rubio (good looking)

4 Robinho I Ji-Sung Park (talented)

5 Anne Hathaway / Keira Knightley (tall)

111:3-:t ~

9 Rewrite the sentences using Jess .:. than. London is more interesting than Paris. Pars is less interestin~ than London.

Portuguese is more difficult than English . 1 ~

2 Basketball is more popular than baseball.

3 Concert tickets are more expensive than movie

tickets.

4 Science is more important than English .

5 Kylie Minogue is more famous than Dannii Minogue.

10 Rewrite your answers to exercise 9 using not as .. . as.

Pars s less nterestng than London. ~ars sn't as nterestng as London.

Round-up

11 Choose the correct answers.

North America and South America are two very different continents but the are both interesting as / as interesting as each other. North America and South America both have mountains, deserts, lakes, and famous rivers . The Patagonian Desert in South America is 1 bigger bigger than the deserts in North America, but it isn 't 2 less hot as / as hot as Death Valley. The Atacama Desert in South America is 3 dryer / drier than the Patagonian Desert. And what about water? Which continent has the 4 larger / more large lake? Is it Lake Superior in North America or Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela? Lake Superior is bigger, but it isn 't 5 as deeper as / as deep as Argentino Lake in Argentina. In terms of rivers, the Amazon is 6 longer / more long than The Mississippi (but only by 117 km)! Finally, which continent has the 7 higher / more higher mountain? The answer is South America with the Cerro Aconcagua in Argentina. In fact. the only mountains higher than Cerro_Aconcagua are in Asia, but it is still 2,654 m 5 less high than / less higher than nt Everest. Maybe Mount Everest is 9 re famous / famouser, though.

Student Book pp. 74-75, p.77

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Vocabulary

Feelings and emotions 1 Match the sentence halves.

l'm fed up!

2 l'm really sad because

3 He's very nervous. He

4 l'm really proud because

5 Sue's very annoyed with you.

6 Tom was really happy

7 Jo was embarrassed when

8 Sam was really f ~ightened when

a She thinks that you broke her MP3 player.

when he passed the exam.

e he saw the shark in the water.

d I' ve ~e't a 'tes't t5ffi5Fm'vv afld 1 'v'vtifl'ted 'te

? e 'te tr'le beaeh 'teda~ . ,e she fell asleep at school. Everyone

laughed at her.

f has an exam tomorrow. ~ my best friend's moving to another town .

'ti 1 got the best marks in the test.

Grammar

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Superlative adjectives Short adjectives 2 Complete the sentences with the superlative

form of the adjectives in parentheses.

Nina is the fastest (fast) runner in the team.

She cai run 100 m in el~ven seconds. This is the pC.Q ~ "\ 0.\-(pretty) beach on the island .

2 Simon is the 'a\ \qcrt (tall) person in my family.

3 Thanks for the present, Rona! You're the

h,

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~t

ble

)-

5 Complete the information about the computer games with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses.

***** **** *** ** * excellent very good good OK bad

game t his week. Excellent!

6 Write sentences that are true for you. exciting /video game

1 think the most exciting video game is "The Lost Ark".

popular/ singer in my country

2 bad / school subject 3 funny / cartoon character

Comparative I Superlative 7 Complete the sentences with the

comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in the parentheses.

Sue always smiles. 1 think she's the happiest (happy) person in my class .

My cell phone is \:bo , tp.J!lt~(good) tha ~-tours . r~

2 1t was ~o.. u .' S Qm triwm'barr~si9) day of my life!

3 Don 't read that book. Thi j onl is / t'r) Q, mu=)\- lY) t .trn'fe?esti~ &r>

4 1 kn~~'s C"?O..,t Q.) l ea~ (' >./fexpensive) bike in the shop, but 1 want it.

5 My brother's 5.,+ ()O)) ~6. (strong) than you.

6 1 thin k she's t ' no 1 e~~ (fun ny) comedian on TV.

the least 8 Complete the sentences with the least and

the words in the box.

difficult daA~erous -confident ..... ri 1 11 i1 ::rl"' :-expensive

/ Whale sharks are the least dancaerous .

1 1 hat speaking i~Ken~ les701nhb-fcause l'm

+="-r-1-~-'Pl"'-L----:--:' ~ p;> rso n 1 n ry e 1 a ss. She! ' uadr~s in Hollywood. Nobody likes her.

~ l'm goody draw ing so\\rt is

tm te:nk a ' CiC~stM01 supject to\ me. 4 Let's have a pizza . lt's t=b P 41JB\