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                                                                 Grammar
                    GRAMMAR              Comparatives            presentation


                         We can compare two things with comparative     PRONUNCIATION   Comparatives with than        More
                                                                                                                      practice
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                                                                               Listen and repeat the sentences.
                         adjectives.
                    Comparatives  This classroom is smaller than that one.  1  Spain is bigger than the UK.

                         The museum is old, but the theatre is older.
                                                                           2  Sydney is smaller than Tokyo.
                         My bag’s heavy, but yours is heavier.
                                                                           3  Dubai is more modern than London.
                                                                                                            More practice? page 148
                         Is this table bigger than that one?
                         The theme park is more exciting than the museum.  5   Write true sentences for you. Put the words in order.
                         Our new flat is better than our old flat.
                                                                           1   my primary school / big / my secondary school
                         This holiday is worse than last year’s holiday.
                                                                             My secondary school is bigger than my primary school.
                                                  Grammar reference page 116
                                                                           2  the person next to me / tall / my teacher
                                                                           3  my country / beautiful / Australia
                 1   Complete the quiz with the correct form of the        4  the Tower of London / famous / the Colosseum in Rome
                    adjective in brackets.
                                                                           5  my hair / long / my best friend’s hair
                                                                           6  British food / good / food in my country
                       Round-the-world                                  6       Write questions with Which to compare these                1


                                                                           things. Then ask and answer in pairs.
                                                                           1   Which food is nicer, pizza or spaghetti?



                                                                           1  food
                                                                             nice                                                          2
                                                                                                pizza          spaghetti


                                                                           2  free time activity
                                                                             interesting
                                                                                                riding a bike  swimming
                                                                                                                                           3
                       1  Is the Mississippi river … than the Amazon river?
                         (long)                                            3  school subject
                       2  Are the Himalayas … than the Andes mountains?      easy
                         (high)                                                                 Art            Science
                       3  Is Turkey …. than Russia? (big)                                                                                  4
                       4  Is your language … than English? (difficult)     4  special day
                       5  Is the Latin alphabet … than the Greek alphabet?     exciting
                         (modern)
                                                                                                birthdays      National holidays
                       6  Is Australia … to the South Pole than Chile? (near)
                       7  Is Mexico … than Libya? (hot)                 7       Make your own questions like the ones in
                                                                           exercise 6. Ask and answer with a partner. Use these
                       8  Is Antarctica … than the Sahara Desert? (dry)
                                                                           ideas or your own.                                              5
                                                                             film   TV programme    food    sport
                 2      In pairs, ask and answer the questions in the quiz.
                                                                             sports person  computer game   animal
                     Is Turkey bigger than Russia?
                                               No, I don’t think so.
                                                                             school subject  colour  drink

                 3       Listen and check your answers to the quiz.        Which drink is better for you, milk or orange juice?
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