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Luis Alirio BUSTAMANTE ZAMBRANO ID: 605354

ACTIVITY NUMBER 7 NEW CULTURES

Comparatives 1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms. Adjective

Comparative form

RemembeR

COLDER

cold big difficult bad dry early good high hot long popular rain sunny wet

BIGGER MORE DIFFICULT WORSE DRIER CARLIER BETTER HIGHER HOTTER LONGER MORE POPULAR RAINIER SUNNIER WETTER

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Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder

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Short adjectives ending in one consonant double the last letter + -er: big – bigger

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Long adjectives (more than two syllables): more + adjective: more expensive

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Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good, bad

2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. a. Britain is

HOTEER

b. It’s usually

(hot) now than at any time before.

MORE FOGGY(foggy)

c. Places that are sunny areMORE d. I think the weather is e. India is SUNNIER f. The sea is getting g. Summer is

WORSE

in autumn than in summer. (popular) than places where it rains a lot. (bad) than ten years ago.

(sunny) than Britain, but it is also HIGHER

SHORTER

(high).

(short) now than 25 years ago.

3. Circle the correct word. 1

It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.

2

The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.

3

I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.

4

Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?

5

I think summer is getting shorter / more short.

6

It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.

(wet)!

4 Circle the odd word out. cold difficult short 1

hot big bad

2

dry long new

3

popular sunny famous

4

easy early expensive

5

good cold late

6

big wet old

Superlative adjectives 1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms. Adjective

Superlative form

bad

WORST

Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful

MOST BEATIFUL

Short adjectives ending in one consonant

big

BIGGEST

double last letter + est: hot – hottest

dangerous

MOST DANGEROUS

difficult

MOST DIFFICULT

fast

FASTEST

friendly

FRIENDLEST

good

BEST

intelligent

MOST INTELLIGENT

loud

LOUDEST

popular

MOST POPULAR

slow

SLOWEST

small

SMALLEST

strange

STRANGEST

ugly

UGLIEST

Remember

Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most + adjective: most amazing Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

tortoise / slow The tortoise is the slowest. 1

blue whale / big

2

cheetah / fast

THE BLUE WHALE IS BIGGER THE CHEETAH IS FASTEST

THE MOSQUITO IS MOST DANGEROUS

3

mosquito / dangerous

4

cat / friendly

5

hippo / ugly

THE HIPPO IS UGLIEST

6

dolphin / intelligent

THE DOLPHIN IS MOST INTELLIGENT

THE CAT IS MOST FRIENDLY

THE PARROT IS LOUDEST 7

parrot / loud

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz. emily Yes, but I really want to win. katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the a.BIGGEST(big) animal in the world? emily The elephant. katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale. emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2)FASTEST(fast) animal is the cheetah. katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the (3) DANGEROUS (Dangerous) animal in the world? MOST

emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you malaria. katya

What about this question? What is the (4)

TALLEST

(tall) animal?

emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe. katya Of course. emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the (5) LOUDEST

katya

(loud) animal?

Wow! That’s the (6)MOST (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.

Luis Alirio BUSTAMANTE ZAMBRANO ID: 605354