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ACTIVITY NUMBER 7 NEW CULTURES Comparatives 1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms. Adjective

Comparative form

RemembeR

Colder Bigger More difficult Worse than • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder Drier than • Short adjectives ending in one Earlier than consonant double the last letter + Better than -er: big – bigger Higher Hotter than • Long adjectives (more than two Longer syllables): more + adjective: More popular more expensive than Rainer • Be careful of irregular adjectives Sunnier than e.g. good, bad Wetter than 2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. cold big diffic ult bad dry earl y goo d high hot long popu lar rain

a. Britain is

hotter

b. It’s usually foggier

(hot) now than at any time before. (foggy) in autumn than in summer.

c. Places that are sunny are more popular a lot. d. I think the weather is worse e. India is f.

sunnier

The sea is getting

g. Summer is shorter

(popular) than places where it rains

(bad) than ten years ago.

(sunny) than Britain, but it is also higher (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 bad

Superlative form

Remember Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful

Short adjectives ending in one consonant

big

double last letter + est: hot – hottest

dangerous

Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most

difficult

+ adjective: most amazing

fast

Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.

friendly good intelligent loud popular slow small strange ugly

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

tortoise / slow The tortoise is the slowest. 1 blue whale / big 2 cheetah / fast

3 mosquito / dangerous 4 cat / friendly 5 hippo / ugly 6 dolphin / intelligent

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.

(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)

(fast) animal is the cheetah.

katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the (3)

(Dangerous) animal in the world?

emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you malaria. katya (4)

What about this question? What is the (tall) animal?

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

(loud) animal?

Wow! That’s the (6)

(difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.