Grammar Vocabulary Week 11-2

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY PLACES
Comparative Than Comparative Than

Adjective Adverb
The blue car is newer than the gray car Gas prices are faster than food prices
more expensive rising more rapidly
• Complete each sentence with the correct comparative form of the adjective or adverb in parentheses. Add
than when necessary.
1. New cars are much more quiet than / quieter than (quiet) old cars.
2. Do you think money is more important that (important) good health?
3. You need to check your work a little more careful that (careful) for spelling mistakes.
4. This coat is nicer than (nice) that one.
5. Julie's guests arrived slightly slightly earlier than (early) than she expected.
6. My old laptop was a lot bigger than (big) my new one.
7. These days I forget things far far more ofthen than (often) than I used to.
8. Gas is so expensive! I want a a more effivient than (efficient) car.
9. If you want to pass this exam, you'll have to study much harder (hard).
10. Many people think modern life is better than (good) life in the past.
11. The pollution in my city is much worse than (bad) it used to be.
SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Superlative Superlative
Adjective Adverb
the nicest the fastest of all the players on the
The red car is the most expensive car in the parking lot She runs the most slowly team.
• Read the text about a problem on Mount Everest. Notice the words in bold.
Mount Everest: The Highest Garbage Dump in the world?

Most people know that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. However, there is another fact that
many people don’t know: it has become one or the dirtiest mountains in the world.
Mount Everest is one or the toughest and most exciting mountains to climb on Earth. It is not the coldest or the
windiest place on Earth, but it comes close! These challenges make it one of the most attractive mountains for
serious climbers. Since 1952, over 3500 climbers have reached the top. Unfortunately, most of them have left
equipment and trash on the mountain.
In fact, trash in now one of the biggest threats to the environment on Mount Everest. Local organizations have
brought tons of trash down from the mountain. One of the most interesting projects handed over more than a ton
of tin cans, glass bottles, and old climbing tools to artists in Nepal. The artists used the trash to create works of art.
Then, they sold the art to raise money for local charities. The least expensive work of art cost $17, and the most
expensive one cost $2400.
• Circle the correct word to complete each statement.

1. According to the reading, Mount Everest is very clean / dirty.
2. Climbing Mount Everest is very difficult / easy.
3. Mount Everest is an unusual / a popular mountain for serious climbers.
4. Climbers rarely / often leave trash on Mount Everest.
5. People create art / charities from the trash on Mount Everest.
• Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjective or adverb in parentheses.
1. The biggest (big) piles of trash on Mount Everest are on the lower areas.
2. Trash is one of worst (bad) problems on Mount Everest now.
3. Many climbers consider K2, mountain between Pakistan and China, to be most difficult
(difficult) mountain to climb, not Mount Everest.
4. Ted was more experienced (experienced) climber on the expedition.
5. Which climber is farthest (far) from the top?
6. That was easiest (easy) mountain I’ve ever climbed.
COMPARISONS WITH LESS AND AS…AS TASK 2

As Adjective As As Adverb As
My car is as big as your car. I drive as well as You do.
comfortable carefully
Less + Adjective or Adverb + Than

Less Adjective / Adverb Than your car.
This phone is less expensive than that one
This old fan works less Efficiently than the new fan
• Look at the chart comparing three internet movie services. Then complete each sentence with the words
in parentheses. Use less and as… as. For some sentences, more than one answer is possible.
C- Movie MyScreen FAB

Membership fee $9.95 $5.00 $5.00
Montly rate $7.95 $8.50 $9.95
New movies Every month Every two weeks Every week
Easy to use ««« ««« ««««
Customer service ««« «««« ««««
1. FAB’s membership fee is as cheap as (be/cheap) MyScreen’s.

2. Becoming a member of myscreen is less expensive than (be / expensive) joining C-Movie.
3. C-Movie’s montly rate is less high than (be / high) the others’.
4. C-Movie’s is less frequently add new movies than (add new movies / frequently) FAB.
5. Using FAB is less difficult than (be difficult) using the others.
6. On C-Movie, you can find movies is as easily as (find movies / easily) on MyScreen. They are
both pretty easy to use.
7. MyScreen’s customer service is lees good than (be / good) FAB’s.
8. C-Movie’s customer service is lees helpful than (be / helpful) the other two
services.
Vocaburary Places
• Look at the pictures and find the

words in the box.
6 square statue town hall library cathedral office block

shopping centre market street car park pavement pub
field wood path cottage church lake
farm bridge river hill mountain petrol station
Vocaburary Task 2
• Complete the sentences with a word from task 1.

1. A cathedral is bigger than a church.
2. A mountain is higher than a .
3. A is smaller than a house.
4. A town is bigger than a .
5. In my town there’s a of King Leopold II sitting on his horse. It’s in the main .
6. The mayor has an office in the .
7. Cars drive on the . Pedestrians walk on the .

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GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY PLACES

Comparative Than Comparative Than

SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Mount Everest: The Highest Garbage Dump in the world?

• Circle the correct word to complete each statement.

COMPARISONS WITH LESS AND AS…AS TASK 2

Less + Adjective or Adverb + Than

C- Movie MyScreen FAB

1. FAB’s membership fee is as cheap as (be/cheap) MyScreen’s.

• Look at the pictures and find the

6 square statue town hall library cathedral office block

• Complete the sentences with a word from task 1.

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