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    Unit 7

    On the road
    Level 2
    CONTENTS
    Vocabulary
    • Transportation
    • Travel: adjectives

    Grammar
    • Short comparative adjectives

    • Long and irregular comparative


    adjectives
    OOK / SUB WAY DROVE / FLEW / PLANE
    T
    CAR

    RODE / RODE / SCOOTER SAILED / TOOK / BUS


    MOTOCYCLE FERRY
    Short comparative adjectives

    WHAT’S AN SHORT ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE


    ADJECTIVE?
    Adjectives can be used to describe the qualities of someone or something
    S
    independently or in comparison to something else. Most short adjectives Old + -er My dad is older than
    my mom
    • We use a comparative adjective + than to
    compare two things.
    Adjectives ending in –e Safe + -r New York is safer than
    • We add –er to most short adjectives (with one or Paris
    sometimes two syllables)
    Our car is older than yours
    • Some short adjectives change their spelling when Adjectives ending in –y Funny Change –y to The Office is funnier
    –i + -er than Friends
    we add –er.
    • We always use than with a comparative
    adjective. Adjectives ending in Hot Double final Monterrey is hotter
    vowel + final consonant consonant + - than Mexico City
    er
    EXAMPLES
    ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

    EASY EASIER THAN


    SAFE SAFER THAN

    BIG BIGGER THAN


    NOISY NOSIER THAN

    COLD COLDER THAN HOT HOTTER THAN

    BUSY BUSIER THAN CHEAP CHEAPER THAN


    Complete the sentences with the comparative

    adjectives in the box

    EXERCISE
    safer than
    Cars are __________ motorcycles
    1. bigger than bears.
    Elephants are _________
    2. noisier than it was
    There are a lot of people here today. It’s _________
    yesterday.
    3. It’s 37°C here. It was 30°C yesterday. Today, it’s
    busier than
    ____________ it was yesterday.
    4. easier than the history test.
    The math test was ___________
    5. colder than Florida in December.
    New York is __________
    CROWDED TRADITIONAL UNUSUAL

    BEAUTIFUL
    MODERN
    HISTORI
    C
    ACCOMMODATION
    NOISY COMFORTAB DELICIOUS
    L
    E

    PEACEFUL
    LONG COMPARATIVE • To make comparatives sentences with long

    ADJECTIVES adjectives (two or more syllables), we use more +


    adjective + than. We do not add –er to the adjective.
    Trains are more comfortable than buses.
    • We can use less + adjective + than to express the
    opposite meaning to more + adjective + than
    Trains are less comfortable than buses.

    Adjectives Comparative

    Good Better

    Bad Worse
    EXAMPLES
    Long adjective more + adjective
    efficient It’s _______________
    more efficient than other ways to travel
    interesting They’re __________________
    more interesting than buses.
    comfortable They’re __________________
    more comfortable than a bike
    Irregular comparative adjective
    bad Cars are ______________
    worse than becaks for the
    environment.
    Good better
    They’re ______________ for the environment
    than cars and buses.
    Write comparative sentences with more… than.
    Surfing / dangerous / sailing
    Surfing is more dangerous than sailing.

    EXERCISE
    1. planes / expensive / cars
    Planes are more expensive than cars
    _______________________________________________
    2. London / popular / New York City
    more popular New York City
    London is _______________________________________
    3. history / interesting / science
    History is more interesting than science
    _______________________________________________
    4. Japanese food / delicious / Italian food
    Japanese food is more delicious than Italian food
    _______________________________________________
    5. The Brooklyn Bridge / modern / Tower Bridge
    The Brooklyn Bridge is more modern than Tower Bridge
    _______________________________________________
    Write sentences about your
    Make your own opinion. Use the adjectives
    in the box and more /less …
    than.
    sentences Beautiful delicious difficult exciting
    good interesting

    1. cakes / potato chips


    2. hip-hop / heavy metal
    3. Math / art
    4. the mountains / city parks
    5. soccer / volleyball

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