Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjective or adverb, comparative or superlative of the words provided.
1. This is ___________________________ (fancy) dress I own.
2. In my opinion, a deer moves ____________________ (graceful) of all the animals.
3. The politician spoke ________________ (loud) than was necessary.
4. When we travel, my suitcase is always _______________ (heavy) than my husband’s.
5. Mrs. Pedrido speaks _______________________(fluent) than her husband, but her daughter speaks _______________________ (fluent) of the whole family.
6. Annie usually gets up ________________(early) than her sister.
7. Bonnie works ___________________(hard) of all the employees in the office.
8. Judy goes to the library ____________________ (often) than I do.
8. This is _____________________ (bad) movie I have ever seen.
10. Shaun sings even __________________(beautiful) than her mother, who is a famous opera star. In fact, she has ___________________ (beautiful) voice I’ve ever heard.
Exercise 4: Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between TWO AND FIVE WORDS in each gap.
1. I have never watched a better movic than this one. EVER
=> This is the ______________________________
2. Nobody has ever been this far into the desert. THE
=> This is ________________________has ever been into the desert. THE
3. I was told that Ellie was the most industrious student in the class.
=> I was told that ______________________ than Ellie. NO
4. This is the oldest palace in this urban area.
=> This _____________________ the others in this urban areas. THAN
5. The paiting Ruby colored is the worst one you can imagine.
=> You can’t imagine __________________than Ruby colored.
PART C: EXTRA EXERCISE – READING
Exercise 1: Answer these following questions.
Last week Nick and some of his classmates went to the countryside. They went to visit a farm of Nick’s uncle.
They left early in the morning and went there by bus. Nick’s uncle, Mr. Brown met them at the bus stop and took them to his farm. Uncle Brown showed them the field of wheat and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, ploughing and breaking soil, distributing manure and planting potatoes.
After lunch, they all went for a walk. In the large yard of the farm, they saw some farm machines. Among them is the biggest machine which is called a combine harvester. They were told that this machine can cut and thresh corn at the same time.
In the afternoon, they went to the place where cattle such as horses, sheep and cows were raised. They were very excited to see how cows were milked by the workers there. Uncle Brown also spoke about many interesting things in the countryside. After having some fruits and cakes, they said goodbye and went home.
1. What does his uncle grow on his farm?
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2. What can a tractor do?
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3. What is typical of a combine harvester?
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4. Which kinds of cattle are raised in Uncle Brown’s farm?
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Exercise 2: Fill out the table below and note them down on your Vocabulary-Grammar notebook.
New words | Definition | Example | Synonym | Antonym |
Tractor | | | | |
Plough | | | | |
Manure | | | | |
Thresh | | | | |
1. Andrew hasn't many friends.Clare has lots of friends (popurlar)
Clare .........is more popular than andrew ......................
2.the film lasts two and a half hours, but videotape is only two hours long (long)
the film ......lasts longer than the videotape.................................
3. It takes four hours to go by car and five hours to go by train(slow)
going by train ....is slower than going by car..................................
4. laura's room has a lot of pictures and flowers. Mark's room doesn't have any pictures (interesting)
Laura's room .....is more interesting than Mark's room........................................
5. Daneil can lift 90 kilos, but Matthew can lift 120 kilos (strong)
Matthew ......is stronger than daneil..........................................
6. There are a lot of vehicles on the streets in the city. There are few vehicles on the streets in the countryside (crowded)
The streets in the city .......................is more crowded than the streets in the countryside..........................
7. The buses run every 30 minutes. The trains run very hour (frequent)
The buses .........run more frequently than the trains.....................................
8. Yesterday the temperature was six degrees. Today it's only three degrees (cold)
It ..........is colder today than yesterday............................................