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Grammar Builder and Reference Unit 4

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4 B Comparativs and suprlativs

1 Write the comparative form of the adjectives. 4 .1

1 wide 6 dull

2 easy 7 hot3 wet 8 bad

4 funny 9 nice

5 good 1 0 scary

2 Complete the sentences with comparative adjectives from

exercise 1 and than. 4 .1 , 4 .2

1 In my opinion, English is easier than maths.

2 My exam results were your results. I got a B

and you got an A.

3 Jason’s all the other boys in the class. He

never stops telling jokes.

4 In my opinion, historical films are war films. I

often fall asleep during historical f ilms.5 The Pacific Ocean is about 1 2 ,0 0 0 kilometres

the Atlantic Ocean.

6 Last summer was this summer. The sun shone

nearly every day.

7 I think basketball is golf. It’s more exciting.

8 It rains a lot in Scotland. It’s much England.

9 Mr Smith is than Miss Jones. He gives us less

homework!

0 Horror fi lms are war fi lms. I can’t watch them!

3 Complete the sentences wit h your own ideas and the

comparative form of the adjectives. 4 .1

1 Zac Efron is good-looking, but Robert Pattinson isbetter- looking.2 Inception is gripping, but …

3 Action fi lms are often violent, but …

4 Keira Knightley is beautiful, but …

5 Jim Carrey films are entertaining, but …

6 Scarlett Johansson is a talented actress, but …

7 The special effects in The Lord of the Rings were

spectacular, but …

4 Write the superlative form of the adjectives in exercise 1 .

4 .4

1 wide the widest

5 Write the quiz questions. Use superlati ve adjectives. 4 .41 What / large / city / in the USA?

What’s the largest city in the USA?2 What / far / planet from the sun?

3 Which country in Europe / has got / big / population?

4 What / intell igent / animals in the world?

5 What / long / river in the world?

6 What / hot / planet in the Solar System?

6 SPeAkINg Ask and answer the questions in exercise 5 .

Check your answers below. 4 .4

4 D (not ) as ... as, too, enough

7 Write sentences with as…asand the adjective in bracke

4 .3

1 Harry hates waiting. Sarah doesn’t like waiting, either.

(impatient)

Harr y is as impatient as Sarah.2 Both Fred and Cathy often tell lies. (dishonest)

3 Liam and Sally both love talking. (talkative)

4 George and Ryan both think they’re better than anyone

else. (arrogant)5 Joe is very hard-working. You’re very hard-working too.

(hard-working)

6 Neither Chris nor Simon is very mature. (immature)

8 Rewrite the sentences with not as ... as. 4 .3

1 Joanna is more ambitious than Peter.

  Peter isn’t as ambitious as Joanna.2 Disaster fi lms are more gripping than comedies.

3 The school in the town is bigger than the school

in the village.

4 You’re more interested in action films than me.

5 Animated films are usually funnier than normal films.

6 Ian is luckier than me.

9 Complete the sentences with too and the adjectives

below. 4 .6

inactive intolerant predictable scary tired violen

1 Jack never listens to other people’s opinions. He’s

2 I knew how the fi lm would end. It was .

3 I hate war fi lms. They’re .

4 She needs to get more exercise. She’s .

5 I’m not going to stay up and watch the fi lm. I’m

6 Clare didn’t watch the horror fi lm with us. It was

0 Complete the sentences with enough and the nouns or

adjectives below. 4 .6 , 4 .7

computer games funny old patient people stron

sugar time

1 I haven’t got to help you.

2 I didn’t enjoy the romantic comedy. It wasn’t .

3 Yuk! There isn’ t in my coffee!

4 Julie wasn’t to wait for us.

5 I’m not to watch an 1 8 film.

6 Go to bed. You’ve played .

7 I wasn’t to li ft the box onto the shelf.

8 We can’t play volleyball. There aren’t .

1   N  e   w   Y  o  r  k  c  h i   m  p  a  n  z  e  e  s

2   N  e  p t  u  n  e t  h  e   N i l  e

3   G  e  r   m  a  n  y   M  e  r  c  u  r  y

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Grammar Builder and Reference Unit

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Comparativ adjctivs4 .1   Spelling

We add -er to short (one-syllable and some two-syllable)

adjectives.

+ -er long longer

If the short adjective ends in -e, we add -r.

+ -r wide wider

If the short adjective ends in a short vowel + a single

consonant, we double the consonant and add -er.

-t  -tter hot hotter

If the adjective ends in -y, we take out the -y and add -ier.

-y  -ier friendly friendlier

If the adjective is long (two syllables or more), we use the word

more.

grippingmore gripping

Some adjectives have irregular comparative forms.

good better

bad worse

far further

than4 .2   We use than to compare two things or people.

Shrek 3 was funnier than Toy Stor y 3.

We usually use the object pronoun (me, you, her, him, us,

them) after than.

You’re taller than me. ✓You’re taller than I. ✗but You’re taller than I am. ✓(not ) as ... as4 .3   We use (not) as …as to compare two people or things.

not as …as means less …than.

Jude Law is not as old as Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt was born in 1963,Jude Law in 1972.

as …as means equally …

Sharon Stone is as tall as Tom Cruise. Sharon Stone and TomCruise are both 170 cm tall.

We usually use the object pronoun after (not) as …as.

Sarah’s as intelligent as him. ✓Sarah’s as intelligent as he. ✗but Sarah’s as intelligent as he is. ✓

Suprlativ adjctivs4 .4 Spelling

We put the in front of short (one-syllable and some two-

syllable) adjectives and add -est.

+ -est long the longest

If the short adjective ends in -e, we add -st.

+ -st wide the widest

If the short adjective ends in a short vowel + a single

consonant, we double the consonant and add -est.

-t  -ttest hot the hottest

If the adjective ends in -y, we take out the -y and add -iest.

-y  -iest friendly the friendliest

If the adjective is long (two syllables or more), we use the

word most.

gripping the most gripping

Some adjectives have irregular superlative forms.

good the best

bad the worst

far the furthest

less and the least4 .5   less and the least have the opposite meaning to more 

and the most.

Maths is less difficult than English.What’s the least interesting subject that you study?

too and enough4 .6   too comes before an adjective.

enough comes after an adjective.This jacket is too small for him.This jacket isn’t big enough for him.

4 .7   enough comes before a noun.

He can’t buy it. He hasn’t got enoughmoney.

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Part 1

1 SPeAkINg Work in pairs. Think of examples of all the types

of film below.

action fi lm animated fi lm comedy disaster fi lmdocumentary fi lm historical drama horror fi lm musical

romantic comedy science fiction fi lm thri ller war fi lm

western

2 Read the sentences. What types of fi lm are the people

talking about? Choose from the li st in exercise 1 .

1 I liked the songs, and the acting was OK, but the actors

couldn’t sing!

2 I love ilms about the Wild West, especially ones withcowboys and Indians.

3 It was the most exciting and gripping flm I’ve ever seen.You didn’t know who the murderer was unti l the

very end.

4 I’m really interested in that period o history, but I don’t

think the flm was very accurate, so I didn’t enjoy it.

5 The special eects were amazing. I almost believed that

it was 2 0 5 0 and people actually lived on the planet Mars.

6 It was about the Battle o Britain in 1 9 4 0 . Very exciting,

but also quite violent.

7 It was very unny, and the ending was hilarious!

8 It was probably the scariest ghost story I’ve ever seen.

3 Choose the correct adjectives.

1 I can’t stand romantic comedies. They’re too predictable / 

serious.

2 The special eects were absolutely spectacular /  moving.

3 I didn’t ind the characters or the story interesting. It was

a very gripping / dull ilm.

4 It was a really entertaining / serious ilm – the audience

clapped at the end.

5 It was a very slow / moving ilm. Not much happened in

the irst hour.

6 I’m not keen on war i lms. They’re too slow / violent or

me.7 The ending was very predictable /  moving. Lots o people

were crying as they let the cinema.

8 The i lm was too scary / gripping or the children. They

hid behind the soa!

Part 2 : xtnsion-edand -ing adjctivs

4 Complete the table.

If a personor thing is

amusing

then youare

amused

annoying annoyed

1 confused

disappointing 2

3 disgusted

embarrassing 4

5 frightened

exhausting 6

7 shocked

worrying 8

5 Can you add any more -ed and -ing adjectives to the tabl

6 SPeAkINg Describe the people in the photos. Use -ed 

adjecti ves from exercise 4 .

7 Work in pairs. Use -ing adjectives to describe these thing

and experiences in your life.

1 a sports event

2 a war ilm

3 a day out with your riends

4 your last maths lesson

5 an argument with a amily member

6 Christmas Day

8 Complete the adjectives.

1 I don’ t l ike this i lm. It ’s bor .

2 I can’t do this calculation. It ’s conus .

3 Try not to get annoy with your little sister.

4 I ell over in the canteen. It was so embarrass .

5 I’m worr about my exams. I hope I don’t ail.

6 The pictures o the earthquake on TV were shock

7 We were disgust at his bad language.

8 They were exhaust at the end o the 1 0 km race

I think he looks ... I don’t think he looks ...

Kill Bill is an action flm.

A sports event. It was exciting. It was alsodisappointing, because my team lost.

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