Comparative
Adjectives
1a. what
do you know about cars? Think of an example for the following.
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A
fast car a Ferrari.
·
An
expensive---------.
·
A
small car -----------.
·
A
very comfortable car -------.
·
A
very ugly car -----------.
·
An
old car -------------.
·
An
easy car to park -----.
1b.
look at the adjectives in bold. Match them with their opposites in the box.
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Cheap uncomfortable difficult new slow attractive big
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Fast-slow.
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2.
Read about Rachel and answer the following questions.
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Rachel is a student. She wants
to buy an old car to drive to University with her three friends. She want to
spend about £ 1000, but she doesn’t know much about cars. She
sees these two advertisements.
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FOR SALE- 1996- white- Toyota
Corolla
£-750 –phone 543 8799
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FOR SALE – 1991- Toyota
MR2-dark blue- very good condation-£ 1300- phone 566 4635
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a) what
does she want to buy? Why?
b) How
much does she want to spend?
3. look
at the advertisements and the pictures. Which of these sentences are true?
a.
The
MR2 id older than the Corolla.
b.
The
Corolla is bigger than the MR2.
c.
The
MR2 is more expensive than the corolla.
d.
The
Corolla is easier to park than the MR2.
e.
The
MR2 is better for Rachel than the Corolla.
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Grammar: Comparatives
1. Complete the
gaps in the comparative sentences.
a) The MR2 is
older ----------- the Corolla.
b) The MR2 is
--------- expensive ------------- the Corolla.
2. look at these
three types of comparatives.
a) One syllable:
old –older
b) Two syllables
ending in –y: easy-easier
c) Two ( or more)
syllables: expensive- more expensive
3. Irregular
comparatives:
Good –better,
Bad - worse
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4.
Compare the cars.
a) The
Corolla is (slow) the MR2.
The
Corolla is slower than MR2.
b) The
Corolla is cheap the MR2.
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c) The
MR2 is (small) the Corolla.
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d) The
MR2 is (attractive) the Corolla.
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e) The
Corolla is (difficult to park)theMR2.
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f) The
MR2 is (in good condition) the Corolla.
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g) The
Corolla is (in bad condition) the MR2.
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