Duck eggs and chicken eggs are different.. Duck eggs are large chicken eggs.. m She looks like her sister.. It looks like rain.. Stop acting like a fool.. Notice in k end 0: In additio
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Direcdonc Work in pairs
Speaker A: Ask a question that uses either a comparative or a superlative
Speaker B: Answer the question Use complete sentences
Example: what sweet
SPEAKER A: What is sweeter than sugar?
SPEAKER B: Nothing is sweeter than sugar
' ,
Example: who is wonderful
1111 SPEAKER A: Who is the most wonderful person you've ever known?
SPEAKER B: That's a hard question Probably my mother is the most wonderful person
I've ever known
- ' I , , : ' Switch roles .' ! , I i'
1 what is important 7 which car is expensive , , , , , !,
2 who is famous 8 what country is near
3 what is good 9 what is dangerous , , :
4 what is bad 10 who is old
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5 whose hair is long 11 what is beautiful
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6 what is interesting 12 who is kind
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EXERCISE 30 Review: comparatives and superlatives (Charts 9-1 + 9-1 1)
Directionc Compare the items in each list using the given words Use as as, the comparative (-er/mo*e), and the superlative (-est/most) Discuss the topics orally or in
writing
Example: streets in this city: wide \ m r n m \ busy \ dangerous
+ First Avenue is widsv than Market Street
Sewnd Avenue is nearly as w i d e as First Avenue ,Il,E .8': 3:1:>9.:.*,: 1 -
First Avenue is n a r r o w e r than Interstate Highway 706 -.,L' A ~ ' ~ ' ' , C
T h e busiest street is Main Street .i2x.; (','
Main Street is Mer than Market Street i L I
T h e most dangerous street in the cily is Olive Boulevard ,,
1 a lemon, a grapefruit, and an orange:
sweet \ sour \ large \ small
2 three different books in the classroom:
thin \fat \ interesting \ useful \good \ bad
3 a kitten, a cheetah, and a lion:
weak \pave@ \ wild \gentle \fact
4 air, water, and wood:
h e a y \ light \ important to human life
5 boxing, soccer, and golE
dangerous \ sa$ \ excirifig \ boring I ,!,, v; .; ,
6 the food at (three places in this city where you have eaten): , :T,, x
delicious \ appetizing \ inexpensive \good \ bad
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firechons: Complete the sentences Use any appropriate form of the words in parentheses and add any other necessary words There may be more than one possible completion
1 Lead is a very heavy metal It is (he-) heaviev t h a ~ gold or silver
It is one of (heazy) the heavieqt metals 4 all
world is Mount Etna in Sicily
5 Mrs Cook didn't ask the children to clean up the kitchen It was (easy)
for her to do it herself to nag them to do it
6 Duck eggs and chicken eggs are different Duck eggs are (large)
chicken eggs Also, the yolk of a duck egg is (dark) yellow
the yolk of a chicken egg
7 The volcanic explosion of Krakatoa near Java in 1883 may have been (loud)
noise recorded history It was heard 2,760
miles (4,441 kilometers) away
j : , , , , , ,
birdwatching is a pair of binoculars
9 Although both jobs are important, being a teacher requires (education)
being a bus driver
10 The Great Wall of China is (longl structure that has ever been built
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people I'M ever met
it seemed to solve the math problem
conversation the world is the weather
14 World Cup Soccer is (big;) sporting event
the world It is viewed on TV by (people) any other event in sports
15 Human beings must compete with other species for the food of the land (great)
competitors we have for food are insects
16 When the temperature stays below freezing for a long period of time, the E i e l Tower becomes six inches (fifteen centimeters) (short)
17 Have you ever been bothered by a fly buzzing around you? (easy)
way to get a fly out of a room is to darken the room and turn on a
light somewhere else
18 Young people have (high) rate of automobile accidents
all drivers
19 The wall of a soap bubble is very, very thin A
human hair is approximately ten
thousand times (thick)
the wall of a soap bubble
LU dnglish has approximately 600,000 words
Because of the explosion of s c i e n s c discoveries
and new technologies, there are (words)
in English
in any other language
I , I
21 You'd better buy the tickets for the show soon (long) YOU
good seats
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animals all
23 Most birds have small eyes, but not ostriches Indeed, the eye of an osmch is (large)
its brain
found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and India
25 It's easy to drown a houseplant (houseplants) die from too much water not enough water
(a) John and Mary have the same books
@) John and Mary have simikar books
(c) John and Mary have d-nt books
(d) Their boob are the same
(e) Their books are similar
(f) Their books are d w m n t
(g) This book is the same as that one
(h) This book is m'milar to that one
(i) This book is ~t~ that one
0) She is the same age as my mother
My shoes are the wme sise as yours
(k) My pen is like your pen
0) My pen and your pen are dike
(m) She looks like her sister
It looks like rain
It sounds tike thunder
This material feels l i b silk
That anolls Eke gas
This chemical t ~ t e s like salt
Stop acting like a fool
He seems like a nice fellow
(n) The twins look alike
We think alike
Most four-year-olds act 8
My sister and I tdk alike
The linle boys are dressed ahke
adjectives
Notice: the always precedes same
Notice: the same is followed by as;
A noun may come between the same and as, as
in 0)
Notice in (k) end 0):
In addition to following be, like also follows certain
verbs, primarily those dealing with the senses Notice the examples in (m)
Notice the examples in (n)
:
*In informal spech, native spenlicrs might use thm instead of- after -t F is considered correct in formal English, d e n s the comparison is completed by a clause: I haw difirent &ru& new than I used w h
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Directions: Complete the sentences with as, to, from, or 0 if no word is necessary
1 Geese are similar t o ducks They are both large water birds
2 But geese are not the same as ducks Geese are usually larger and have longer necks
arger and sourer
in orange is different
alike
more expensive than silver , , n i l : ; -
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10 Look at the two zebras Their names are Zee and Bee Zee looks like
each other in the exact pattern of their stripes
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' ' Directions: Compare the figures Complete the sentences using the same (as), similar
:I (to), Werent (fkma), like, and alike
1 All of the figures are siwilav t6 each other ' "
r , ,,
3 Figure A and Figure B are
4 A and C are
EXERCISE 34 THE SAME, SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, LIKE, and ALIKE (Chart 9-12) ,
Directions: Compare the figures Work in pairs or groups
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Directions: Use the s a m e (as), M I a r (to), d @ m t (jhm), like, and alike in the
sentences There may be more than one possible response in some of them Use whatever response sounds best to you
1 Jennifer and Jack both come from Rapid City In other words, they come from
2 This city is tkr s a w as / sil*\ilav t o / like my hometown Both are quiet and conservative
3 You and I don't agree Your ideas are mine
4 Eric never wears clothes two days in a row
5 Ants are fascinating An ant colony is a
well-disciplined army
6 In terms of shape, cabbage looks lettuce But cabbage and lettuce don't taste
mosquito The female is larger
8 I'm used to strong coffee I think the coffee Americans drink tastes
9 "Meet" and "meat" are homonyms; i.e., they have
pronunciation
10 The pronunciation of "caught" is the pronunciation of ''cot."
1 1 "Flower" hii" pronunciation .- -.tq&'.n
13 Trying to get through school without
studying is w i n s to
go swimming without getting wet
14 A crocodile and an alligator are
in appearance
15 If it looks a duck,
walks a duck, it is a duck
(a humomus saying)
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