OXFORD LEARNER''''S GRAMMAR - PART 7 pdf

Finder 199-201 Put in a single-word adverb which means the same as the words In brackets... Complete the"Corrcct sentence ..... 4 26 million people visited the Tower of l.ondon last yea

331 Viewpoint, truth, and comment

adverbials

Finder 199-201

Put in a single-word adverb which means the same as the words In brackets

~ c;.1'7-<?-r-ljj ' (It's clear that) these figures are inaccurate

1 I don't like Tom's new girJrnend IrtLl(.:h (10 be frank)

2 (I presume) there will he refreshments

~ I can't help you (l'm afraid)

4 (h's lucky) I've brought my phone with me

5 ' (rrom a cultural point of view) this place is <l desert

6 ' (It could be that) it's just a rumour

7 Uo YOll think young people are bC'col1ung more aware .'?

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9

(of polillcal issues)

,rrherc's no doubt thaI) things will be dlffererH in future

(It was stupid of me, but) I told the caller my password

Put In these words or phrases' after all, consequently, firstly, for example, in addition, il't 6tfteF-W6fds, nevertheless, secondly

to- The insurance company "<ly that the paymcm IS ~ubjcct to dchlY· ~0 p~lJt;r: r:vpr-~ t~ they're going to take a while to pay me

There IS lots of new bUlldmg in the carnal A new government headquarters is heing constructed,

2 All the staff h<\Vc heen put Oil short-term contrclt.:ts, and

have no lob sL'Curity

• • t ht'y

3 This new venture ould be a big risk for us

should take that fisk

, I believe we

4 Unemployment has risen becCluse of the economic recf'ssion and because of the l'lrge number of :-.dH)QI1t~<.Ivers looking for work

5 You should know something aboul business

business studies at university

6 The airport authorities plan to extend the existlllg runway, and

they want to bUIld a completely Ilew one

' you did

J I • Viewp.,illl, 1 "!lb, ,-Il,d U)llllllfmr :1dvc,l)tals ]

1"33 Review of adverbials Finder 189-202

168

Each of these sentences IS incorrect Complete the"Corrcct sentence

I tlen', 36lftCumes-ge to bed-at ~H

334 Introduction to the comparison

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MIDTOWN MANHA 'lT AN

Midtown Manhattan, whIch ranges toughly frum 341h ttl 591h Strl.'Cts tnd riverto river, is a center

of slIpcl1Ulivps The biggest buildmgs, brif.:luest lights grCOItcsl (;()nccnlr<nion of big bUSiness, I.Hgcs{ complex of {healers and concert bOu~t:s m.>sl hargain imsclIlt!llIs, most t!xcluslve COUWI C houscg, md the most sllCClaiJ7ed servict:~ arc all here

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Superlative softest brightest

336 The comparative and superlative

of adjectives

Finder 203B-E

look at these rules and examples They are all about forming comparative and superlative

ad j ect i ves Which examples go with which rules?

-1 TWCI·syllublc adjectives ending

in y usualJy have erl e st , c g

5 Some twu·syllablc adjectives

cun have either furm, e.g

6 Three·syllilble adjectives have

c) funny funnier funniest

dl small slllaller, slllallest

cl stupid, stupuler/ruore stupid,

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~ Finder 203A-E

Comment on the information using a comparative or a superlative adjective

to- The I".:xcalibur Hotel in I,as Vcgus hns over 4,000 rooms No OIher hOlel ililhe world is so large

The Excallbur Ilote! is tI'Ie: (Clr,9f~:S~ J:K?t e-,l I n ~'?e: ~/~l

to- India is quite a crowded country II has 294 people per square kilometre But K;:lIIgladesh has

763 people per square kilUlTlelre Ranglad ~s h is ~ c;- c : !~l~ l t ~ ,." .1:'4 ~a

Telecom Tower IS IHO mel res tali, lHII Canada Tower in East London is 250 metres tall

Canada Tower is

2 The Beatles were a very successful group They sold over a billion discs md tapes No other

KfOuP in the worid has been as successful

The Bcatlcs were

3 Venus hasa diame((:r of 12,104 kilmllClres It isn't as big as Ihe E'IMh which has a dmffictci of

12,756 kilometres

The Earth is

4 26 million people visited the Tower of l.ondon last year, hut n wasn't as popular as Madame

Tussaud's waxwork museum, which had 2.8 million visitors

Last year Madame Tuss<l.ud's was _

5 The River Severn is 220 miles long No other river in Brilain is SO lunK

The Hiver Severn is .•

J 70 Be, · Th e COIl1PiH<llivc alld S lIjl crltHiW of ml )CCI I V C S

() Cambridge UnivcrsilY dales ftom 1284, but it iSll', as old as Oxford University, which dales from 1167

Oxford University is

7 The Mona I.isa is worth nwny millions of dollars No other pic.:lUre in the world is so valuable TllP Mona Lisa is

fI Toby who lived in New York, was a much-loved dog When his owner died, she left him $75 million, which made him a world record brcilker among wcalthy dogs

I This is the boringest film I've cver seen

2 If was the sadest moment of my life

3 That hill is the most high pOilU for miles around

4 As it turned out, J couldn', have been wronger

S It's most expensive 10 go by trilln than by bus ., ~ ,

6 How much more far is there to go? ,

7 The place looks a bit tidyer now

S This·design is Ihe atlracrivest of all

9 The weather W<JS getting h,lddcr aU the time

superlative forms

Finder 2Q3G

Joshua and William are travelling together They are in a strange town Complete the

Well, according (0 this map, if we go along here and turn left at the (2) next/nearest

crossroads, we'll come to the post officc Maybe YOli can phonc from there I can post my letter, anyway She should get it this week

Is your sIster younger than you?

No, she's (3) elder/older She's left college and she's lookmg for a job I'm sending her all the (4) last/latest news about OLIr travels

I must ring home today and find out if there's any (5) farthcrlfurther news about my

-Well I hope it's good news

She didn't know she needcd an operation unlil (6) last/ acest week It's been a shod

Oh, here we are The post office And thcre's a caiibox, look

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340 The comparative of adverbs Find e r 204

Complete the sentences using a verb and the comparative of an adverb

Try n Ol \0 be $ 0 careless in } ' our work You should ny

2 I thought the team played badly today J've offen seen (hem

than lhac

3 Must you talk so luud? Plea~c ' could you?

4 You get up 100 lille Why don't you , ?

5 I did well in this motllh's lest J'm pleased because I had expected to ,

II>- Worker: In the Third World don', earn as much money as those in Eurupe

Wurker in the Third World et?r-:0 ~e ~ ~ :00"-':.1:1 til an I:uropeans

Sarah rook lots of photos at the wedding No one else took uS many

Saruh ~q<:;k ~/:e: ~:5~ photos

1 There t!m't as much crime III country area: as there is In ciues

There's than in rhe cities

2 The Green I'arty can idate dtdn't get many votes All the other candidates got man!

The Green Parry candit!ale votes

3 No olher slale of the US has liS much raUl :IS LOlllsiana

6 There are lOIs of passengers un thc buscs ill the daytime, but 110t so many in the evenings

In the evenings on rhe buses

7 Sell co h(l~ made vcry lillIe prallt In fact it has made less th'lIl any other supermarket

8 The Prime Minister has quite a lot of power The Qucen doesn't have as much

Thc Queen than the Prime Minister

9 The accident rate among young drivers is higher Ihan among older drivers

172 ~140 • The (.oll l{ Xlra llve of advcl'l)\

342 Less , least, more, most, and as II> Finder 2068-C

Complete the conversation Put in less , least more , most, or as

I'm I(lIinR 10 lunch next wf.,'ek 1>0 I'll h.we to book my flight I thmk it'll be , II» ~~ convenient 10 go by air than by train

i>CICr:

lindsay:

I'd gu by mun Tr.uns arc (I) • comfortable (han planes Uut Ihe lrall1 fare is really expenSive The planc Isn't (2) expensive as Ihe 'min, which alW'dYS surprises me

Peter

J-indsay'

I hale lIymg It's my (3) , fnvouritc means of transport

Well, I don't nllnd it And I'm nell (4) keen on trains as you arc A shOll flight I" (5J haring than a long Crain journey, I find

P(Hcr: I'd rlliher drive Ih;Ul fly

Peter:

Lindsay

Pete r '

(6) stressful wuy of gelling there

I don't think lInvlIIg is (7) strcs:.rul as Hymg Well, It IS to mc

And Will you he ahle In get a night ilt the fight time? Planes are (8) frtljUellt than train!>, aren't they?

l.indsay: Oh, there urc plenty of flights l1Icrc'" olle at tCIi in the morning That'll be the

( 9) • collvcnit'nt

Write a second sentence so that It has a similar meaning to the previous one Use the word

In brackets

Plastic isn't as expensive 11 ~ wuo (more)

· l .x~ i,j r;r"{J( ~ ~.I<.Pf' • ~ I'f~ • t f¥? 1\ p{ ( ~! r.,I c

Dave is the same height ,IS Mike (Ial!)

2 Sunday is Ic s~ busy than other days (least)

:\ My new Job is more inlclesling by far (much)

4 For this Joh meta] is SUperiol 10 plastic (hettcr)

8 Thc room doesn't look as small 3:' I I did (bigst'r)

:1 2 l ,It IS l e(/~ / IIIM/' II IOS I , ,mel (I S 17 :J

344 Comparatives with and , Finder 207A

The MegaWaTe computer company was one of the success stories of the 20th century

Complete the sentences abQut the growth of the company

The company expanded rupidly It grew i? i ~r: I?~ ~ ~ (big) all the time

2 _ (more) people bought MegaWare product'"

3 The business became , • (profitable)

4 It's share price went • • • (high)

5 Life got • • • • •• • • (good) for boss Boh Watts as the

company became • • • • , (successfu\),

Rewrite the sentences using the the

:r!Je- o r ':1 e r ~~~ ~~~a~, 1':' '~, t~:,,~ o;r~!~~~,,: !J~ 7~~ ~.c.P'rrf:· '

T~.~r.e: 1~~~ 9 ':' .(l r.t~~~ .1:, t/1~ ~~ ~£?-'!l?~«': 0e: P~'":~t~~".?

1 How well I sleep depcnds on how latc 1 go to bed

3 The traffic moves very slowly as more cars come into the city

4 How much y u sweat depends on how hot YOli get

5 The idea becomes Ic1<os attractive as I think about It more

6 How much petrol a car uses depends on the si1.e or the engine

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346 Review of comparison II- Finder 203-207

HOULMYS

Where arc you going for your next holklay? ( ) '! ~ ~ people go un holiday fairly regularly

and maybe some of 'hem have a good tme Rut holidays aren't (1) pleasant an experience ( 2) the advertisers would like us to believe In fact, a holiday is probably the (3) Slfessf ulthing you'll expe ri ence this yen r Besidl."S th e bOlhcr of

more money } ' OU spend, (5) more you'll fcel bound tn pretend that you're

enjoying yourself Anyone who has been on a holiday night will know that airports are getting more W ) morc crowded and that lung delays are common Holidays may be a

good thing, but you can be sure that stilylng at horne LS even (7) , , , , for you It ' ~

certninly (8) dangerous You'll be much safer al h me (9)

wandering nround a strunge place with II pocket fuJI of money under the eyes of the Joc\l1

c riminal ~ Accidents and disasters arc much 110) likely to hnppen on holiday If

you want peace and quiet, you don't need to go any (II) than your own baicony

or back garden Have a nice time!

347 Review of comparison Finder 203-207

Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the prevIous one

A yard Isn't as long a~ a metre to metre 1.~J~~r t/l9-0!1.~."'?:

1 The fnewry and the church are cquully old

4 A computer would calculate a more pT(."Cise figure

A computer would calculate the figure , ,

5 The old wallpaper wasn't as nice as the new

The new wallpaper is , •

6 How reliable a machine is depends on what it (.:OSIS

7 No other city is Scotland is as hig as Glasgow

Glasgow

Last year the first snow came "

9 I've never heard anything more ridiculous

That's the

10 A newspaper doesn't have as many pages as a magazine

A magazine

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348 Introduction to prepositions finder 208

Read this true story

, nill and Barhara Hawkllls live in the Village 01 Port Isaac In CornwalL Their hOllse IS on a hillr.ide with a S l~p field above II Hill and Barbam had had iI fire ill their house and they hlld donE' some

called John Brown He lived in Ihe house during ThelT ilbscnce and made sure everything was all

right

, One Illorning al ~ 15 :111), a farmer called Hohert Slnmnn was driving a Land Hover across the licld behind the 11OUS(~ Suddenly he losl C"Ontrnl of the vt ~ hidc , which skidded on the wei grass 11

jumped out of the Land Rover The vehIcle wellt right through the roof It landed on the bell

·Luck.ily I got up.Bul I'm worned about how 10 break the news to BIll and Barbara The), wenlto France with the idea of lorgetling Ihelr problems.'

Head Ihe MOry agam and write down the first twcnt)' prcposllionai phra e<>

2 Wnte down Ihe sentence whIch contains a two-word preposition

: i Write down the sentenCe whkh contains a preposItion before an ing-form

4 Write down the sentence which contains a preposition before a wh-clause

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5 Write down the sentence which coma ins a preposition With a modifier in rront of 11

{i Say if dUW/lIS a preposillt)1l or an adverb in these sentences

al The vehicle rolled down very fast

h) The vehicle rolled down the hill very [ast

1 76 :1 0 InClodu('fiulilO pr e OSit ion '!

:4 9 Prepositions of place Finder 209A-B

away from the-ei-re-l-e

i-nside a glass

into (he hill

onto the office

outside the shed

past the stage

The ball was

r~lde _ the e,r-c./c_

9 The squirrel ran

3 9 I'r epo sl tions of place 177

350 Prepositi ons of place with

abstract meanings

Choose the correct preposition

I'm reading a book !!.lfO / o lI Hollywood

lOur message tn the learn is that we are all behmu /!>c suJ I:! you

2 The govermncnt l!i planning II campaign as.ains! into dmgs

3 The faclnry is ~g / ~~ the most modern in Europe

4 The I'resiuelll [s regarded as !)chind/be~nd critidslIl

Finder Z09C

351 At, on, and in expressing place

Put in at on, or in

My (lal is qr; rlu: seventh (l (Kl r

I I was oul lasl night I was the cinema

2 I was standing the back of the queue

3 The phone is a hule :.helf in the h;:.I1

4 I saw several pL'Oplc 1 know the barbecue

6 Crowds of football fans blue shuts wcre coming along [he slreet

7 It felt really hot and stuffy the cmema

8 Polly I S visiting snme friends Dtnada

9 leI's look at the figures the screen

10 My brothcr is university He'!, doing a business course

11 The plane lillldcd safely Ilcathrow Airport

352 Pr eposit i o ns of place

Finder 210

, Finder 211

Put In a prepositional phrase Use some of these prepositions (but not all of them); ab ove

2 He's lying

J 78 350 • I'rc 0'lll Ions of Ill;:lCt! With ,l !Mact IIl c ; ni llgs

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353 Prep os itions of place

Choose the correct answer

We had a picnic u~/!!x the river

1 The President was standing among /aroul~lint() his bodyguards

2 Covenrry is near / nearby / next Birm in gham

3 Karen dived down to the bOHom/!QE of the pool

4 Tourists were strolling along / arollnd / b e~~ the Old Town

S The plane flew l o/tuwards/~~ the sun but tben il changed course

6 Soon we crossed above/over the b rder into China

7 November comes after/beiliildlin front of OClOber

B The subm<lrinc was 200 metre!> above/below the surface

9 You can gel ~/along/throughthe road more easily at the lights

II- Finder 211

10 1 couldn't help looking at the man because he was sitting right behind/next t%pposite me

Put in at, o n , or In

My birthday is In February

We're going 1.0 a concert VVednesday

2 We got home half past eleven

3 I'll see you ' the morning

4 My siSler starts at college the 'Illtumn

5 The accident happened Thursday afternoon

6 I usually have a sandwich lunch time

7 Shakespeare was born ] 564

B You're allowed to dnve seventeen in Britain

Finder 212A-D

9 There will be lots of excitement the coming weeks t

]0 People remember the dead the anlllversary of the terronst attack

:\53 I'n ::posilIOIlS of pl;Jce 1 79

355 Expressions of time without

Some of these sentences are correct, and some have a word whICh should not be there

If a sentence IS co rrect, put a tick (.I) If It IS incorrect, cross the unnecessary word out of

the sentence and write it in the space

There's never anyone here al the weekend

I've got exams ift Ihili year

1 sometImes work on Saturuays

2 It's Sopble's party on tomOlrow evening

3 My nc~hbour gum; to Ausrralia in the winler

<1 You've been playmg compute' games lor all afternoun

5 The weather was awful in last summer

6 We're gomg to a gig on next Saturday

7 We have nn vacancies ;I t the present time

S I found the leHef m my (,:0<"11 pocket at ~'x mooths h,ter

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