Which is …more nutritious…., white rice or brown rice?. Which flavor of ice cream is …more popular..., vanilla or chocolate?. Which food is …more fattening…, a baked potato or a cup of
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I.Using the comparative form of the adjectives:
1 Which metal is …harder…, silver or gold? (hard)
2 Which animal is …heavier , an elephant or a giraffe? (heavy)
3 Which city is …bigger…, Chicago or New York? (big)
4 Which is …more nutritious…., white rice or brown rice?
(nutritious)
5 Which planet is …farther from the Earth: Mars or Jupiter? (far)
6 Which flavor of ice cream is …more popular , vanilla or
chocolate? (popular)
7 Which food is …more fattening…, a baked potato or a cup of
cooked rice? (fattening)
8 Which type of transportation is …more dangerous…., the plane
or the train? (dangerous)
II.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets:
9 When I was at primary school, I was made to …memorize a poem every
week.(memory)
10.His heart swelled with …pride….as he stood watching his son graduate.
(proud)
11.Are you sure that your opinions are…representative….of all the workers
here?(represent)
12.It was hard work, but the sense of …achievement was great.(achieve) 13.These photos are very important…historical…… value.(history)
III.Choose the best answers:
1 New York was …… a Dutch trading post
A recently B conditionally C originally D continually
2 Her name was skillfully ………on the inside of the gold ring
A engraved B written C printed D placed
3 Scientists believe that the Universe came into ………….about fifteen billion years ago
A achievement B tradition C memory D existence
4 If something is giant, it must be very ………
A small B beautiful C large D strange
5 I have ………… books as he has
A twice as many B twice many
C twice more D as many twice
6 Learning to play the guitar well is not ………it seems when you are a Listener
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C so easy as D so easily as
7 “ I didn’t catch the train.” “You ………it if you had hurried.”
A had caught B might caught
C could catch D could have caught
8 “Have you got a ticket?” “………”
A At the ticket office B Yes please
C You’re welcome D Here it is
9 If Japanese is hard to learn, Arabic is even ………
A more hard B harder C most hard D hardest
10 Emma arrived at the party ………….later than Carol did
A much B more C very D most
IV Pronunciation:
A.Stress:
1 A.establish B educate C existence D tradition
2 A behaviour B talented C brilliant D festival
B Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
3 A confucian B feudal C cultural D enthusiast
4 A existence B exercise C excellent D except
V Rewrite the sentences:
1 Tom is better at mathematics than Paul
Tom is not as good at mathematics as Tom.
2 The children have never made a longer journey than this
This is the longest journey the children have (ever) made.
3 We haven’t had dinner together for many years
It’s many years since we last had dinner together.
4 Is this the cheapest laptop you have got?
Have you got a cheaper laptop than this?
5 Please don’t wear shorts into the temples
Would you mind not wearing shorts into the temple?