Exercise 1. Write the comparative form of the adjectives in the table

Answer Instructions:

- cleaner, slower, nicer, safer, friendlier, prettier, bigger, hotter

- more modern, more expensive, better

Exercise 2. Write sentences using the correct comparative form of the ađjectives in brackets. How do you say than ïn your language?

New York /is / than / Washington. (big)

New York is bígger than Washington.

1 Its' /here / than /in my country. (expensive)

2 The weather today / is /than / it was yesterday. (bad)

3 Why/is /this class / than / the other class? (quiet)

4 Are / the buildings /in New York /than /the buildings in Oxford? (modern)

5 Thís house /is /than / that house. (pretty)

Answer Instructions:

1. It's more expensive here than in my country

2. The weather today is worse than it was yesterday

3. Why is this class quieter than the other class

4. Are the buildings in New York

Now indicate the word whose bold part differs from the other three in pronunciation

1 a. cleaner        b. woman          c. mother          d. man

2 a. nicer            b. safer              c. about              d. any

3 a. cheaper      b. bigger             c.compete          d. tutor

4 a. larger          b. enter              c. grammar        d. verb

Answer Instructions: 

1. d      2. d     3. c     4. d

Exercise 4. Read City on the Sea (page 16) again. You may discover some letters pronounced differently in đifferent words. Now indicate the word whose bold part điffers from the other three in pronunciation.

1 a. sea          b. square                   c. star                d. cinemas

 a. cabin         b. comfortable         c. café                d.cinema

3 a. trees       b. plants                     c. sports            d. shops

4 a. work       b.  swimming            c. twenty            d. answer

Answer Instructions:

1. d       2. d     3. a      4. d

Exercise 5. USE IT ! Work in pairs. Compare your opinions about some of the things in the box. Use the Key Phrases and cormparative adjectives.

Answer Instructions: Học sinh tự thực hành theo cặp trên lớp