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UNIT 13:

By the end of the lesson I will be able to:

1. use expressions related to travelling
2. analyze chronological order paragraph
3. create statements with superlatives
4. retell a story of my choice

Listening & Speaking

TRAVELLING ABROAD

Preparation task
Put the stages of travelling by plane in the correct order.

a. go through immigration
b. go to checking-in desk
c. arrive at the airport
d. wait at the boarding gate
e. board the plane
f. the plane takes off

Listen to the 1st recording and do the tasks 1 - 2

Task 1
Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

New York Athens Amsterdam

Rome Tokyo

1. Speaker A: The plane is going to __________.

2. Speaker B: The plane is going to __________.
3. Speaker C: The plane is going to __________.
4. Speaker D: The plane is going to __________.
5. Speaker E: The plane is going to __________.

Task 2
Do the task while you listen. Complete the gaps.

1. The 9.25 flight to Rome is delayed by ________ hours.

2. Passengers going to Tokyo should go to boarding gate ________.
3. Passengers going to Athens should go to boarding gate ________.
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4. The flight number of the plane going to Amsterdam is ________. It will leave from
gate _______.
5. The time in ________ is 18.30.
6. The temperature in New York is ________0F.

Speaking:
Tell your classmates about the last time you took a flight somewhere. Where did you go?
How long was the flight? Did you have a good journey? Why/Why not?

Task 3
Listen to the 2nd recording and fill in the blank spaces with the correct expressions.

Travel Agent: Freedom Travel. (1) ____________________?

Caller: Yes, I’d like to make (2)__________________ for the twenty-third of this month.
Travel Agent: Okay. What is your destination?
Caller: Well. I’m flying to Helsinki, Finland.
Travel Agent: Okay. Let me check (3)_______________ are available? [Okay] And
when will you be returning?
Caller: Uh, well, I’d like to (4)___________________ on the twenty-ninth. Oh, and I’d
like the cheapest flight available.
Travel Agent: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm . . .
Caller: Yeah?
Travel Agent: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if
you leave the day before.
Caller: Whoo. Let’s go with the cheaper flight. By the way, (5)______________?
Travel Agent: It’s only $980.
Caller: Alright. Well, let’s go with that.
Travel Agent: Okay. That’s flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy
Airport, (6) _________________ 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki.
Caller: And (7)__________________ for each of those flights?
Travel Agent: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 AM, arriving in New York at 4:35 PM,
then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 PM, and arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 AM the next
day.
Caller: Alright. And, uh, I’d like to (8) ________________.
Travel Agent: Sure, no problem. And (9)________________ please?

• destination (noun): ………………………..

– We’ll reach our destination by 3:00 PM.
• available (adjective): ………………………..
Are there any seats available on the next train?
• catch (verb): ………………………..
– You can catch a taxi outside of the hotel lobby.
• go with (phrasal verb): ………………………..
– I think I’ll go with the budget tour to Hawaii on this trip.
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• transfer (verb): ………………………..

– You’ll need to transfer to a city bus when you arrive at the train station.
• departure (noun): ………………………..
– Passengers should check in two hours before their departure time.

Common Phrasal Verbs about Travelling

You can access https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNgCN3OPuIM for further
explanation about common expressions about travelling.

Task 4
Match the common idioms about travelling with the meanings.

Idioms Meanings
1. to travel/pack light a starting a journey or leaving
2. to hit the road b. deciding to stop somewhere for a while
during long journey
3. to catch the red eye c. having a good time or enjoying holiday
4. to live it up d. doing something as just the sun is rising
5. on a shoestring/on the cheap e. staying in many different places for a
short period time
6. at the crack of dawn f. doing something without spending a lot
of money
7. to call it a day/night g. bringing few things on the trip
8. live out of a suitcase h. taking a plane which is very late at
night
9. break the journey i. stop doing anything for the rest of the
day

Task 5
In a group, share your most exciting experience of going or travelling somewhere. You
may use the idioms learned to tell your story.

Reading & Vocabulary

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Chronological order paragraph is the paragraph in which the events occurred, from first
to last.

Sample Paragraph
It seemed like an ordinary day when she got up that morning, but Lynda was
about to embark on the worst day of her life. First, she fell in the bathtub because her
mother forgot to rinse out the bath oil. Then she spilled orange juice on the outfit she had
spent hours putting together for school pictures. When she changed, she messed up the
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French braid her mother had put in her hair. As she walked out the door, she dropped all
of her school books and her math homework flew away. Once she made it to the car she
thought everything would be all right. She was wrong; her father didn't look before he
backed out of the driveway and ran into the neighbor’s truck. Lynda’s side of the car was
damaged the most, and she ended up with a broken arm. That night, she cried herself to
sleep. Fifth Event
Third Event • She
First event • She spilled dropped all
• Lynda got orange of her Last Event
up that juice on school • She got
morning the outfit. books. broken arm.

Second Fourth Event Sixth Event

Event • She messed • Lynda's
• She fell in up the father ran
the bathtub French into
braid neighbor's
truck.
Task 1
Match the time sequences with the events.
Pelé
Pelé, one of the greatest soccer players of all time, was born Edson Arantes do
Nascimento into a Brazilian family in 1940. He joined his first soccer team, Santos
Football Club, in 1956 and led them to their first world club championship in 1962. He
also played with the Brazilian national team whom he led to World Cup victories in 1958,
1962, and 1970. By 1970 he had scored his 100th goal and made history as the most
prolific goal-scorer in history. When he retired for the first time in 1974, Pelé had scored
1,200 goals in 1,253 games. In 1975 he came out of retirement and joined the New York
Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, leading them to a league championship in
1977. After his subsequent retirement, Pelé became an international ambassador for
soccer and worked to promote peace and understanding through friendly athletic
competition.
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A. Born into a Brazilian family

B. Came out of retirement

C. Joined his first soccer team

D. History for the most prolific goal-scorer

E. First world club championship

F. League championship

G. Retired for first time

Task 2
Put the information from each passage into the graphic organizer.

Text 1 - The Age of the Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs existed about 250 million years ago to 65 million years ago. This era is broken
up into three periods known as the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The Triassic
Period lasted for 35 million years from 250-205 million years ago. Planet Earth was a
very different place back then. All the continents were united to form one huge land mass
known as Pangaea. The Jurassic Period was the second phase. The continents began
shifting apart. The time scale for this famous period is from 205 to 138 million years ago.
The Cretaceous Period was the last period of the dinosaurs. It spanned a time from 138
million to about 65 million years ago. In this period the continents fully separated.
However, Australia and Antarctica were still united.

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Text 2 - Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas
on August 23, 2005. The depression later strengthened into a tropical storm on the
morning of August 24 where the storm was also named Katrina. Katrina continued to
move into Florida, and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made
landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened
over land, but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.
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Text 3 - The Origin of Pizza

Pizza is so old that its origins are not quite clear to historians, but the word pizza comes
from the Latin verb pinsere, meaning to press. It may also be related to the Greek word
pitta. In any event the word “pizza” was first documented in Italy in 997 AD. Whatever
they were eating back then, however, was quite different from the pizza that we know
today. Pizza as we know it could not really have been invented until sometime during the
16th century, when tomatoes were brought to Europe from America. This was big, but in
my opinion the greatest development in the history of pizza occurred in 1905, when pizza
was first sold in America. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Task 3
Read each passage and ....
1. Write a sentence explaining the main idea of the text
2. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea.
3. Put information from the passage into a graphic organizer representing the text
structure.

Text 1
What do you get when you cross a robot and an astronaut? A Robonaut! Robonauts are
robot helpers designed to work side-by-side with astronauts. Work on the first Robonaut
began in 1997, and by 2002 Robonaut B was revealed to the public. Robonaut B may
have featured interchangeable lower bodies, like four-wheel mode or hydraulic legs, but
scientists and engineers continued to improve Robonaut. In February of 2010, Robonaut
2 was released to the public. Robonaut 2 moved four times faster than the first Robonaut.
An advanced version of Robonaut 2 was finally tested in outer space in 2011. Robonaut
functioned exactly as designed.
Answers:
1. ….……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. ….……………………………………………………………………………………..
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3.
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Text 2
Most American families can afford to buy cotton candy these days, but it wasn’t always
that way. Cotton candy was first made in Europe during the 17th century, but making it
back then took a lot of work and most people couldn’t afford it. In 1897 William
Morrison and John Wharton invented machine-spun cotton candy. This made cotton
candy much cheaper to produce. People fell in love with the treat when Morrison and
Wharton introduced it at the 1904 World’s Fair. Morrison and Wharton called the treat
“fairy floss,” it was Joseph Lascaux who actually called the treat “cotton candy” in 1921.
The next big breakthrough came in the 1970s, when a machine was invented that created
the cotton candy and packaged it automatically. This made producing and distributing
cotton candy cheaper and easier than ever. Now cotton candy can be found in carnivals,
fairs, and circuses around the world. Aside from the delicious taste, the best part about
today’s cotton candy is its affordability.

Answers:
1. ….……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. ….……………………………………………………………………………………..
3.
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Writing & Grammar

SUPERLATIVES

The Superlative Degree. The superlative degree (or superlative) compares more than
two things to show which has the least or greatest degree of the quality.
How do we form superlative statements? Study the grammar reference chart below.
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Adjectives with one syllable: add ‘the’ + ‘-est’ or ‘-st’

cold the coldest “January is often the coldest winter month.”
nice the nicest “She is the nicest person I know.”

Adjectives with two or more syllables: add ‘the’ + ‘most’

boring the most boring “It is the most boring movie at the cinema.”
expensive the most “We ate at the most expensive restaurant in
expensive town.”

Adjectives with two syllables that end in ‘-y’: change ‘-y’ to ‘-I’ and add ‘the’
early the earliest “He was the earliest person to arrive.”
happy the happiest “It was the happiest time of my life.”

Adjectives that end with a vowel and a consonant: double the final letter before
adding ‘the’ + ‘-est’
big the biggest “Russia is the biggest country in the world.”
hot the hottest “August is usually the hottest summer
month.”

Adjectives that are irregular:

good the best “She is the best student in our class.”
bad the worst “It was the worst storm in many years.”
far the farthest “He lives the farthest/furthest from my
the furthest home.”

Task 1
Write the superlative forms of the adjectives in the table.

Adjective Superlative
cheap
pretty
easy
light
reliable
slow
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new
dry
compact
tasty
bitter
advanced
suitable
warm
old

Task 2
Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Who is the ________ (tall) person in your family?
2. My mother is the ________ (good) cook in the world.
3. December is the ________ (cold) month of the year in my country.
4. What is the ________ (dangerous) animal in the world?
5. Ethan is the ________ (happy) boy that I know.
6. Where are the ________ (nice) beaches in your country?
7. She bought the ________ (big) cake in the shop.
8. Who is the ________ (famous) singer in your country?

Task 3
Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct sentence.
1. Elephant is the most large land animals on earth.
2. My phone is most expensive thing I have.
3. The cheetah is the most fast animal.
4. The blue whale is the most heaviest animal.

Task 4
Choose only one question for you to elaborate/write in a short paragraph (85-100 words).
What is the best movie you have ever seen?
What is the best way to improve your English?
What is the best place for shopping in your country?
What is the longest journey/trip you have been on?

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REVIEW

What have I learned in this unit?

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UNIT 14:

By the end of the lesson I will be able to:

1. use expressions related to daily schedule
2. analyze table, chart/graph, and diagram
3. distinguish positive, comparative, and superlative degree of comparison
4. retell a story of my choice

Listening & Speaking

TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULE

Preparation Task
Discuss in your class. What is your daily schedule? What time do you wake up and go to
work or campus? What do you do when you get home? What time do you go to bed?

Task 1
Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

1. What time does the man get up?

a. at 5:00 a.m.
b. at 6:00 a.m.
c. at 7:00 a.m.

2. What time does he get to work?

a. at 8:00 a.m.
b. at 7:00 a.m.
c. at 9:00 a.m.

3. What does he do with his family around 6:30 p.m.?

a. They read books together.
b. They play games.
c. They eat dinner.

4. What do the man and his wife do after the kids go to bed?
a. They clean the house.
b. They watch TV.
c. The have supper.

5. What is one thing the man does not say about his wife?
a. She helps the kids with their homework.
b. She has to take their children to school.
c. She goes shopping for food.
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Task 2
Practice the dialogue between the woman and the man talking about daily schedule.
Discuss the meaning of the words in bold.

Woman: So, what’s your usual day like? You always seem so busy.
Man: Well, I usually get up around 5:00 a.m. and work on the computer until 6:00 a.m.
Woman: Why do you get up so early?
Man: Well, I have to leave home at twenty to seven (6:40 a.m.) so I can catch a bus at
7:00 o’clock . It takes me about twenty minutes to walk to the bus stop from my house.
Woman: And what time do you get to work?
Man: Uh, my bus takes about an hour to get there, but it stops right in front of my office.
Woman: That’s nice. And what time do you get off work?
Man: Uh, around 5:00 o’clock. Then, we eat dinner around 6:30, and my wife and I read
and play with the kids until 8:00 or so.
Woman: So, when do you work on your website? You said one time that you create it at
home?
Man: Well, my wife and I often watch TV or talk until 10:00 o’clock. She then often
reads while I work on my site, and I sometimes stay up until the early hours of the
morning, but I try to finish everything by one or two.
Woman: And then you get up at 5:00 a.m.?
Man: Well, yeah, but it’s important to live a balanced life. I enjoy what I do, but you
have to set aside time for the family and yourself.
Woman: I agree.
Man: But I think my wife has the toughest job. She spends her whole day taking care
of our family . . . taking the kids to school, working in the garden, buying groceries,
taking the kids to piano lessons . . . [Wow!] It’s a full-time job, but she enjoys what she
does.
Woman: Well, it sounds like you’re a busy, but lucky man.
Man: I think so too.

• get off work (verb): ………………………..

– She seldom gets off work before 6:00 p.m.
• stay up (verb): ………………………..
– I almost never stay up past midnight.
• set aside (verb): ………………………..
– You have to set aside enough time to study for your classes.
• toughest (adjective): ………………………..
– The toughest part about being a parent is setting aside time for both work, family,
and self.
• take care of (verb): ………………………..
– You should take care of yourself so you don’t get sick.
• groceries (noun): ………………………..
– Mom is going to pick up some groceries from the store for dinner.
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Practice this conversation with your partner.

Marie: You’re working freelance now, right?
Oli: Yeah, that’s right. I’ve been doing it for about six months now.
Marie: That must be nice. You can work from home; you don’t have to deal with bad
bosses…
Oli: It has its pluses, but it’s not all fun and games. Obviously, my work is more flexible,
but I still have to be disciplined and make sure I stick to a schedule.
Marie: So, what’s your working day like?
Oli: I like to get an early start, so I get up at eight and I work from eight-thirty to around
midday. Then, I take a long lunch break, maybe go to the gym or something like that.
Then, I do another three to four hours in the evening, so I finish at seven or eight.
Marie: That’s quite a late finish.
Oli: Yeah, but it suits me. I get sleepy in the afternoon, so it’s not the best time to work.
Marie: That still sounds much nicer than working a regular job. I have to get up at six-
thirty, then my commute takes around an hour, so I have to leave the house at half seven
at the latest. I’m at the office from eight-thirty till five-thirty or six, then I don’t get home
until seven at the earliest.
Oli: I have to say, working at home has some disadvantages, but I don’t miss commuting
every day.
Marie: No, you shouldn’t. It sucks!
Oli: Do you work the same hours every day?
Marie: More or less. Sometimes I stay late if there’s something I need to finish, but I try
to leave on time. Otherwise, I don’t get any time at home before I go to bed.

Expressions for Talking about Daily Routine

Some questions asking daily routine or schedule:

What’s your working day like?
What time do you start and finish?
Do you often work long hours?
Do you take any breaks during the day?

Telling your daily routine in English:

I start work at nine, and I finish at five.
I’m a freelancer, so I work different hours every day. It depends what I have to do.
I often have to stay late at work.
I finish at seven o’clock at the earliest.
I can only take a short lunch break.

If you have a more relaxed working day, you might say:

I take a long break in the afternoon.
I usually finish work by five-thirty at the latest.
I never stay late or do overtime.
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The phrases ‘at the earliest’ and ‘at the latest’ are useful if you want to talk about
extremes. Otherwise, use adverbs like ‘often’ or ‘usually’.
Time Expressions

I get up at 7:00 in the morning on weekdays

I go to bed around ten in the evening on weeknights
I leave work early in the afternoon on weekends
I get home late at night on fridays
I stay up until midnight on saturdays
I wake up before/after noon on sundays

Expressing clock time

7:00
Seven
Seven o’clock
7:00 a.m. = 7:00 in the morning
7:00 p.m. = 7:00 in the evening

Task 3
Talking about Your Daily Routine
Make a group of three or four and play the game Find Someone Who in your group. You
should ask the members of the group the questions on the table and write your partner’s
name who does the activity. Ask the additional information when necessary.
After finishing the game, please report the result of your discussion to all of your
classmates.

Additional Information
Do you…. Classmate’s Name (who, what, where, when,
why)
always get up before six in
the morning?
always have a big breakfast?
exercises 2 or 3 times each
week?
always go on-line more than
3 hours each day?
do homework after class?
cook dinner every day?
go to bed after midnight?
…… (your own question)

Task 4
Pair Work. Take turns asking and answering these questions.
1. What days do you get up early? Late?
2. What are two things you do before 8:00 in the morning?
3. What are three things you do on Saturdays morning?
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4. What do you do only on Sundays?

Reading & Vocabulary

UNDERSTANDING TABLE, GRAPH/CHART, AND DIAGRAM

Reading comprehension involves more than reading words. Informational texts such as
textbooks, manuals and newspapers often contain graphical elements, e.g., tables,
illustrations, diagrams and timelines. Graphics make complex information easier to read
and understand. Different graphics are used for different purposes.

Charts/Graphs
These graphics help organize information or
categorize and compare data. They come in
many shapes and sizes. Generally, they use
columns, lines, geometric shapes, symbols,
and pictures to show information.

Tables
Tables help represent data, especially numerical
data, in an organized way. Information is
presented in columns and rows. This format
makes it easy to compare information over
a period of time.

Diagram
A diagram is a symbolic representation of
information using visualization techniques.
Diagrams may also be classified according to
use or purpose, for example, explanatory and
/or how to diagrams.

Strategies for understanding table, graph, and diagram:

-Read the title or heading of the visual first. This will indicate the topic of
the graphic or the type of information presented.
-Read all the labels on the visual. The labels tell you what each line, mark,
or section on the graphic represents.
-Read any other text that has been written on or around the graphic. Writers
often provide short explanations for the different part of the graphic.
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Task 1
Read the bar graph below. Write sentences about Fernando’s weekend activities. Use
more than, less than, and as much as.

1. socializing / reading
Example: Fernando likes socializing more than reading
2. playing sports / dancing
3. socializing / working out
4. watching TV / socializing
5. reading / playing sports
6. working out / reading
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Task 2
Read the questions and answer them based on the pie chart given.

1. Who is the chart about? 3. Which activity do these people spend the
a) employed people with children most time doing?
b) employed people without children a) eating and drinking
c) unemployed people with children b) leisure and sports
d) unemployed people without children c) working
d) sleeping
2. Which activity do these people spend 4. Which statement is true?
the least time doing? a) People spend less time working than
a) caring for family members eating, drinking, and sleeping
b) eating and drinking combined.
c) household activities b) People spend more time working than
d) sleeping eating, drinking, and sleeping
combined.
c) People spend as much time working as
eating, drinking, and sleeping
combined.
d) none of the above
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Task 3
Read the questions and answer them based on the table given.

1. Which occupation grew the most 3. What percent of job growth was
from 2010-2020? for carpenters from 2010
a) biomedical engineers to 2020?
b) dental hygienists a) 26
c) home health aides b) 26,000
d) health educators c) 56
d) 56,000
2. How many physical therapist aides were 4. What is not true about dental
in 2020? hygienists?
a) 47 a) In 2020, there were 68,000
b) 4,700 more dental hygienists than in
c) 67 2010.
d) 67,000 b) In 2010, there were 250,000
dental hygienists.
c) It requires an associate degree.
d) From 2010 to 2020, this job
grew by 37%.
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Task 4
Use the information presented in this diagram to answer the questions below.

1. What characteristics are unique to alligators?

2. What characteristics are unique to crocodiles?
3. What do alligators and crocodiles have in common?

Writing & Grammar

POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE, AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES

In English, there are three degrees of comparison:

• The Positive Degree. The positive degree offers no comparison. It just tells us about the
existence of a quality (e.g., nice, nicely).

• The Comparative Degree. The comparative degree (or comparative) compares two
things to show which has the lesser or greater degree of the quality (e.g., nicer, more
nicely).

• The Superlative Degree. The superlative degree (or superlative) compares more than
two things to show which has the least or greatest degree of the quality
(e.g., nicest, most nicely).
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Positive Comparative Superlative

Form Form Form
One- old older the oldest For most one-syllable
syllable wise wiser the wisest adjectives, -er and -est
adjectives are added.

Two- famous more famous the most famous For most two-syllable
syllable pleasant more pleasant the most adjectives, more and
adjectives pleasant most are used.

busy busier the busiest -er and -est are used

pretty prettier the prettiest with two- syllable
adjectives that end in y.
The y is changed to i .

clever cleverer/more the cleverest/the Some two-syllable

clever most clever adjectives use either -
gentle gentle/more the gentlest/the er/-est or more/most:
gentle most gentle able, angty, clever,
friendly friendlier/more the common, cruel,
friendly friendliest/the friendly, gentle,
most friendly handsome, narrow,
pleasant, polite, quiet,
simple, sour.
Adjectives important more the most More and most are used
with three important important with long adjectives.
or more fascinating more the most
syllables fascinating fascinating
Irregular good better the best Good and bad have
adjectives bad worse the worst irregular comparative
and superlative
forms
-ly adverbs carefully more carefully the most more and most are used
carefully with
slowly more slowly the most slowly adverbs that end in -ly.*

One- fast faster the fastest The -er and -est forms
syllable hard harder the hardest are used
adverbs with one-syllable
adverbs.
Irregular well better the best
adverbs badly worse the worst
far farther/further* the
farthest/furthest
*Both farther and further are used to compare physical distances: I walked farther/further than my friend did.
Further (but not farther) can also mean “additional”: I need further information.
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Making Comparisons with as…as

Tina is 21 years old. Sam is also 21. As…as is used to say that the two parts of
a comparison or equal or the same in
Tina is as old as Sam. some way.

Ted is 20. Tina is 21. Negative form: not as…as*

Quite is often used with the negative.
Ted is not as old as Tina.
Ted isn’t quite as old as Tina.

Comparatives and Superlatives

a) Sam is older than John.
Comparatives
b) Ed is more generous than his brother

c) Kylie is the oldest of all four sisters.

d) A woman in Turkey claims to be the
Superlatives
oldest person in the world.
e) Ed is the most generous person in his
family.

Task 1
Directions: Complete the sentences by using as ...as and your own words.

1. I need you right away! Please come ….

Please come as soon as possible.
2. We can't go any farther. This is ....
This is as far as we can go.
3. I can't work any faster. I'm working ….
4. An orange is sweeter than a lemon. In other words, an orange is not . . . .
5. A stream is usually much narrower than a river. In other words, a stream isn't ....
6. I had expected the test to be difficult, and it was. In other words, the test was just ....
7. It's important to use your English every day. You should practice speaking English ....
8. You're only old if you feel old. You are ...young ....

Task 2
Directions: Correct the errors.

1. Alaska is large than Texas.

Alaska is larger than Texas.
2. Alaska is largest state in the United States.
3. Texas is the larger from France in land area.
4. Old shoes are usually more comfortable to new shoes.
5. I like Chinese food more better than French food.
6. A pillow is more soft from a rock.
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Task 3
Which do you prefer? Explain your answers using comparatives in 85-100 words.

REVIEW

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