.................. Smaller.................. : Use The Prompts Below To Make Sentences, As in The Example
.................. Smaller.................. : Use The Prompts Below To Make Sentences, As in The Example
.................. Smaller.................. : Use The Prompts Below To Make Sentences, As in The Example
A. PHONETICS
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. mouse B. could C. would D. put
2. A. undo B. unique C. university D. united
Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
3. A. better B. forget C. signal D. viewer
4. A. connection B. expression C. certainly D. attachment
5. A. society B. predictable C. communicate D. information
B. GRAMMAR
I. Complete the table.
Adjectives Comparative Superlative
Small ..................smaller.................. ..............the smallest..............
................................................ better ................................................
loud ................................................ ................................................
................................................ higher ................................................
intelligent ................................................ ................................................
big ................................................ ................................................
IV. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adverbs.
1. responsibly more responsibly most responsibly
2. hard ........................................... ...........................................
3. fast ........................................... ...........................................
4. noisily ........................................... ...........................................
V. Fill in the gaps with the comparative or superlative form of the adverbs in brackets, adding
any necessary words.
1. Al swims ................faster than............... you do. (fast)
2. My sister drives ....... the most carelessly of....... us all. (carelessly)
3. I left the party ................................................you did. (late)
4. Catherine dances ................................................all. (beautifully)
5. The leading actress speaks ................................................all. (clearly)
6. My uncle gives ..............................................to the poor .................................my father does.
(generously)
7. Jill Thomas works ................................................ all. (hard)
8. My best friend plays chess ................................................I do. (well)
VII. Complete the sentences with farther and / or further. Use both if possible.
1. Ron and his friend went jogging. Ron ran two miles, but his friend got tired after one mile. Ron ran
............farther / further........... than his friend did.
2. If you have any .................further.............. questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
3. Paris is ......................................... north than Tokyo.
4. I gave my old computer to my younger sister because I had no ...................................... use for it.
5. I like my new apartment, but it is ...........................................away from school than my old
apartment was.
6. Thank you for your help, but I’ll be fine now. I don’t want to cause you any
............................................ trouble.
7. The planet Earth is ................................................ from the sun than the planet Mercury is.
8. I have no ................................................. need of this equipment. I’m going to sell it.
II. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
From one language to another
Finding an accurate (1) …………………………. from one language to another is TRANSLATE
not always easy and the job of an interpreter can be (2) …………………………. PREDICT
Many (3) …………………………. in one language don’t work in another language EXPRESS
and trying to give a good idea of what a (4) …………………………. wants to say SPEAK
can be difficult. The most important thing is that no (5) …………………………. INFORM
should be lost. The interpreter has to have complete (6) …………………………. CERTAIN
that they understand the message and their (7) …………………………. language SPEAK
has to be very good. Interpreters can provide a real (8) …………………………. for CONNECT
people who speak different languages. They are (9) …………………………. an CERTAIN
important part of international (10) …………………………. COMMUNICATE
Could you live without television for a week? That's what millions of people
do every April as part of TV Turnoff Week, which is organised by anti-
television groups like NoTV.com and White Dot.
'Sure, TV can sometimes be fun and exciting, especially when you're tired at
the end of the day,' says Rudy Matthews from NoTV.com, "but most of the
time it's just boring. We want people to turn off the TV for a week and do
something more interesting instead."
You may be surprised how much television we watch. The average American family watches TV for 7
hours and 40 minutes every day and British men watch 27 hours a week (British women watch 'only'
24 hours). This means we spend over ten years of our life watching TV - what a frightening thought!
Many people are worried about how much TV children watch. Every American
child sees 16,000 murders on TV before he or she is 18, and 20,000 adverts
every year. Teacher Susan Walsh thinks this is a problem. "Children in the USA
spend more time watching TV than in school and that's very worrying."
TV Turnoff Week started in the USA in 1995 and now happens every year in
the UK, France, Holland and Australia. More than 25 million people have turned
off their TV, so why don't you do the same?