stuff dot com GRAMMAR 2 Write superlative questions about the camera phones.

Then look at the article and answer the questions.

Superlative adjectives Popular camera phones

GRAMMAR 1 Write the comparative forms. Motex A3 Sasco Q5 Nosan Z6

1 fast faster
___________ weight 40 grams 80 grams 95 grams
2 slow ___________ price (no contract) $295 $85 $30
Comparative adjectives 3 slim ___________ battery life 400 hours 350 hours 100 hours
4 attractive ___________
We use comparative adjectives to compare one thing to camera quality ★★★ ★★★★ ★
another, eg 5 ugly ___________
This computer is faster than the other one, but it’s 6 small ___________
more expensive. 7 bad ___________ Which is the heaviest?
1 heavy ___________________
8 good ___________ Harry Lucien Roger The Nosan Z6.
1 One-syllable adjectives ______________
• We usually add -er to the adjective: 9 exciting ___________ 1m 85 1m 92 1m 98 2 light _________________________________ ?
fast ➝ faster 10 nice ___________ Harry is tall. Lucien is taller Roger is the
than Harry. ___________
• With one-syllable adjectives ending with silent -e, tallest.
2 Complete the crossword puzzle 1
H 3 expensive _____________________________ ?
add -r:
with possessive pronouns. 1 -er / -est ___________
nice ➝ nicer 2
I
• With one-syllable adjectives that finish consonant- 1 he 3 4
We change the -er in the comparative to -est and add 4 cheap ________________________________ ?
vowel-consonant, double the final consonant 2 I S the before the adjective: ___________
and add -er: 3 they fast ➝ faster (than) ➝ the fastest 5 long battery life
big ➝ bigger 4 she 5 nice ➝ nicer (than) ➝ the nicest Which has got the longest battery life?
_________________________________
5 we big ➝ bigger (than) ➝ the biggest The Motex A3.
_____________
2 Two- and three-syllable adjectives 6
easy ➝ easier (than) ➝ the easiest
6 you 6 short battery life ______________________ ?
• We usually use more before the adjective:
modern ➝ more modern, 2 more / the most ___________
expensive ➝ more expensive modern ➝ more modern (than) ➝ the most modern 7 good camera ___________________________ ?
• With two two-syllable adjectives ending consonant expensive ➝ more expensive (than) ➝ ___________
then -y, change the y to i and add -er: 3 Write comparative sentences. Remember to use a the most expensive
8 bad camera ____________________________ ?
easy ➝ easier possessive pronoun. 3 Irregular adjectives ___________
3 Irregular adjectives: good, bad 1 my computer / fast / your computer. good ➝ better (than) ➝ the best
This DVD player is good but the other one’s better. bad ➝ worse (than) ➝ the worst 3 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of
My computer is faster than yours.
_______________________________________ the adjectives in the box.
This watch is bad but the other one’s worse. 2 your computer / slow / my computer
4 than _______________________________________ big dangerous fast heavy long noisy
To compare two things in the same sentence, we use 3 my digital camera / slim / his digital camera 1 Write the superlative forms. short slow small
than, eg _______________________________________ 1 fast the fastest
___________
This computer is faster than the other one. 4 their TV / attractive / our TV 2 heavy ___________ The cheetah is 1
the fa
__
This MP3 player looks more modern than the
3 light ___________ 104 kilometres pe __ __st
__es
__t_ land animal;

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other one. _______________________________________ r hour. it can run at
5 her MP3 player / ugly / your MP3 player 4 long ___________ The reticulated
py
in the world; it ca thon is _________________
2
_______________________________________ 5 short ___________ n grow up to ten snake
Possessive pronouns 6 our mobile phones / small / 6 big ___________ The blue whale 3 metres long.
is __________
their mobile phones 7 dangerous ___________ world; it can grow _______ animal
up to 35 metres in th
Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
_______________________________________ 8 small ___________ 110 tonnes. long and weigh up e
to
That’s my house. It’s mine. 7 your computer printer / bad / 9 noisy ___________ Howler monkeys
That’s your house. It’s yours. are __________
4
in the world; you
That’s his house. It’s his.
her computer printer 10 slow ___________ can hear them fro _______ land animals
_______________________________________ The anopheles m five kilometres
That’s her house. It’s hers. mosquito is 5__ away.
8 her watch / good / my watch in the world; it ca ____________
That’s our house. It’s ours. rries the malaria ___ animal
_______________________________________ The ostrich is 6__ parasite.
That’s their house. It’s theirs. __
9 my video game / exciting / her video game it can weigh up to _____________ bird in the w
156.5 kilograms. orld;
_______________________________________ The three-toed
sloth is 7______
world; it has an __
10 your ring tone / nice / my ring tone average speed of _________ animal in the
_______________________________________ May flies have 8 0.16 kilometres
____________ per hour.
they live for abou _____ lives of an
t one hour. y insect;
The stegosauru
s had 9________
the dinosaurs; th __
e animal was nine _______ brain of all
was smaller than metres long but
your thumb. its brain

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