I Comparatives- good 2x/smart/advanced/ responsible/
comfortably/ easily/ big/ new/ wide/seriously / fast
A consumer is a person who buys things, and a consumer
society is a society that encourages people to buy and use goods. Some people
think that a consumer society provides people with 1) _____ lives. People in
consumer societies tend to live 2) _____. They eat a 3) _____ variety of food.
They go to restaurants more often. They also buy a lot of products, maybe more
than they need. Products such as TVs, cell phones, and computers used to be
luxuries. Today people can buy these things 4) _____ than ever before. The
market for these goods is growing 5) _____ all the time. Consumer societies
encourage people to buy 6) _____ and 7) _____ products. For example, 8)
‘_____’phones come out every year. In a consumer society, people are often
buying 9) _____ and 10) _____ products. This creates a lot of waste. Nowadays,
many people are thinking 11) _____ about the effects of consumer societies on
the environment, and they are trying to become 12) _____ consumers.
II Superlatives- big/expensive 2x/ dirty/exciting/interesting/
attractive/ high/ tough/ cold/ windy
Most people know that Mount Everest is the 1) _____ mountain
in the world. However, there is another fact that many people don’t know: it
has become one of the 2) _____ mountains in the world. Mount Everest is one of
the 3) _____ and 4) _____ mountains
to climb on Earth. It is not the 5) _____ or the 6) _____ place on Earth, but
it comes close! These challenges make it one of the 7) _____ mountains for
serious climbers. Since 1952, over 3500 climbers have reached the top.
Unfortunately, most of them have left equipment and trash on the mountain. In
fact, trash is now one of the 8) _____ threats
to the environment on Mount Everest. Local organizations have brought tons of
trash down from the mountain. One of the 9) _____ projects handed over more
than a ton of tin cans, glass bottles, and old climbing tools to artists in
Nepal. The artists used the trash to create works of art. Then, they sold the
art to raise money for local charities. The 10) _____ work of art cost $17, and
the 11) _____ one cost $2400.
III Write full sentences using adjectives in the comparative or
superlative forms
1. Andy Murray/ tennis player / world
2. a Formula 1 / an Austin mini
3. tigers / cats
4.Van Gogh's portrait of Dr Gachet / painting / ever sold
5. the hotel Crowne Plaza/ the Ritz
6. hurricanes / thunderstorms
7.riding a bike / riding a horse
8. Chernobyl / nuclear accident / ever / happen
9. hairdressers / doctors
10. driving a car / piloting a plane
11.Mona Lisa / painting / world
12. London / Tokyo
IV Correct the mistakes
First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest
mean of travelling, and can be the quicker in a city centre. Of course, the
further you have to go, the tireder you will become. In some ways walking is
more healthier than travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the unhealthy
because cities are the much more polluted than they used to be. Cars are faster
of course and more convenient, but as cities become more of crowded, parking is
getting more hard. Sometimes public transport is better, even though buses don’t
go as fast as cars do it. Cars are a lot more and convenient but as they cause
most pollution, it is the better to avoid using them if possible. In a city
fastest way of travelling is on a bike, which keeps you more fit and is not so
that noisy as a motorbike or a car.
I Comparatives- good 2x/smart/advanced/ responsible/ comfortably/ easily/ big/
new/ wide/seriously / fast
A consumer is a person who buys things, and a consumer society is
a society that encourages people to buy and use goods. Some people think that a
consumer society provides people with 1) better
lives. People in consumer societies tend to live 2) more comfortably. They eat a 3) wider variety of food. They go to restaurants more often.
They also buy a lot of products, maybe more than they need. Products such
as TVs, cell phones, and computers used to be luxuries. Today people can buy
these things 4) more easily than
ever before. The market for these goods is growing 5) faster all the time. Consumer societies encourage people to buy 6) newer and 7) more advanced products. For example, 8) ‘smarter’ phones come out every year. In a consumer society, people
are often buying 9) bigger and 10) better products. This creates a lot of
waste. Nowadays, many people are thinking 11) more seriously about the effects of consumer societies on the
environment, and they are trying to become 12) more responsible consumers.
II Superlatives- big/expensive 2x/
dirty/exciting/interesting/ attractive/ high/ tough/ cold/ windy
Most people know that Mount Everest is the 1) highest mountain in the world. However, there is another fact that
many people don’t know: it has become one of the 2) dirtiest mountains in the world. Mount Everest is one of the 3) most attractive and
4) (most) exciting mountains to
climb on Earth. It is not the 5) coldest
or the 6) windiest place on Earth,
but it comes close! These challenges make it one of the 7) toughest mountains for serious climbers. Since 1952, over 3500
climbers have reached the top. Unfortunately, most of them have left equipment
and trash on the mountain. In fact, trash is now one of the 8) biggest threats to the environment on
Mount Everest. Local organizations have brought tons of trash down from the
mountain. One of the 9) most interesting
projects handed over more than a ton of tin cans, glass bottles, and old
climbing tools to artists in Nepal. The artists used the trash to create works
of art. Then, they sold the art to raise money for local charities. The 10) least expensive work of art cost $17,
and the 11) most expensive one cost
$2400.
III Write full sentences using adjectives in the comparative or
superlative forms
1. Andy Murray/ tennis player / world
Andy Murray is the best tennis player in the world.
2. a Formula 1 / an Austin mini
A Formula 1 is faster than an Austin mini.
3. tigers / cats
Tigers are bigger than cats.
4.Van Gogh's portrait of Dr Gachet / painting / ever sold
Van Gogh's portrait of Dr Gachet is the most expensive painting ever sold.
5. the hotel Crowne Plaza/
the Ritz
The hotel Crowne Plaza is cheaper than the Ritz
6. hurricanes / thunderstorms
Hurricanes
are more dangerous than thunderstorms.
7.riding a bike / riding a horse
Riding a bike is easier than
riding a horse.
8. Chernobyl / nuclear accident / ever / happen.
Chernobyl is the biggest
nuclear accident that has ever happened.
9. hairdressers / doctors
Hairdressers are less important than
doctors.
10. driving a car / piloting a plane
Driving a car is less interesting than piloting
a plane
11.Mona Lisa / painting / world
Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world
12. London / Tokyo
London is smaller than Tokyo.
IV Correct the mistakes
First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest mean of
travelling, and can be the
quicker in a city center. Of course, the further you have to go, the tireder you will become.
In some ways walking is more
healthier than travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the unhealthy because
cities are the much
more polluted than they used to be. Cars are faster of course and more
convenient, but as cities become more of crowded, parking is getting more hard. Sometimes
public transport is better, even though buses don’t go as fast as cars do it. Cars are a lot more and convenient but as
they cause most pollution, it is the better to avoid using them if possible. In
a city the fastest way of travelling
is on a bike, which keeps you more fit and is not so that noisy as a motorbike or a car.
