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4 Extrem a practice
e
4
4.1 Vocabula
ary
A
Adjectives

1 * Complete the
e opposites. 3 *** Complete th
he text with adjec
ctives.

1 fast sl _ w Living in the city

y is (1)
there are alwa
ays lots of things to
t
2 low h _ gh
h do and life is ne
ever (2) artment in the city and I
. I live in an apa
3 short l _ ng
g love it. Its a (3) distance to lots of shop
ps and cafs I walk
w to
4 exciting b _ r _ ng them in three minutes.
m There are stairs and a lift up to my apartmen
nt.
5 easy d _ fff _ c _ lt I always use the
e lift because its (4)
( it takes 20 second
ds to
6 cheap _ xp
p _ ns _ v _ y balcony. Its verry (5) , but I
the tenth floor. I love sitting on my
never look down
n. Its (6)
to do that bec
cause I hate heigh
hts!

2 ** Complete th
he sentences with
h the opposites of the words in b
bold.

1 Its noisy in the classroom. It isnt .

2 It isnt safe tto walk here. Its
.
3 Computer ga
ames are expens
sive. They arent
.
4 This is a fas
st train. It isnt a
one.
5 Surfing isnt boring. Its
.
6 I find ice ska
ating difficult. I do
ont find it
.

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4.2 Grammarr
C
Comparative a
adjectives

1 * Complete the
e text with the co
omparative form of the adjectives
s in
bold. 4 Dragon Kah
hn (1995) / Shamb
bhala (2012)




Weve got a catt called Lisa and a dog called Bart. Bart is (1)
5 London 16C / Madrid 23C
(big) than Lisa and he loves runn
ning. Lisa likes running too, but Barrt is (2)



(fas
st) than her. Lisa is (3) (easy) to look aftter we 6 Hotel A ****** / Hotel B **
feed her, but we
e dont go for a wa
alk with her. We g
go for a short walkk with



Bart in the morn
ning and then we go for a (4)
(long) walkk in the
3 *** Rewrite the sentences so th
hey mean the sam
me.
our pets, but I thin
evening. I love o nk Bart is a (5) (good) pet
than Lisa. Dogss are (6) (exciting) than
n cats. A roller coaster is slower than a hypercoaster.
h

A hypercoasterr is faster than a ro

oller coaster.

2 ** Write senten
nces. Use the comparative form o
of the adjectives
s. 1 Watching TV
T is cheaper than
n going to the cine
ema.
Going to the
e cinema
expen
nsive good hig
gh hot old sh
hort slow
2 Jack is better at English than
n Rob.

Milly 1.56 m / Josie 1.65 m Millly is shorter than JJosie. Rob

3 Polar bears
s are smaller than elephants.
1 Mount Everrest 8848 m / Mou
unt Kilimanjaro 58
895 m








4 Maths is mo
ore difficult than History.
H
2 a Ferrari F1
12 274,000 / a Fiat 500 13,000







5 Your hair is
s longer than my hair.
h
3 a tiger 80 kkm per hour / a cheetah 110 km perr hour

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4.3 Grammarr
S
Superlative ad
djectives

1 * Match 16 to AF. 3 *** Write your opinions

o about your
y country. Use
e the superlative
e form
of the adjective
es in bold.
1 the old A iest
month (hot)
2 the big B test
3 the safe
C est I think the hottest month of the ye
ear is August.
4 the cloud D extreme 1 train (fast)
5 the hot E gest



6 the most
F st. 2 theme park (good)
(




2 ** Complete th
he text with the superlative form o
of the adjectives
s in 3 season (wett)
bold.




Antarctica is on
ne of the seven co
ontinents in the wo
orld. It isnt
4 part of the co
ountry (sunny)
(1)
(big) contine
ent thats Asia, b
but its




(2)
(windy) conttinent in the world
d. Its very cold too
o.
5 food (popula
ar)
(3)
(cold) tempe
erature on Earth w
was at Vostock Sta
ation in




Antarctica in 19
983. It was -89.2C
C! It doesnt often rain in Antarctica
a so its
6 city (big)
(dry) places on Earth. In fact, its a dese
one of (4) ert.




Antarctica is (5)) (good) place in the world to find icce.
e over 90% of the worlds ice is therre. The continent tthat is
Thats because
(6)
(short) distance from Antarctica is South Amerrica.

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4.3 Vocabula
ary
W
Weather

1 * Choose the c
correct option. 3 *** Write aboutt the weather in each
e season whe
ere you live.

1 Lets go to th
he beach! Its really cloudy / sunny / cold.
spring summe
er autumn wintter
2 Its scary tra
avelling by plane when
w its very warrm / dry / windy.
3 There isnt a
any rain its snow
wing / wet / dry. In spring its sun
nny and warm. It isnt
i very hot but its
i often windy.
4 Its difficult to
o see more than 10
1 m. Its very fog
ggy / icy / sunny..
.................................................................................................................
5 Theres heavy rain so its very
y hot / dry / wet.
.................................................................................................................
6 Look! Its sto
ormy / snowing / foggy. Lets go sskiing!
.................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................
2 ** Complete th
he words. .................................................................................................................
and snowing in the Alps in winter.
1 Its usually i .................................................................................................................
2 Theres a lott of rain today. It isnt d . .................................................................................................................
3 We cant see
e the sun because
e its c
. .................................................................................................................
4 I wear two w hen its c outside.
warm sweaters wh .................................................................................................................
5 I love h and sunny
y weather. .................................................................................................................
6 Listen to the
e wind and the rain
n. Its very s
. .................................................................................................................

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