~ Comparaives and superatives Lees. than and ot a » Toad (ot enough SV rans.» sive dsr pant TV world eee ered a ee da Ua elel elton TV programmes Adjectives describing TV programmes 11 Work with a partner and match the photos with, 6 Lookat these adjectives, Do they have a positive (+) meaning ora these words negative (-) meaning? advert cartoon chat show awful boring cool funny informative comedy documentary drama interesting moving popular scary film gameshow realty show soap Sports programme thenews 7 Match the adjectives in 6 with the efinitions. when same otofiniomation ._dfirmatie 2 @ 1.1/2 Listen and repeat. when some 3 Think of examples of programmes forthe other when some words in en something makes you want diak-iunseateet wen something interesting when many peaple Ike something 4 Where does the stress come in each when something very good ‘noun or compound noun in 1? n something makes you fee ve Suge siden 8 srejine @ 1239 Usten to five people talking about VV programmes. What type of TV programme are they talking about? 5 SPEAKING Look at the words in tai in the ‘ E {questions. Check that youunderstand them. Then a 5 Use the questions to interview your partnet 3 1 What syou fou pect TY 09 ‘9a SPEAKING Think of things or people for each adjective in 6 and 2 Whatis your favour ser Neeattaninen 3 Whatchannelisit on? funny — Ji Carrey, The Simpsons 4 Whousaly tumsthe TVonin yourhous : CER Pee eee Wiork with a partner and compare your ideas. {6 Whoisin charge ofthe more contin your house? | think Jn Carrey realy fury. Ohno! think he's awful1 Youare going to read a blog. The tities Ture Off TV Week. What do you think Turn OF TV Week is? 2. You have four minutes to read the biog and decide ifeach person thinks Turn OF TV Weeks a good idea or a bad idea. Do not stop reading ifthere ate words you don’t understand. Picinas) gouined Baw potas Fea coated Turn Off TV Week Blog by B08 MARTIN on FEBRUARY 25, 2011 ‘The annual Turn Of TV Week starts today. Te idea isto live sithout TV for @ winole week. The people who organise it say that television ia bad thing, Personally, not sure that they're right. Fest fal, the organisers say thatthe kids of today are lazier and inworse physical condition than kids ofthe past because they spend al their ime in front ofthe TV. But a recent study of 20,000 USchildren aged 10 to 15 found no connecton between TV and physical ness, children who don't watch Tv don’t always do ‘more physical activity. And even the worlds biggest TV addict can find an hour in the day to do exercise, In mycase, soaps always ‘make me want to turnoff the TV and ge down to the gym! {agree that there are lets of terrible programmes on TV. But | don't agree with saying ‘No TV just think we need some. ‘more inteligent programmes, TV can be informative, funny and raving, And, yes, ican be awful too, The most important thing Isto think about what we watch and be move selective, Another thing that is not biaek and white isthe des that TV only stops us ‘rom communicating with others. An American professor found that parents in homes with no TV have an hour of conversation With their eldren every day. other hemes, there was only 38 rminutes of conversation ..a week! Thats bac. But TV can also bring people together and holp to start conversations. I there a better way to begin a conversation than by chatting about the lotest episode of your favourite series? Tutn off my TV? OX. But | aso plan to consinue turning ton when, ‘there's something good on, OMMENTS} JaneW 25 Feb 2011, 10:11 AM agree. You can't say that all TV Is bad It's as ste as saying that all books are good, or thatall pop musics bad. ‘Maybe 2 lot of TVs bad. But the idea isto lok fr the ‘g00d programmes. | always read the TV guide and decide ‘what im interested in watching. I watch my favourite ‘rogrammes nd | also frysome new programmes 100.1 watch them and then I switch the TY off. ‘0K, agree there are some good programmes ‘on TV, But we all know thatthe most popular programmes are awful Unreal realty shows, boring football matches, stupid soaps. That’ why Turn OF TV Week exists, anc that's why like ii tlls people that there are more important things in life than knowing what's happening or Big Brother. a=: ‘25 Feb 2011, 11:03 AM | ‘3. Read the blog again and write down evidence from each person's text to justify your answers in 2. f Why can tbe useful to set yourself a tmelimit the ) firsttime youread a text? STUDY SKILLS > page 147 4 Choose the best answers 11Arecent study in the USA shows that a TWimakes cilien fat. watching less TV generally makes chiden fier and mare active. watching less TV doeset realy make children more active 2. Bob Martin thinks alot FTV bad, especally soaps bb alot of Tis ba, but mot sans. € allTVisawhu 3 Bob thinks that TV a hasa negative effect on conversation only sions conversation, canhavea postive effecton conversation 4 Janew 2 lkesal types of programmes bb only wacches programmes thar she knows and thes © knowswhen to switch the TV'on and oft JoPrke hates all T. thinks sports programmes are Ok Goes ike te same TV programmes asthe general public 5 Match the underlined words in the text with their definitions. 1 onepartorchaptr of aTVseres piso 2 takngina flendly way 3. describes a person who chooses caefuly ro: paving something 5 cescribesa person who knows 100% thet something istue 6 dosomething oncei0 se tis god 7 sew 8 onceayeer dl) 6 SPEAKING Whatabout you? 1 Doyouthink TVisa good or behing? Why? 2. How much TY do you watch on weekdays and a the weekend? think oot of V programmes ar relly bod. 1 don't ogre. Some prograrames ‘are quite interesting.‘1a Look at the comparative and superiative form of these adjectives. Adjective | Comparative | Superative | eae [ge nl Mae aig | tiger [eg sep Le dase sas bow tee | Now match the adjectives to the correct rule, 2 adjectnes with two sflables ormore weg mmare/most+ the adectve b one-sylable adjectives which end in one vowel + one cansonant, double the last consonant and adder ¢two-syllable adjectives ending ny, omit y and aca er 1d one-sylableadlectves, add 2 negular adjectives with no set ule ‘1b Use the rules in ta to write the comparative and. superlative form of these adjectives. 1. funny : 7 2 good ae 3 boring 4 short 3 fa ‘Te Complete the sentences with the correct words. 1 The new series is more populat od one the 2. Shes the atthe moment popular acess in the USA. (GRAMMAR REFERENCE > page) 2a prowuyoiamion @ 1.34 Look at these sentences and listen. Then answer the questions. Fs are longer than came shows, Books are mote interesting than films This programme was better than that ove. ‘Soaps are more popular than reading 1 Which colour represents the st blue? 2 Which types of word receive the stress? Nouns, main or aualay vets, artcles..? «sn the sentences: red oF 2b Listen again and repeat the sentences, 3 Complete these sentences withthe comparative form of the adjectives and than. 1 Lthinkscapsare more hain thant documentos (boring) 2 Adverse. (good) a otof TY programs 3. Realty shows are chat shows, (bad) 4 Watching fms atthe cinema i watching them on TV. (interesting) Watching TV's (easy) 6 Will smiths (thin) ing John Troel Look at these words. They are words which we frequently ‘use with comparative adjectives to modify them, abit alot far much slightly choose the correct alternative in these sentences. Use your dictionary fnecessary. 1 Watching TWis fr poetry. 2. Bijgh Wood (horn in 1880 is muchyahly older than Kstin Dunst (born in 198). {abit mare porular asa hobby than wating 3. Formost people, watching footbal on TV s glove bit ore ‘exciting than watching you 4 The programme lasted 60 minutes. twas fu nyrral, because they usually lst 55 minutes longer than ‘SPEAKING Complete these sentences with a logical opinion. ‘Then workwitha partner to compare your sentences, 1 Searet harsson is ot yourge than Alen Streep. 2 lightly mere popula than 3 far funnies thon _-mruch more informative thn s abit scarier thon 6 much more boring thanJs sone Look ac Brad icin these wo photos. Make notes comparing his appearance Use there words fords. {66 Work witha partner. Take it in turns to compare the two photos. ‘He's alot younger in the second picture. ‘Yes, and his hair is much longer! 7 Complete the questions with thesuperative form ofthe adjectives. 1 Whois dhe mast famous fame} ator ram yout country? 2 whanis ecestng) way to spend freetime in your pion? 3 Whats ering) dy ofthe week 4 Whos une) person the das? 5 Who's (tapp person you know? 6 What oo pt. of you dey? fa SPEAKING Interview different people inthe cassusing the auestonsin7. Ab Tell the class some interesting answers that your dassmates gave you. Lucy thinks bungee jumping isthe most Interesting way ta spend re time ‘Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed 11 Write the ig or -ed forms of these words. Use your dictionary if necessary. 1 boring : 2 interesting an 3 4 surprising zs 5 confusing 6 tied 7 relaxed B embarrassing 9 moved 10 disappointing 2. Choose the correct alternative. Then complete therule. 1 When a fim isexitedorcitng, we feel excited 2 When a stuation sa reing we feel 3 Whena book's pore/ooina we feel bowed fo describe how somebody feels, We use the 3. Complete the sentences with the -ed or ing form of the words 1 Las canceled the sere (surprise): hear that they've 2 ttwasso (embarrass) when the reser forgot what to Sy. 3. That new game show isreally (Confuse) don't know what they hi 4, That lm mace me fel eal ernotiona.| was ects ofthe new {dsappoin) because not lethal musics (bore). 7. {thunk classical musics ely (tela 4a SPEAKING Look at these words. Then make notes with your opinions. exams spiders sport watching documentaries ‘theme parks exams — tng, make me fel frightened ‘Ab Compare your ideas witha partner. Ithiokexoms or realy ting. Yes, and sometines they make ‘mefeel abit ightened.TV heroes a Cross-curricular — History of Science i John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth Sy 1 Work with a partner. Guess the answers to these quiz question, 2 Read the text and find the answers tothe quiz questions 1. What nat 3. Read the text again and match the years and events. j piel tionality was the first eae er a In colour CT are eed Oe ree ens et] Ces Crane si arammes begin? Television isone of the images from greatest technological London to New York. inventions of the 20m Baird made the fist television century. A Scottish man programmes for the BBC in 1929. ‘called John Logle Balrd These programmes had sound, not inventedit Inventors in the just pictures. UsA and Europe were working ? oqenvone een ers Wow bts yem ater ta burt Baird used a mechanical system. 191925, ee ana aero at iwwontor hhe was able to send the fist black and white ore Popular anc system was an American, picture -of the head ofa doll~from one end Of this electronic system was an American, Cf his at to the other He then used a local Philo Farnsworth, in 936, the BBC start office boy, not the doll, and this teenager was pend Exnetmortns aeram hoes ‘the fist person ever to appear on TV. More and more people had televisions ¢pjanuary 1926, Barc invited scentsts thls her tne second World Wa. colouT TV showed them his Invention. He called ita televisor. Later that vear Balrd started the Began in the USA in the tells but only world's first TV station and gave ittne name 2sMall number of people had televisions in theit houses, They were Vn 1927, he sent images eae maGes very expensive. in Britain and the USA, the first regular colour TV programmes only London to Glasgow frst rogue using telephone : cables.Ayear later, Now, In the 21st century, we have hiscompany — digital television. TW nas changed a iot sentthe first since the face of a boy appeared on transatlantic TV TV in John Logle Baird's Fat! 1 nee are naadvers on tre BBC, except ox abe or re BBC4. Are these statements true () of false (F)? Baie invented an electronic TV system, £ 2. The fist V images were ofa boy if 3 ‘Thefirst boy on TV wasnt famous person. i 4. ald wasthe fist person to sendTV images om England to LE the USA 5 C f 6 r 5 Comect the false statements in 4 6 What about you? Apa rom TV, what do you think are che greatest inventions ofthe oth gentury2 Why? ‘Match the words and the definitions. | fat a ffequent I think the computer is probably the 2T¥sation b pictues testinvention ofthe 20m century. | yyy 3images —_¢ apartment, home ° 7s Ss 4sound —— d compary that makesTVprogtamimes_) Because you can do neary Srler —e tiageyoucan hear | anything th acompater WD We wee ee ist PORE, Popular culture ee Robin Hood and Maid Marian 7 Work witha partner. Make alist of things you know about Rabin Hood and Maid Marian. Robin Heed was in love with Maid Marian, 8 12 Robin Hood and Maid Marian have been heroesin British and American TV series and ims since 1908. Listen toa radio interview about fobin and Maran. Do you hear any information you talked about in 7? Ses ‘9. Listen again and answer the questions. How mary diferent TV and in versio they made of Rabin Hood? Why does the fim cic hing that so popule Wy does the fim etic alk about Meni fs Xone) krone Poi code exelent Australia and China? oro The ans fbf ce speak ills Pepe MES a tom 122 Ba eens aupople sd the hme oaut ay cal 1 Og ay peoetaledabow Foch Heads acon hata hen, 2 Sopesil vaces Som a0. gga Vo Pahang es), What s different about Robin Hood inthis iow ty era ie) an ar 6 ae iim esi? inkabout this change?11 Work with a partner. The photos show different ways of finding out the news. Whichdo you prefer and why? | | t 2 stewie @ 136 Listen toa radio programmewhere | people are calling to say how they lke to find out the news, Match the speakers and their preference. ‘There is one option you do not need. 2 The Internat neds CH » Rado = c Weekly news magazine oy Ce 4 Newspaper sen Cl ow om FE hata soeaker makes, Do you think the sueatr wil say enact he same wen he ad EXAM SUCCESS > page 151 3. Listen again. Which speaker... 1 Finds out the news at breaks time? ‘Amanda/Jerry/Sarah/Dan 2 thinks that pictures and images are an important part of the news? ‘Amanda/Jerry/Sarah/Dan 3. thinks the news on TV iss't very informative? ‘Amanda/Jerry/Sarah/Dan 4 thinks the most important thing isto find out the ews quickly? Amanda/Jerry/Sarah/Dan 5. istired of working with computers? Aumanda/Berry/Sarah/Dan Teoma EU Less... than, (not) as ... aS 1a Look at these sentences, 1 The news on TVisasgocd asth pers aren't as up-o-the-minuteas the Ne 3. Newspapers are les up-to-the-minute than th Net statements true (T) or false (F/? 1 Weuseas...asiosa no things 2. Notas... as and less... than have a siilor mearing 3) Notas ...as anc less ..than ipposteo! more... than, (GRAMMAR REFERENCE » ayes. 2. Rewrite these sentences but keep the same meaning. Use as... as, notas... as, les... than. ropean sees aren’taswilentas American TV series 2 Soaps 3. Computer gartes are more popula with todays teenager an TY programme Tv programmes 4 Fatal programmes on TVare exciting Foot programmes on the ack are equally exiong, Foctbal progrmmeson the radio 5) Wetching hoor fmt the cinema is scarier thas watching them at home Wieiching horror fitns.at home 6 Books ste more normative than TV documenta. documentaries 3 SPEAKING Work witha partner, Do you agree ‘pinionsin 2? ‘What do you think about theft sentence? ‘agree. think Americon TV series are often very violentSIE Too and (not) enough ‘aaLookat the sentences, ‘Ae Look atthe word order in the sentences 4a, 1. On TV they'e too interested in sensaticnalsm, 1 Doestoo come before or after the adjective? T 1 TV isn't serious enough, 2 3. t's g0od enough for me 4. spend enough time is front ofthe computer Does enough come before or afer the 3. Doesenough come beforeo after the 4b Match the first and second halves ofthe rules. our? 1 Weuscteo to sya person, thing er situations 2 Weusenot... enough b to sey person, thing or stuation's suffer ‘GRAMMAR REFERENCE > paged 3. Weuseenough {© to s3ya person, thing or stations excessive, 5 Complete this text with these words. {6 Complete the sentences with the verb robe and too or ‘not. enough plus the adjective. 1 Thsfirmis for adults, and Corinne|s only fifteen © ton't ald enough (oid) 10 Se 3% enough food light modern smal surprising too 2 Tiscameshow_____ ray. Everybody ys Nanook of the North its 5 i 3. Thscanaon niga). xaciyihe same a5 al the othe, 4 Owen nee improve. He. (good) 0 beinthe ise 5 hat) inere.Can yo 66 Icanftwatch this match because Im so neva hi (excking) 7 Thathor Fi was afl (scary, | was 0 bored fll aseen! B90, Rober. Fabeaty made a sen dcheiay ahve the ie ofthe ints athe ret was the very Be dctcazry Hm oe it cme a senanion. For the papier paring fiae. However, now some people say the fm wasnt When you do a grammar exercise there are two main types of things to think about, What are they? Fathentic (a) “because Flaherty changed \ STUDY SHALS » page 47) sone things to make the film more exciting. For example the Inuks already used guns to atch and lll animals, Bu 7a SPEAKING Look at the questions. Make notes with ideas. inthe film, Flaherty wanted the Inuits to use traditional Use these adjectives with tooand enough. sys of hunting because guns looked too (b). Seenes with guns werent (e) enough lor ‘attractive clever fast fit good healthy the American public. Another example was that Flaher lazy tong old serious short slow young ssa big cameras to make the documentary So when they eat to film inside igloos, there was a problem. The igloos 1 ereioo @), and they were (e) 2 hr So the faults bulla special igloo with just dhree Clyepic gar mal, to give encugh (D. for filming. Maybe banner nowadays we can criticise Flaherty for not showing teal 20 ESI PS ES OR ORC aR if. But many of the directors of tod’ realty" shows 4 Couldyouwina Nobel Prav one day? admit hat res] life often isnt as interesting (g) tay would ike and that they sometimes cheat to make their programmes more popula. Nanool ofthe North is 7b Tell your partner your answers. sill an incredible film and it captured images ofa lik that tas alteady disappearing in 1022. The Inuits of Flaheriys film never had enough (h) __and Nancok died if hunger just two years aier appearing inthe film newsreader — noted encugh, not serious enough Wearen'told enough tread the news. No, wearen' and my hairs too long! The men who reod the news always have short hai!ead this email from agit called Marina. Writea Few words to describe what she talks about i the three ain paragraphs ofher email. °2=9003 Pas raph) Paagiaph2 - + > a. a Pe envtoA ——Fanwne Delete rit arse oped | Hiatt, ‘ou asked me to tell you about TV here in Spain. Well, there are lots of reality shows an lots of chat shows talking about famous people. Soaps are popular, elther Spanish soaps or ones from South America. And we have lots of American TV series, particularly dramas and cartoons. Personally, my favourite programme isa sports programme, t's called Football Craay’ in English. l'son the Canal + channel on Sundays, which isthe day when Spanish teams usually play. The programme starts st 7pm anc! finishes at 10pm. n fact, it starts again at 11pm but I don't watch it then, it’s too late because | have school the next morning. think this programme is cool because it tells you what's happened in all the matches that weekend. In my opinion, the | best thing about the programme is that they show you all the goals and action from every match, not justin Spain but inallthe best leagues in the world. As far as 'm concerned, it's much more interesting than other feotbal programmes because the presenters always have funny comments to make about the matches, and they often find surprising things oshom | Why don't you tell me something about TV in your country? What's your favourite programme? Best wishes, Marina 2 Read the email again and find out :hisinformation about ‘Marina's Favourite TV programme, 1. Tite ofthe progeamme Channe Day and time ts on: Description of the programme: Reasons why the wie kes 1} Read the email again and complete the expressions in the ny favour programme fs this programmes cool because she best thing about the programme concermeds ts. ‘8 SPEAKING Work with a partner. Makea ist of British ‘or American TV programmes that are popularin your country at the moment. ‘ab Individually, write your opinion of the programmes. Use the expressions in the Writing Bank. ‘¢ Tell your partner your opinion of the programm: [Are your opinions similar? 5 Look atthe information in 2, Write information about your favourite TV programme, Practice makes perfect © Look at this task and write the emai. Use the paragraph plan from 1 and the Writing Bank to help you. Write Marina an email with information about ‘your favourite TV programme. Tell her: + basic information about the programme (title, channel, time, day) * description of the programme * reasons why you like itLanguage reference and revision ere uCIaK Key Comparatives and superlatives Form Aaieeive aaa ae ‘org the longest One syllable Ee. oo One syllable ending inone bi vowel and one consonant lary Two sylabiesending in-y 5, imponart smote impo the mostmp ee cece ames boring more boring the most be bad worse ne nor Iegular good beter ne best for fetrerurtee ‘he tathesvfuttest Use w comparative a coma wo people, plies We use than n sentences tat compare two peopl, places things things Soaps are worse than decamentares. We use the suede to compare more than two people paces or ings ve form ofthe adjective and we often usin Hes the mast fameus actor in Holhwoed. Less... than, as... as Use Badminten is less popular than football. more ... than the frst one. We use as ... as to say two things are the same, (= Feats ix poputr san canons Bucks areas good as fs Too Form The word toa comes before the t00 10) thet something i excessive. Ri orthe same a The programme isto serious Pesple get bred when bxcauselthas negaive meaning they watch it Hels very clever (= postive) Yes, bud sometimes he's to clover (= neo3tve Enough, not... enough Form Use “The word enough comes after actives and beforenours. We use enough io sy that someting ist ce 1H goad enough ‘We use net enough to say that something is neuen ‘kn ood enough Hes geod enough te hea TV presenter. Thaven't got enough tie Tin net fast enough to win a gold medal. A erccrocey ‘1TV programmes | 2 Adjectives describing | 3 Adjectives ending ining and -ed adver (avadvertserend TV programmes bored boring confused confusing channel chatshow | awful boring coo Cisappointed — dseppoining embarassed | funey informative fightened ightering interested intresting moving moved mavng wered sefies soap popular scary relacng surprised surprising tied tring 4 Other words and phrases 29° i)Re icclulute acento Comparatives and superlatives 1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences. han this schoo 5 than the lst bine sam you. 6 ple think that watching sport is more boring that 7 islongestriverinEuope Less ... than, (not) as... as han is much worst a ere Do you think ths exercise i That’ the silyest thing youve sad WORKBOOK > page 40 2 Make true sentences using the words and as... a5,notas... as or less... than. 1 Holandig/the USA 5 i of sugar/heavy i of rr als /importank/krowing anatonny '995¥old/Aex been 1985 3 Knowing 4 amie tbo Too, (not) enough 3 Write sentences using the adjectives 0 or (ao enough 1 Whyisitdiicitfermestpeepletodinb MounEvres? = 5 ‘_ ih 2: iy cant yout rote vote nthe Generale He'soniy 15. He =) e (led, Wy cart you run a math ? Ny legs Why cant you buya sports ca? TV programmes Name these types of TV programme. Irtels you information aout today's events hey imervlew famous people. Its based on 2 competition with prizes Itloks at acts a hisaral evens, teow the lives o acters in meloctamatic t goes between programmes to get you to buy something WORKBOOK > page 38 Adjectives describing TV programmes 2 Thinkof an example of something which you thi 1 axfu 5 moiing, 2 boring 6 3 cool ? 4 8 ative popula WORKECOK » page 38 good at ma 6 Playing simy best fend nisfdangerous/parachuting WORKBOOK > page 43 Why cant Linda dive? She's nly sixteen. She hry cart palm tees grow Ie Why dont you tke that sees? Idort understand the story It WORKBOOK > page 43 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed ‘Complete the sentences with these words. ‘There are ten words but only six sentences isappointed disappointing embarrassed ‘embarrassing frightened frightening relaxed relaxing surprising tied | thovat five, was was going to get ten inthe exam but only got his toseeyo holiday -use! thought you were on | went out with one black shoe and one brown shoe. It was {hate high places Yesterday we went up 2 relly big rower. Iwas The examine, was sonice She made me ft before the eam. 6 imvey afer running. cant move my legs WORKBOOK » page st