Exercise 123

Use these comparative and superlative partnerships to complete the dialogue below:

a much higher salary a lot more interesting

the most experienced a much bigger company

the largest producers a lot friendlier

Frank: So how are you enjoying your new job, Eleni?

Eleni: It's great. Telmer is than ALS, so I feel I have a lot more responsibility than before.

Frank: So you find it working for Telmer?

Eleni: Well, it's one of of telecommunications equipment in the country. I'm working with some of people in the industry.

Frank: And what about your new boss?

Eleni; Macgregor? He's than I expected. We get on really well.

Frank: And I suppose they pay you ?

Eleni: Well, of course, the more responsibility you have, the more you expect to earn!

Exercise 124 

[1, ex. 189]

Listen to the tape. Richard and Penelope are brother and sister. They are talking about their jobs and about Susan’s job. Susan is their sister. Fill in a copy of this table with the information on the tape.

	training	hours per week	salary pa	holidays pa
Penelope				3 weeks
Richard	1 year		$ 12,000
Susan		20-30

Question: Who is the youngest in the family?

Exercise 125 Comparing jobs

Make eight sentences from this table about Penelope, Richard and Susan.

e.g.: Penelope earns less money than Richard.

Penelope Richard Susan

Had earns has works

more less fewer longer shorter

holidays training money hours per week

than

Penelope. Richard. Susan.

Exercise 126 Superlative sentences

Make eight true sentences about Penelope, Richard and Susan, like this:

… had the longest training.

… works the fewest hours per week.

Exercise 127

Write sentences with a superlative (the longest etc.).

S ydney Brazil large country planet the USA the solar system

Everest Jupiter long city state Africa South America

Alaska the Nile high river mountain the world Australia

1. Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

2. Everest _________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________

Exercise 128

Write down the following imaginary details about yourself and your ideal job:

Age: ……………………………………………………………….

Length of training: ………………………………………………..

Number of hours worked per week: ………………………………

Salary: ……………………………………………………………..

Do not show your list to anyone. Talk to everyone else in the class and find out who is the oldest/youngest, who had the longest/shortest training, etc.

Exercise 129

Study the chat comparing three models of electronic notebook. Then complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap.

	Model A	Model B	Model C
Weight	180 g	140 g	98 g
Number of features	8	12	16
Price	$140	$180	$220

Example: Model A is cheaper than model B. (price)

1. Model A is much _____________ than model C. (weight)

2. Model C has twice _____________ _____________ features as model A.

3. Model A is ______________ _______________ __________________ model B. (price)

4. Model A is ______________ _______________ expensive.

5. Model B is not ______________ _______________ _________________ model C. (price)

6. Model A has ________________ features ______________ model B.

7. Model C is ______________ _______________ expensive.

Exercise 130 

[8, ex.1.2]

Complete this extract from a radio program with the correct comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in brackets.

Tokyo is still the most expensive (expensive) city in the world. Osaka is second and Moscow third, on a par with Hong Kong. Many European cities have gone down the ranking because their exchange rates have become ________ (weak), but Russia has a much _______ (high) inflation rate than many European countries. So prices in Moscow are among _________ (high) in Europe. But there is one advantage of living in Moscow. The underground is excellent – very cheap and much __________ (comfortable) than the one in London.

New York is _______ (expensive) US city. This is because the US dollar is _______ (strong) than many other currencies. Some European countries that used to be far _________ (expensive) than New York are now much ________ (cheap).

London is the 10^th _________ (expensive) city in the world, according to the survey. A year ago, London was 5%-10% ________ (cheap) than many French and German cities. This is no longer so. Now London is 15% ________ (dear) than the German and French cities mentioned in the survey. However, London is a good city to live in. Business people said that London was _______ (exciting) of all the major cities in the world. Londoners also claim that it is _______ (clean) than it used to be, and ______ (safe) than many other European cities.