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12. Study the information in the box and complete the sentences below with the name of the people from the country on the right.

When we are talking about people from a particular country, nationalities ending in ‘-i’ or ‘-(i)an’ can be made plural with an ‘s’, but most others are formed with the definite article (and no ‘s’).

(The) Thais / Israelis / Brazilians / Russians are …

The French / the British are …

1 I’ve worked a lot with Germans / German people.

2 I’ve spent lots of time with the French / French people.

GERMANY

FRANCE

3 We do a lot of business with ….…………..

4 I used to know a lot of……….………….…

5 I have always found .…….…very friendly.

6 People often say that .….…….are reserved.

7 ………………………… are very organised.

8 I met a lot of………….on my trip to Moscow.

JAPAN

ISRAEL

BRAZIL

BRITAIN

SWITZERLAND

RUSSIA

Grammar

Comparison of Adjectives (See Grammar Reference on page 161)

13. Complete the table with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective.

positive

comparative

superlative

good

better

the best

busy

modern

bad

hot

cheap

friendly

safe

expensive

14. Underline the correct word in brackets.

1 Tokyo is (bigger/ the biggest) than Berlin.

2 London is (more expensive / the most expensive) than Paris.

3 Oxford is one of (older than / the oldest) universities in Europe.

4 Rome was (hot / hotter) than I expected.

5 Madrid is much (modern / more modern) than I expected.

6 London is a very (cosmopolitan / the most cosmopolitan) city.

15. Match an adjective with its opposite. Which adjectives describe life in big cities? small cities? Compare them.

adjective

opposite

fast

cheap

modern

slow

expensive

friendly

dangerous

boring

busy

quiet

unfriendly

old

noisy

safe

exciting

relaxing

e.g. A big city is more expensive than a small one.

A small city is safer than a big one.

16. Open the brackets to make comparative or superlative sentences.

Web log1

Day 24:

Just finished my tour of Russia, which is (1) _____ (big) country in the world and one of (2) _____ (interesting) too. My flight was much (3) ______(comfortable) this time- big seats! Also, the service was (4)_____ (good) than last time - free food and drink! When I arrived in Warsaw, the people at Customs were (5) ____ (friendly) than before (on my first trip I waited an hour while they checked my passport!

Fortunately, Poland isn't as (6)_____ (cold) as Moscow, which was freezing!

This afternoon I had (7) ____ (delicious) lunch of my trip so far: a Polish speciality called pieczen in a great restaurant in (8) ____(old) part of the city.