- •Exercise 11 Add tag questions
- •Exercise 12 Fill in the spaces with the correct tag
- •Exercise 15 Complete the sentences below with appropriate adverbs based on the words in the list
- •Hard loud long efficient early bad often careful quick
- •Exercise 16 Complete the text with proper forms of adjectives. Find and explain all the comparative constructions used in the text
- •Exercise 17 Complete the dialogue between a car salesman (s) and a customer (c). Make comparisons between the two cars
- •Exercise 18 Write questions which correspond to the given answers. Use the information in the text given
- •Exercise 19 Read the headings in the specification table for four luxury yachts, then delete the wrong answers below
- •Exercise 20 Complete the sentences with a comparative or superlative form, adding any words that are needed. You may use some words twice
- •Exercise 21 Write a sentence comparing the items given, and using the word in brackets
- •Exercise 22 Look at the information in the table and complete the sentences about Bob and Tony using the prompts given and the forms of comparison as...As, so...As, the same (as), like, as
- •Exercise 23 Read this diary entry. Use the adjectives and adverbs in brackets in a correct form
- •Exercise 28 Look at each of these active sentences. Change them to the passive, and decide whether to include the agent or not
- •Exercise 29 Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning of the sentence remains the same. Include a verb in the passive voice
- •Arrest wake knock check translate find drive make spend hear carry
- •Exercise 32 Now you have to read a sentence and write another sentence with the same meaning
- •Exercise 33 Read a sentence and then write another sentence with the same meaning. Begin each sentence as shown
- •Exercise 34 Make a passive sentence from the words in brackets.
- •Exercise 39 Put each verb in brackets into the passive voice in a suitable tense
- •Exercise 40 Use the words in brackets (...) to complete the sentences. Pay special attention to sentences 1, 3, 7, 10
Exercise 15 Complete the sentences below with appropriate adverbs based on the words in the list
Hard loud long efficient early bad often careful quick
1 You’ll have an accident if you don’t drive __________ .
2 She should work __________ if she wants to pass her maths test.
3 You should have got there __________ if you wanted a good seat.
4 Can you speak __________ , please? We can’t hear you at the back.
5 There’s been an accident. Come as __________ as you can, please.
6 I caught a taxi because if I had come by bus, it would have taken me much __________ .
7 We need to save time and money – so can we all try and work __________ ?
8 “I’m fed up with staying in all the time.”
“Well, go out __________ .”
9 His parents are worried about him because his marks are getting __________ .
Exercise 16 Complete the text with proper forms of adjectives. Find and explain all the comparative constructions used in the text
Which is a ______________ (good) fuel for a car? Is it petrol or diesel? Petrol is _______________ (common) because it makes a car go _______________ (fast) than diesel. It’s also much _______________ (noisy) than diesel. Diesel usually costs _______________ (little) than petrol, and you can travel for _______________(many) kilometres per litre, because diesel has about 10% _______________ (much) energy per litre than petrol. But diesel engines are _______________ (noisy) and _______________ (heavy) than petrol ones, although they last _______________ (long). From an environmental point of view, diesel oil is _______________ (good) than petrol, because the exhaust from diesel engines produces _______________ (little) pollution. It’s also _______________ (safe). Because diesel is _______________ (combustible) than petrol, it’s _______________ (little) likely to catch fire in an accident.
A _______________ (new) fuel, LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas), makes cars go as _______________ (fast) as petrol, but produces _______________ (little) energy per litre. However, LPG is becoming very popular in some countries because it’s the _______________ (harmful) to the environment copmared with diesel or petrol. Of the three types of fuel (LPG, petrol and diesel), cars that use LPG emit the _______________ (small) amount of pollution from their exhaust. LPG is also the _______________ (clean) fuel when you’re filling the car, because the gas is completely sealed. There are two more strengths of LPG: it’s the _______________ (quiet) fuel, and the _______________ (expensive) of the three. LPG engines are about the same weight as petrol ones, but they’re much _______________ (durable).
Exercise 17 Complete the dialogue between a car salesman (s) and a customer (c). Make comparisons between the two cars
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1000 |
1300 |
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Engine size |
1.0 litre |
1.3 litre |
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Top speed |
155 kph |
170 kph |
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Acceleration |
0-100 kph: 15.7 seconds |
0-100 kph: 11.5 |
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Fuel tank capacity |
40 litre |
50 litre |
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Fuel consumption (combined) |
18.5 km/litre |
16.5 km/litre |
S: The 1300 is quite a bit _______________ (fast) than the 1000.
C: Yes, but doesn’t it use _______________ (much) petrol?
S: Sure, the fuel consumption on the 1300 is a little bit _______________ (high).
C: So, I’ll have to fill up with petrol _______________ (often).
S: In fact, the 1300 has a _______________ (large) fuel tank.
C: How much _______________ (large)?
S: It holds 10 litres _______________ (much) than the 1000. So that evens things out. The 1300 has _______________ (great) acceleration. So it’s much _______________ (safe), because you can overtake _______________ (fast).
C: Because it’s got a _______________ (powerful) engine, I suppose.
S: Of course, the 1300 is _______________ (good) value for the money.
C: But it’s quite a bit _______________ (expensive). You see, the 1300 is _______________ (much) than £13,000, and I want to spend no _______________ (much) than £10,000. So the 1000 will be _______________ (good) for my budget.