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Comparative and superlative adjectives
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Town and country
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Directions
City living
STARTER
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Think of a town or city in your country. Say where it is.
It’s … in the north/the south-east on the River …
near the mountains … kilometres from the sea
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T 9.1
Listen to the descriptions of two cities Which cities are they?
The Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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LONDON AND PARIS
Comparative adjectives
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T 9.2
Read and listen to the conversation.
A
Which do you prefer, London or Paris?
B
Well, I’m from Paris, so of course I love Paris.
A
London’s a lot bigger than Paris.
B
It’s true. Paris is much smaller, but it’s more romantic!
A
Yes, this is what people say.
B
And the food is better.
A
Well, I’m not so sure about that …
What are the differences between London and Paris?
London’s bigger than Paris.
Practise the conversation.
GRAMMAR SPOT
1
Regular comparative adjectives add
-er
or
more
. Complete the chart.
big
bigger
romantic
small
expensive
What are the rules? When do we add
-er
? When do we use
more
?
2
Some adjectives are irregular. good
better
bad
Grammar Reference 9.1 p139
2
What is the comparative form of the adjectives in the box?
tall – taller expensive – more expensive
tall expensive hot cheap nice wet warm cold polite beautiful bad good
Work with a partner. Test each other on the comparative forms.
Check the spelling.