The Great Pyramid er of storeys: 102 Location: Giza, Egypt Started: around BC Finished: around 2560 BC The Eiffel Tower Height: 147 m Location: Paris, France Started: 1887 “Finished: Height: 324m The Great Wall of China Location: China Burj khatira 1: Dubai, UAE Started: around 220 BC 2004 Finished: around ed: 2010 Height: m Length: 6,400 km m of storeys: 164 e with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives. (Great Pyramid is the <= Mithalifa is the (tall) building. (old) structure. Bel tower is eee ee (old) than the Empire State Building: (tall) than the Great Pyrami e Empire State Building is —__________—Ghort) than the Burj Khalifa. (spectacular) than Burj Khalifa. (fast) to build. ose cia age at re aed ss snes Great Wall of China is — $$$ e Empire State Building was the ——————<—$_$_$_$_$_____________ With a classmate, circle three incorrect sentences and correct them._The incredible cities_qui nee OR en anand kal oe Liised 1. In population, Mexico City is as large as Beijing. 2. Reykjavik is further north than Beijing. TIF | 3. Reykjavik is less polluted than Beijing. T/F 4, Reykjavik is the least polluted city. T/E 5, Beijing covers a larger area than Mexico City. T/F 6. In the winter, Beijing is not as cold as Reykjavik. TIF 7. Mexico City is less crowded than Beijing. T/F 8. Beijing is not as high as Mexico City. T/F 9. Reykjavik is not as old as Mexico City. 10. In the winter, Beijing has the most hours of darkness. x cre Reykjavik isn’t as crowded as Beij ~ 2 @ 3] Listen and check your answers. a Mexico City is less polluted than Beijing. 3 Write five statements about three cities in your country. is AG Zz T/F 3. T/F 4 T/F a. T/F A Exchange quizzes with a classmate and answer. a Be 6Read and match the questions and answers. Ute in a big city S09 yeans egal ‘was the best way to travel in London? 5. Was there any rubbish in the streets? didn’t people smile a lot? 6. Did they drink a lot of water? many baths did people take? 7. What did people do for fun? could women improve their complexions? People only had a few teeth. Did they drink ] Not much / many! Queen Elizabeth wanted to set a good example for her subjects. 9 she had one bath a month! She thought one bath was enough / too many! en women wanted to improve their skin, they put a little / a few dog's urine on it. How disgusting! / a few teeth! Bad teeth were very common because of poor diets. Because people often only had a little / Jrhey went to the theatre. They also played tennis and a violent kind of football using a pig's bladder for a "ball. People enjoyed bearbaiting - a sport in which dogs attacked and killed bears, which was very violent and cruel. i By boat! They were like today’s taxis, and there were much / many boats on the River Thames. The roads ‘were terrible because there was many / a lot of mud in the streets. They were often blocked by animals, too! "} No, they didn’t drink much / many water at alll It was too dirty. Most of the time, people drank weak beer! ‘Yes, there was a lot of / many rubbish! The streets smelled terrible, too! That's because there weren’t any toilets or bathrooms. People had to use a chamber pot. They emptied these pots out of their windows! Read and circle the correct words. } More. eticeRo ttog 1 Look, read and number the sentences. {_) there isn’t / aren’t enough clean at (there isn’t / aren't enough things for teenagers to do. {_) there is / are too many cars and lorie. ‘There is / are too much graffiti CWB tisten and circle the correct words. Complete more complaints about the city. There aren’t There is too There are too There isn’t @ With a classmate brainstorm problems about where you live. Then suggest solutions. + t Problems, etd Solutions There's too much rubbish in There should be more rubbish our neighbourhood. bins in the streets, @ Present your ideas to the class.chart in your notebook and classify the ideas. rensive / few things to do / beautiful landscapes / polluted / a lot of traffic / leime rates / grow your own food / job opportunites / quiet / low crime rates / you don't know your sabours / clean ait /a lot of things to do / too many people / better medical care / variety of shops / “know your neighbours / long trips to go places / cheap to live there J.good transportation / exp: Life in the country in the city ir own ideas to the chart. © a composition comparing life in the country to life in the city. your favourite ideas from the chart above. Paragraph 1 below and then write three short paragraphs. 1: Introduction ‘the country, In Fact, there are advantages and sople lite living in the city, and some prefer of the arguments For and against each choice. rages to each lifestyle. Let's take a look at some Jn 2: Life in the city (advantages and disadvantages) oh 3: Life in the country (advantages and disadvantages) iph 4: Your opinion more ipracticeDCW Listen and chant. Molunteen! You don’t have to shed a t You don't need to feel any fear. We want you to volunteer! You can be a pion: You can cross a new fronti We want you to volunteer! ‘A new beginning, a new career, A one-way ticket out of here! We want you to volunteer! So don't delay another y Sign this contract, give a ch And you will be a volunteer! Did you h____ about the d___ that can walk on a sph__? | put the sp____in the r__ with the chariot__'sg_. We're n____ the p___ where my boat disapp___edigears old, and I'm 1.85 metres fall. 1can swim________metres. I've got ______ sisters. Tread books a yearr I know English words. T'm_______ years old, and I'm metres: tall. I can swim 900 metres. I've got _______sisters. Tread books a year I know English words. d complete the sentences. isn’t as old as is taller than can’t swim as far as has got as many sisters as reads more books than isn’t as good at English as ok and compare the subjects with a partner. Art is as interesting as Music.J Read and complete the sports trivia with superlatives. ‘Sun Ming Ming from China 2.36 metres tall. He is the basketball player 2. Cristiano Ronaldo is the SSeS 5 football: player ever. Real Madrid paid 94 million euros for him! Dimitrios Loundras was 10 years when he competed as a gymnast | 5: ‘te athlete the 1896 Athens Olympics. He to win an Olympic medal was Bees athlete Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn. He Olympic history. was 72 years old when he won his sixth Olympic medal! ook and write sentences using the adjectives and too or not enough. 3. The player in NFL history weighed 186 kilograms. His name is Aaron Gibson. ee a Se athlete in Olympic history was Larisa Latynina, a Russian gymnast. She competed in three Olympic games and won 18 medals.Ose COTTAG ce 1990 | $10.00] 1. Town Tower is@lder thar / as old as Money Mansion.’ : 2. Money Mansion is fore expensive than / as expensive as me Cottage.» 3. Money Mansion isn’t as big /s bigger thamRose Cottage. 4, Rose Cottage is more expensive / aS expensive as Town Tower. wae we 5. Town Tower isn'tas-attractiveas / is as attractive as Rose Cottage.\/ 6. Town Tower is taller than / quQSieyhe 1.There_at rough rules. 2. Therew fs mn chairs. ve ve 3. There ay_| ype, 4.There bss discipline. 5. There ax ® ence), holidays. 3 Write about the environment using the prompts from the box. 3.Ln tis perk “thexe 12 enovs).’s Rees7 3. 4. s, 6. 7. 8. Cc 3 Compare these two cities. . The children’s city was - . The children thought there was . Gema suggested they should — : . They noticed that the new city was . Gema realised that the car was . The children didn’t know— . The children knew. _a. investigate the city. . amazing. "= polluted and dark. —d. an earthquake. _--®. where they were. f. the date. ~~ g. a time machine. _he clean, green and quiet. William said the new city was.(2 They take a train. (5) They go to the city centre. {2} They travel forwards in time. (Q) They go to their Town Hall. (4) They play in a car. {5} They discover that they make the clean-up happen. (G) They find a statue. (G) They explore the new place. 4] They travel back to their city. (2) They go to the historic centre. 2 Read and circle. Hardy. 1. there weren’t enough buses /‘parks / buildings. 2. there was too much noise / water / fresh air. 3. there wasn’t enough water / smoke / fresh ain. 4, there weren't enough cars /cgreen spaces / buildings. 5. there were too many‘buildings)/ trees / green spaces. 3 Complete the story information. Title: Main characters: Where are they at the start of the story: === in the middle of the story: at the end of the story: This is the story of three children who live in a very ‘One day they find a city. . They travel to the city. of . They go toa After a while they realise that this is their city. They see a themselves. They realise that they are responsible for cleaning up their city.e questions and note your ideas. ster to have a cat or a dog as a pet if you live in the city? Write two advantages and vantages. pitas ners You don't have to take them for a walk. | Freon be difficult if you live in an apartment. | dog |ieae better to live in a house or a flat in the cit ity? Write two advantages and two disadvantages. Peete recs You can have a garden of your own. There isn't much space. Pat pose one of the questions and write an essay in your notebook. agraph 1: Introduction agraph 2: Advantages and disadvantages of Ii agraph 3: Advantages and disadvantages of I agraph 4: Conclusion ing in a house / having a dog ing in a flat / having a catich is_the highest _ (high) mountain in North America? ) Pico de Orizaba b) Mount McKinley ©) Mount Logan ich is (long) river in South America? The Amazon b) The Madeira ©) The Orinoco ich is (tall)? ) Burj Khalifa b) The Empire State Building ich do you think is (interesting)? b) Beijing ) Reykjavik (big) city in Great Britain? b) Edinburgh ©) London (old)? b) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (crazy) (tall) Ma Boot. (beautiful) (happy) (angry) (thin) Pa Boot!Circle the correct word to complete the description. There were (1) a lot of / much people at the picnic. Four of us wanted to play tennis, but there weren't (2) a few / enough rackets. The food wasn’t bad, but there was (3) too much / a little salad and (4) not much / not many biscuits. After eating, we decided there were (5) enough / a lot of people to play football. We played for ages until we realised it was getting (6) a little / much dark. All in all, we had a great day and there were only (7) alittle / a few boring moments. } Complete the sentences with enough, too much, many or too many. 1. There was cake and | couldn’t eat it all. 2. There weren’t ______ books so | shared one with Ronnie. 3. There weren’t ______ tickets left, but | managed to buy three. 4. There were _________ chairs for the room. 5. didn’t have money to buy any sweets. 6. | bought ___ sweets and felt sick. Listen and number the pictures.ins CT a cee Comparatives and superlatives (Kajective Goupanial Speen + When we compare two things we use the ‘One ortwo | omit-yand | omit-y and comparative form of the adjective + than, syllables ending| add ier add -iest: English is easier than Maths in-y: ‘+ With superlative forms, we use the. busy busier the busiest | New York is the most expensive city in the happy happier the happiest | world, healthy healthier the healthiest * We use as + adjective + as to say if two things | pretty prettier the prettiest are the same. tidy idier the tidiest Tomorrow is going tobe ashot as today. [Two ormore | use more: _| use the most The film wasn't as good as the book. syllables: | | * When we use as + adjective + as the adjective | crowded | more crowded | the most does NOT change. | | crowded My grandmother is as old as your difficult more difficult | the most grandfather difficult NoT My randmother is as older as your Interesting _| more the most grandfather ; interesting | interesting + To say that one thing is less in some way than | souuteg iecioled | cued the other we use less + adjective + than. The atata superlative of less is the least. spectacular more the most Dublin is less than Hong Kong, but Reykjavik is the least pollated city. spectacular _| spectacular Irregular: ‘Adjective Comparative | Superlative) | good better the best One syllable: | add -er: add -est: bad worse the worst cold colder the coldest, far further the furthest fast faster the fastest old older the oldest short short the shortest tall taller the tallest One syllable | double the | double the ending with | consonant —_| consonant vowel + and add-er: | and add -est: consonant: big bigger the biggest fit fitter the fittest hot hotter the hottest. thin thinner the thinnest wet wetter the wettestQuantifiers: enough, a few, a little, many, much, a lot of (Affirmative Negative _ Questions | afew alotof enough | many/too | How many | many alotof | se ef eet | ates allitle | rmuch/too | How alot of | much much enough | alot of rough © We use enough + noun to say if there is a sufficient quantity of something. We use it with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Come in! There is enough room for everybody, Do you drink enough water? We don't have enough chairs in the room. a few, a little * We use a few and a little to talk about small quantities. ‘* We use a few with plural countable nouns. He has a few books in his bag. * We use a little with uncountable nouns. We have a litte time. asians many, much and a lot of ‘= We use many, much and a lot of to talk about large quantities. We use many with plural countable nouns, and we usually use it for questions and negatives. ‘Are there many green spaces in your city? You don't have many options. * We also use much for questions and negatives, but with uncountable nouns. They don't have much luck. How mach time did it take? * We use a lot of for countable and plural uncountable nouns, and for affirmative and negative sentences as well as questions. She has alot of things to do. We don't have alot of time. Are there alot of people? too many, too much * We use too many and too much to say there is more of something than is wanted. We use too many before plural countable nouns. You ate too many sweets. * We use too much before uncountable nouns. John has too much homework to do so he can't come to the park. There is / There are * We use there is with singular nouns and uncountable nouns. There's a nice park near my house. There isn't enough food for everybody * We use there are with plural countable nouns. ‘There are too many ears on the road.