Grammar and vocabulary unit 5

Ability: can and could 4 Look at the information about Sally and Natalie.
Then write Sally or Natalie.
1 Choose the correct words a, b or c.
Sally Natalie Eliza
When I was a child, I couldn’t ride a bike.
born 17/11/96 23/11/96 17/12/96
a can’t b didn’t can c couldn’t
height 1 m 60 cm 1 m 75 cm 1 m 65 cm
1 My sister is really clever. She _________
weight 53 kg 64 kg 58 kg
speak three languages.
run 100 m 12.2 secs 12.00 secs 12.5 secs
a can b can’t c cans
art skills **** ** *****
2 Henry doesn’t like lakes. He _________ swim.
a can b can to c can’t She’s taller than her friend. Natalie
3 Two years ago he _________ speak English. 1 She’s younger than her friend. ___________
a coulds b couldn’t c could to 2 She’s heavier than her friend. ___________
4 Mr Jones is 74 now so he _________ play football. 3 She’s shorter than her friend. ___________
a can b couldn’t c can’t 4 She’s more artistic than her friend. ___________
5 My father _________ run very fast when he was 5 She’s faster than her friend. ___________
my age.
5 Look at the information in exercise 4 again.
a could b could to c can Then write Sally, Natalie or Eliza.
She’s the slowest. Eliza
Questions with how 1 She’s the tallest. ___________
2 She’s the oldest. ___________
2 Choose the correct words.
3 She’s the lightest. ___________
How high / tall is your sister?
4 She’s the most artistic. ___________
1 How fast / often do you have maths lessons?
2 How many / much times did you go there?
3 How far / high is it from Madrid to Seville? Skills and people
4 How much / long is the River Thames? 6 Match 1–5 with a–f to make people.
5 How fast / much can you run? sin a oser
1 pai b ger
Comparative and superlative 2 co c ok

adjectives 3 wri d mmer

4 progra e nter
3 Complete the table.
5 comp f ter
Adjective Comparative Superlative
fast faster fastest
(1) young ___________ ___________ Adjectives
(2) ________ bigger ___________ 7 Choose the correct words.
(3) short ___________ ___________ Formula 1 cars are very slow / fast.
(4) ________ ___________ heaviest 1 A cow is a domesticated / wild animal.
(5) light ___________ ___________ 2 Van Gogh was very practical / artistic.
(6) ________ ___________ most intelligent 3 An mp3 player is very light / heavy.
(7) ________ better ___________ 4 An Atlantic marlin is very peaceful / aggressive.
5 Siberian tigers are very common / rare.

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