Sharay Juliana Gongora Sanchez - 20201010046

COMPARISON

1. Look at the means

 To travel / go by (bike, boat, ship)
 To drive (a bus, a car, a lorry, taxi)
 To ride (motorbike, bike, car, train, tram)
 To fly (plane)

1.1. Which means of transport do you use?

 I usually travel by transmilenio because its fast

 I don’t like motorbikes because I think they are dangerous

2. Match the means of transport

SUPERJUMBO
MAGLEV TRAIN

SPORT CAR
HIGH-
SPEED TRAIN PASSENGER SHIP

3. Match the means of transport in exercise 2

 The sport car has a top speed of about 325kph (c)

  The high-speed train goes at 300 or 430 kph (b)(d)
 The super jumbo travels at 900kph (e)
 The passenger ship reaches only 66kph (a)

4. Which information below can you find in the article?

 We can drive at 120kph on motorways in Italy No

 The name of the French high-speed train
Yes
 There is a maglev train in Shanghai No
 The superjumbo can fly non-stop from London to Sydney No
 Both the jumbo and the superjumbo can go at over 850 kph
Yes
 Traveling by sea is slow
Yes

5.
ADJETIVE COMPARATIVE
Slow Slower
Fast Faster
Nice Nicer
Easy Easier
Modern More modern
Relaxing More relaxing
Comfortable More comfortable

6. Use the comparative form of the adjective in the brackets to complete the sentences

 Plane travel is safer than car travel

 The Suez Canal is longer than the Panama Canal
 Buses are more expensive in London than Sao Paulo
 Lorries are bigger in the USA than in the UK
 Chicago airport is busier than pairs Charles airport

7. Make comparisons with these prompts

 Trains / Planes /cheap (A plane ticket is cheaper

than a train ticket.)
 Planes / motorbikes / noise (Planes are more noise than motorbikes)
  Motorbikes / ships / exciting
 Bikes / cars / safe
 Trams / buses / common
many
(Riding a motorcycle is a more exciting than
ride on a boat)
(driving a car is safer than driving a bicycle)
(Buses are more common than trams in
countries)

8.

 The Renault Clio is bigger than the Polo

 The Polo is cheaper than the Renault for a few money
 The Renault is more comfortable than the polo
 The Renault is more expensive than the Polo
 We can say that the Renault is better than the Polo
 The Renault Clio is nicer than the Polo
 The Polo is smaller than the Renault

2. Whales are bigger than the elephants and if we compare those animals with the
penguin, they are so much bigger
3. The sea is more beautiful than the desert, but I prefer the beauty of the mountains.
4. Brazil is one of the biggest countries in the world but japan is bigger than Poland.
5. The football is more entertaining than tennis and one of the most bored sports is golf
6. Musicals are better than horror movies, but my favorite are comedy films