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Superlative adjectives: irregular superlatives

Type the correct form of the adjective in brackets in each gap. Before
you check your answers, read the list of irregular superlatives.

Hint Read

1. Laura is the best (good) player in her team.

2. I think this is the worst (bad) meal I've ever had in my life.

3. If you don't prepare for the interview, you won't have the

least (little) possibility of getting the job.

4. Most (many) TV viewers prefer light entertainment to cultural

programmes.

5. I'm going to run the London marathon, and 26 miles will be the

farthest (far) I've ever run.

6. John is the oldest (old) of three children.

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Video script

1. He's just _____ friendly as his brother.

as much as less

2. England is not _____ Norway.

as cold as as colder than more cold as

3. I find cinema _____ captivating than theatre.

less as Both

4. My family is _____ than yours.

less richer less richest less rich

5. This is about _____ as I know.

less as as much

6. I'll try to read _____ pages as I can for tomorrow's test.

as many as much as

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Inversion: with so, neither and nor

Put each response into the correct gap to agree with the sentences.
Before you check your answers, read the explanation of the use of so,
neither and nor.

Hint Read

1. I think this cake is superb!

So do I .

2. I didn't want to go to the party.

Neither did I .

3. I hadn't noticed that house before.

Nor had I .

4. I will write to her

So will I .

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Match each word in the first column with a word in the second
column to make nine compound nouns.

Hint

1. bus singer

2. city box

3. disc instrument

4. ground stop

5. musical case

6. pop TV

7. post jockey

8. satellite centre

9. suit floor

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Use collocations to complete the text. Then watch the video to check
your answers.

Hint

00:47

This computer is so slow! Such a bad internet

connection ... Right, here we

are - 28 unread
emails ! A new contact from my dating
website ... oh

dear, she doesn't look very nice! And what's this? Another email from John?

Probably another stupid picture ... download

file ... Save file ... Oh yes, a

cat driving a bus. Very funny, John. Oh no, the boss is coming! Back to work.

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2. You can contact people almost immediately through email . It is much faster than

letters.

3. My brother is a designer and his computer has special software for drawing pictures.

4. I have just bought a digital camera so I won't need photographic film any more.

5. New computers have more memory and so they can store more information.

6. You should always save important information on a memory stick , in case your

computer breaks down.

7. There are so many websites on the internet today. You can find information about

any topic!

8. My computer doesn't work properly because it has a virus .

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1. moon

2. planet

3. solar system

4. galaxy

5. universe

00:42

b 1 of 2 c

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You would like to include a definition of each of the following words in your
article. Match each word in the first column with the definition in the second
column.

Hint

planet the band of light across the night

sky; consisting of millions of faint
stars
star

a celestial body that is visible in the

universe night sky as a point of light; the sun,
for example

solar system
a celestial body that revolves
around a star; Earth, for example
Milky Way

the sun and all the celestial bodies

in its gravitational field

a vast number of star systems;

gravitational attraction holds them
together

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New technology for communication

Multiple-choice vocabulary

Your boss has asked you to write an article about new technology for your company
website. You have nearly finished. Choose the correct word in each drop-down
menu to complete the text.

Hint

New communication technology

Communication technology changes at the blink of an eye. Take your eye off the

ball and suddenly your competitors can talk faster and more efficiently than you, and to

your customers. Keeping your business up to date with the best tools for the job can seem an

uphill struggle, whether it's a listed company or a smaller enterprise.

But buying the latest bit of kit as soon as it becomes available may not be the best policy,

according to e-business adviser Andy Poulton. 'Information and communication technology

always seems to be moving at breakneck speed, but in fact it's a mature industry,' he says.

'Broadband? It's just the same, only faster. It's like taking the motorway instead of a country

lane.'

But the changes now happening require a leap of perception akin to moving from

a Model T Ford to a Formula One car. It's the same basic technology, but the performance and

handling are very different. Although we know the internet uses telephony to put images on

the screen, we still think of handsets and keypads when it comes to talking to people.

A document can be emailed or faxed, but we still think of it as a piece of paper rather than a

series of digital dots . These are perceptions that need to be changed if businesses are

to take full advantage of technology. 'There's no split between types of data now,' says

Poulton. 'Voice, e-mail, paper - it's all the same thing.'

But for the small or medium-sized business, the real change is not what can be done, but the

price at which it can be done. New applications of existing technology mean cheaper

phone bills - which, given that communication can account for up to a third of a

company's IT budget, can make a healthy difference to the bottom line.

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Summary

If businesses don't respond quickly to developments in communication technology, they

could lose customers . But it can be hard to keep up to date with these developments,

even for large, listed companies.

People think that communication technology is an industry that is always changing

completely, but in reality it is a mature one, and the only real change is that

communication has got faster . However, people's attitudes have not changed -

they still think that talking to people must involve handsets and keypads ,

and that a document must be something involving paper . For new technology to

be used to its full potential, people's perceptions have to change.

For some businesses, the main change concerns the price of the new

technology, which can have a significant effect on the funds a company allocates for

IT .

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Use the technology words to complete the sentences.

Hint

1. I have a very slow connection so it takes me a long time to download large files from the

Internet.

2. I attached the files to the email I sent you yesterday.

3. My brother is a designer and his computer has special software for drawing pictures.

4. I accidentally deleted the file but I think it is still on my computer's hard drive.

5. New computers have more memory and so they can store more information.

6. The conference room has its own computer so I'm bringing my presentation on a flash

drive.

7. If you want to use your laptop here, I'll give you the password for our wireless network.

8. The problem might be that your computer is too old or it might have a virus .

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Super Groups
Choosing correct meaning

Your boss is reading an article online. Her English isn't as good as yours. You are
helping her with some phrases she did not understand in the text. Read the article
then choose the correct definition for each of the highlighted words and phrases in
the text.

Hint Read

1. not all it's cracked up to be

not as organized as it should be not as good as people say it is

not the same for everyone

2. revert to

check on recall go back to

3. harness

use discover increase

4. pioneered

carried out first made public evaluated

5. in that

in the belief that with the result that in the sense that

6. eclectic

highly unusual containing a wide variety of types more interesting than most

7. hand-picked

very carefully chosen treated with great sensitivity used very wisely

8. zany

clever and useful interesting and impressive crazy and amusing

9. lateral thinkers

people who use imagination to solve problems people who solve problems quickly

people who focus on the one solution to a problem

10. filtered

categorized according to a certain process

reduced in number by a selection process assessed by an evaluation method

11. chart the course

record the development of assess the viability of plan the progress of

12. chemistry

imagination and inventiveness relationship and interaction

combination and organization

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The idea for them came from a film.

They are based on a theory of adulthood.

They have recently become widespread in the UK.

They consist mostly of people already working in market research.

The minds of people in them naturally don't work like most people's.

The ideas sent in applications often become successful products.

People accepted as members of them have passed through two stages of selection.

They are more useful in some business sectors than in others.

They don't bring specialist knowledge of business sectors to projects they are involved in.

They can have a positive effect on other people working on a project.

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