UNIT 8

MONEY
POSSESSIONS/HABITS

EXERCISE 1: VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR (60 minutes)

 Make a list of adjectives you use to describe people. For example: tall
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 Which adjectives can we use to describe food? Make a list. For example:
delicious.
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 Which adjectives do you use to describe places and clothes? Write below. For
example: interesting.
PLACES CLOTHES
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  Look at the table below. You can see some adjectives. On the first column, the
adjectives are in their basic form. The second column shows the comparative of
adjectives. And the third column shows the superlative of adjectives.

As you can see on the picture above, there are some details about how to make
comparatives and adjectives:
  There are two types of adjectives: Short adjectives and long adjectives.
 Short adjectives are one-syllable adjectives and two-syllable adjectives if they
end in Y like HAPPY or UNGRY.
 Long adjectives are two-syllable adjectives if they do NOT end in Y, like
famous; and three –or-more syllable adjectives like expensive.
 Short adjectives make their comparatives by adding – er. And their superlative
form with the ending –est. See the table above.
 the most . See the examples on the table.
 Some adjectives do NOT belong to ANY (ningún) type of adjective. They have
their own comparative and superlative forms. For example:

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Good better the best
Bad worse the worst
Fun more fun the most fun

In your book, on page 59, in the vocabulary part, there are more examples.
Watch them and learn more.

EXERCISE 2: VIDEO

Click on the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS6Jp1ufPUI for a full explanation and

examples with adjectives and how to use comparatives and superlatives.

EXERCISE 3: GRAMMAR PRACTICE 1

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

bigger
1. My house is (big)   than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful)   than that one.

3. This is the (interesting)   book I have ever read.

4. Non-smokers usually live (long)   than smokers.

5. Which is the (dangerous)   animal in the world?

6. A holiday by the sea is (good)   than a holiday in the mountains.

7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive)   than a beer.

8. Who is the (rich)   woman on earth?

9. The weather this summer is even (bad)   than last summer.

10. He was the (clever)   thief of all.

EXERCISE 4 : GRAMMAR PRACTICE 2

Choose the correct word.

1. My mother is ____ than my father. 

 old 
 older 
 the oldest 
 the old 
2. What is ____ movie you have ever seen? 
 funny 
 funnier 
 the funniest 
 the funny 
3. That movie was bad, but it wasn't ____ I have ever seen. 
 baddest 
 worsest 
 worse 
 the worst 
4. Rachel's hair is not as ____ as Sarah's. 
 long 
 longer 
 the longest 
 more long 
5. Yesterday's exam was ____ than the one last month. 
 difficult 
 difficulter 
  the difficultest 
 more difficult 

6. Peter is as ____ as Alex. 

 fast 
 faster 
 the fastest 
 the faster 
7. I think Mary is ____ woman I have ever seen. 
 beautiful 
 the most beautiful 
 the beautifulest 
 the beautifuler 
8. Her room is only a little bit ____ than mine. 
 bigger 
 the bigger 
 big 
 he biggest 
9. He is ____ when he is playing football. 
 the happier 
 happiest 
 the happy 
 happyest 
10. Michael's house is ____ from the train than Betty's. 
 far 
 the furthest 
 the farther 
 further 

EXERCISE 5: EXTRA GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 Now go to your book to page 58. You have a reading with the title “A Charity
Haircut.”
Underline at least (por lo menos) 10 adjectives in the reading. Can you make their
comparatives and superlatives? Write them on the lines below. For their meaning, use
a dictionary.

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

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EXERCISE 5: PRODUCTION
Write sentences using comparatives and superlatives of adjectives about people,
places, food, etc.
For example: Cuenca is bigger than Gualaceo, but Guayaquil is the biggest of the
three.
My brother Andres is older than me, but my sister Elizabeth is the oldest.
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EXERCISE 6: VOCABULARY AND LISTENING

 Go to page 59 and do all the activities you have there. Follow the instructions.

EXERCISE 7: PRONUNCIATION/ VOCABULARY AND LISTENING

Go to page 60 and do exercise 1 PRONUNCIATION.

EXERCISE 8: NUMBERS/PRICES
Go to the following link to learn or review numbers and prices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGgVNcUXa3A

EXERCISE 9: PRACTICE
On page 60, do exercise 2 VOCABULARY. Then listen and check.

EXERCISE 10: SPEAKING

Practice a conversation with a friend. Ask for prices of things. For example:
A: How much is a pair of Nike shoes?
B: I think it is $80,00. And how much is a Hugo Boss T-shirt?
A: I think it is $45,50.

EXERCISE 11: EXTRA GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Go to page 61 and do exercise 1, and 2

EXERCISE 12: READING

Read the reading on page 61 “Lost on the Tube,” and do the reading-comprehension
exercises below. Mark a, b or c.
1. What is the name of London´s subway system?
a. Estate office b. The Tube c. Information and Lost Property
2. How many umbrellas are left every year at the train station?
a. 10,907 b. 80 c. many
3. Where is the Lost Property office located?
a. On the Tube b. on Baker Street c. in the subway system
4. What item do most people forget?
a. Umbrellas b. wallets c. money
5. What do children usually leave?
a. bears b. teddy bears c. Christmas gifts

EXERCISE 13: LANGUAGE FOR LIFE

Go to page 62 and do all the activities

EXERCISE 14: VOCABULARY EXTRA

Do the activities on page 63

EXERCISE 15: WORKBOOK ACTIVITIES

EXERCISE 16: WRITING
What is your most valuable possession: Describe it. How did you get it? Who gave it to
you? Where did you buy it? How much did you pay for it? Why is it your most valuable
possession? Write about it.