Vocabulary Describing objects 1 Complete the sentences with a suitable word. The first letter of each word is given. 1. My brother stayed in a very expensive hotel. It was 6,000 euros a night! 2 But my sister stayed in a very c hostel. It was only 15 euros a night. 3 My mum gave meano___leather jacket. She bought it in 1970! 4 She was wearing u. them off on the way home, 5 Claire's got a very p. dress. t's got red and blue flowers on it and it looks lovely. 6 The plane's really f — it does the journey in just 25 minutes. 7 My washing machine's very e use much electricity, so it’s cheap to use. 8 Everyone wore glasses like that 15 years ago, but they are not very f now. shoes, so she took It doesn't 2 Complete the conversations with the words in the box. 1A: Does that chair feel nice when you're sitting on it? B: No, it’s very uncomfortable . 2 A: Small cars don't use very much petrol, B: Yes, they're very -They can save you money. 3 A: People in Milan have really fashionable clothes, ‘And all the shops look beautiful, B: Yes, it's a very city, 4 A only bought a new mobile this morning and | ‘can already use it with no problems, 8: Yes, it’s very , 5 A: Is it true that racing cars can go from 0 to 200 km per hour in four seconds? B: Yes, they're very cars. 6 A: Look! I've never seen a at lke that! B: Oh yes, it’s ' = che - But it’s not very Grammar focus 1 Comparative adjectives 3 Addletters to make the comparative form of the adjectives. 1 younger 2eas___ 3 big_ 4 cheap__ 5 health 6 new__ 7 happ___ 8 slim 9 quiet__ 10 hot __ ‘4 Use the prompts to make sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives. 1 My mum / old / my dad im than m 2 Tea / cheap / coffee 3 My new car / economical / my old car 4 Janina / fashionable / Sara 5 Her jewellery / pretty / her dress § Castle Hotel / expensive / Beach View Hotel 7 The shower home Fe ea ee 8 The new software / easy to use/ the old softwa® * in the hotel / powerful / the shower & 9 Tokyo in Japan 7 busy / Pisa in italy % Wena tale SensiLL estcnsnsen 5a Read the two facts, then write a sentence using the ‘comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1 The area of Brazil is 8.5 million km?. The area of Australia is 7.6 milion kr, Brazil is bigger than Australia, ____(big) 2. The Volga River in Russia is 3,600 km long. ‘The Mississippi River in the USA is 6,000 km long. (long) 3 Blue whales usually weigh about 130 tonnes. Elephants usually weigh about 7 tonnes. (heavy) 4 The Pyramids in Egypt are about 4,000 years old, ‘The Parthenon in Greece is about 2,500 years old. (old) 5 The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 324 m tal. ‘The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 m tall. (tall) 6 The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is 1,991 m long. The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia is 503m long. (long) 7 The price of gold is about $50,000 per kilo. The price of silver is about $1,000 per kilo. (expensive) 8 English has more than a hundred irregular verbs. Esperanto has no irregular verbs! (easy) b @q)9-1 Listen and check. Practise saying the sentences. 6 Find and correct the mistakes in five of the sentences, 1 Delhi is bigger than Bangalore, 8 2 Maths is easier that science. a 3 A sports car is powerful than a scooter. a 4 The film was more interesting than the book. [1] 5 Ben's clothes are more stylish Harry's clothes. [] 6 Pasta Express is expensive more than The Thai Place. 7 The weather in January is worse than the weather in June. ao 18 My new bed is uncomfortable than my old bed. [_] Pronunciation Stressed syllables 7a G9 9.2 Listen to the sentences. Notice the stressed 4 But you're nicer! 5 The film was good. 6 But the book was better. 7 Im not very fashionable. {8 But my sister is more fashionable than me. 9 Flying there isn’t economical. 10 It's more economical to go by train. b Listen again. Practise saying the sentences.