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English 2 - U5
English 2 - U5
Some buyers have paid over $1.25 million for luxury villas on
Jumeirah Palm Island.
1. Read the text quickly. Find what these number
and numerical expressions refer to.
$25 million is the price of an island in the world.
T 2. You can reach the top of Burj Dubai in less than a minute.
Comparison
Comparison:
4. What comparative form can you use to say two things are the
same or not the same
® (not) as…as
…Emerates, the national airline, recently placed the best order that
Boeing had ever had…
1. busy
Heathrow, London is a ________
busier airport _______
than Dubai airport.
Heathrow is ________________
the busiest airport in the world.
2. boring
the more boring than living in a city.
Living in a town is __________________
the most boring
Living in a village is ________________ thing I can think of.
3. Complete each pair of sentences with a comparative
or superlative form of the adjectives.
3. crowded
crowded as
Dubai is not as_______________ Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is the
________________
most crowded city in the world.
4. bad
bad as
Pollution in Dubai is not as_______________ London.
Pollution in London is _______________
worse than Dubai.
3. Complete each pair of sentences with a comparative
or superlative form of the adjectives.
5. traditional
Sarjah is more traditional than
___________________ Dubai.
Sarjah is the most traditional
_________________ state in the United of Emirates.
4. Complete the second sentences so that it means the
same as the first.
nowhere near
3. Berlin might be a bit colder than Dubai but it is _______________
as cold as Oslo!
far / much
6. I’m sure New York is ___________________ more dangerous than
any of the other cities.
The most/-est:
Easily / Much / By far
…as…as:
Nowhere near
5. Which two of the words and phrases in exercise 2 are
more formal:
Formal words:
Slightly / Much
The other is more usual in spoken English.
6. Work in pairs. Where would you like to go for a weekend
city break? Make comparison between all cities below
before you make a final decision:
Useful Language