Adjectives and Adverbs 5 Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅰ June 24, 2011.

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Adjectives and Adverbs 5 Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅰ June 24, 2011

Small Conversation Which do you like better, summer or winter? And why? How many courses are you taking this semester? And which course is the most interesting? Which is more important, love or money? And why? What do you think is the most important thing in life?

UNIT 104: as … as / than Sarah, Eric, and David are all very rich. Sarah has $20 million, Eric has $15 million, and David has $10 million. So: Eric is rich. He is richer than David. But he isn’t as rich as Sarah. ( = Sarah is richer than he is )

Some more examples Richard isn’t as old as he looks. The shopping mall wasn’t as crowded as usual. Jenny didn’t do as well on the test as she had hoped. The weather is better today. It’s not as cold.

We also use as … as in positive sentences and in questions: I’m sorry I’m late. I got here as fast as I could. There’s plenty of food. You can have as much as you want. Can you send me the money as soon as possible, please? Gas is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.

Exercise on the WEB Complete the sentences using as … as Write a new sentence with the same meaning.

as … as used in metaphors 1. poor as ( ) 2. sly as ( ) 3. wise as ( ) 4. easy as ( ) 5. dead as ( ) 6. busy as ( ) 7. cold as ( ) a. a door nail b. a fox c. an owl d. a bee e. ice f. a church mouse g. ABC

as … as used in metaphors 1. poor as a church mouse 2. sly as a fox 3. wise as an owl 4. easy as ABC 5. dead as a door nail 6. busy as a bee 7. cold as ice

as … Do you know these expressions? Look at the pictures and then choose the correct noun and adjective to describe each one. as dry pretty brave black hard light quiet cold hot sick a feather a rock ice a mouse a dog a picture a lion coal dust hell

1. as dry as dust 2. as hard as a rock 3. as pretty as a picture 4. as hot as hell 5. as cold as ice 6. as brave as a lion 7. as light as a feather

8. as black as coal 9. as quiet as a mouse 10. as sick as a dog

COMPARATIVE QUIZ Put the words in the correct order. sea, ocean, lake (large) Ocean, sea, lake. An ocean is the largest. A sea is larger than a lake. captain, sergeant, major (important) Major, captain, sergeant. A major is the most important. A captain is more important than a sergeant.

1. City, town, village. A city is the biggest. A town is bigger than a village. 2. Yard, foot, inch. A yard is the longest. A foot is longer than an inch. 3. Platinum, gold, silver. Platinum is the most precious. Gold is more precious than silver.

4. Motorway, road, lane. A motorway is the widest. A road is wider than a lane. 5. River, stream, puddle. A river is the deepest. A stream is deeper than a puddle. 6. Surgeon, matron, nurse. A surgeon is the most senior. A matron is more senior than a nurse.

7. Tree, bush, shrub. A tree is the tallest. A bush is taller than a shrub. 8. Baby, infant, teenager. A baby is the youngest. An infant is younger than a teenager.

Vocabulary (Chapter 6) p.90 Vocabulary_11 Matching exercise Vocabulary_12 + Chapter_6_sound

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