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S Vocabulary extra
1 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
sentences.
1 My friends and I often go to shopping/a gig at the
weekend.
2 My parents don’t let me go clubbing/the cinema
during the school term.
3 Matt spends his time listening to music/video games.
4 I would love to be able to play a music/an
instrument like the guitar.
5 We never chat online/friends: we don’t have a
computer.
6 Sarah had a party/clubbing and she tidied the house
after it.
7 On Saturday they hang out video games/with
friends.
2 Complete the sentences with phrases from 1.
1 I often on my mp3 player.
My favourite band is Kasabian.
2 I sometimes with my
cousin. She lives in Australia but we like talking about
the same things.
3 John . It’s the violin – he’s
very good at it.
4 My friends and I on Friday
afternoons. We buy clothes and video games.
5 I sometimes . In fact, I’m
seeing a live band at the Zoda Club tomorrow night.
3 Complete the sentences with the comparative or
superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1 Joe is (funny) Pete.
They are both very funny!
2 This game is (difficult)
the other one. I can’t do it at all!
3 Andy is the (talented)
sportsperson in our school.
4 My car isn’t (quick) my
brother’s sports car.
5 I’d like to be one of the
(intelligent) scientists in the world.
4 Order the words to form comparative or
superlative sentences.
1 than / Jenny’s performance / worse / Louise’s / was .
2 easiest / This test / is / I have ever done / the .
3
lives / farther / Simon / from / me / away / school / than .
4 Who / tallest / in / world / person / is / the / the ?
5 challenging / the / thing / I’ve / It / most / done / was .
5 Write comparative sentences using the prompts.
1 Joe is / tall / than / his brother.
2 The film was / less / exciting / I expected.
3 She’s / clever / than / her sister.
4 Tom is not / slim / Ken.
5 We are / busy / than / the other students.
6 Complete the text with the comparative or
superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
Shopping
I love going shopping! It’s (1)
(exciting) free-time activity in the world! I go
shopping in the town centre with my friend Lucy
every weekend, and sometimes my friend Jo
comes too. Jo is (2) (rich)
than Lucy and I, so she always buys lots of clothes,
but she is (3) (busy) one in
the group and she doesn’t have as much time for
shopping. Lucy is (4) (bad)
shopper in the world! She looks at hundreds of
shoes before she decides what to buy. She often
buys (5) (colourful) clothes
than I do, and she wears shoes with heels as
(6) (high) mine.
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