Unit 16: Historical places
Language focus
provision
machine
treasure
share
patient
information
special
vision
usual
leisure
1. Read the words.
2. Examples
/ʒ/ /ʃ/
provision machine
treasure share
vision patient
usual information
leisure special
Choose the underlined part which is differently pronounced from the others.
1. usual treasure television excursion
2. sure ancient Asia pension
3. resign illusion leisure pleasure
4. occasion action patient show
3. Practice
Grammar
1. Adjectives
Small
High
Young
cold
a. Short Adjective
exciting
interesting
beautiful
expensive
b. Long
Adjective
One syllable
Three or more syllables
2. Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative
Small
High
Young
cold
Short Adjective

Smaller
Higher
Younger
Colder
Comparative
Smallest
Highest
Youngest
Coldest
Superlative
exciting
interesting
beautiful
expensive
More exciting
More interesting
More beautiful
More expensive
Most exciting
Most interesting
Most beautiful
Most expensive
Long Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
Short Adj. + ER
Short Adj. + EST
More + long Adj.
Most + long Adj.
3. Notes
Happy-happier-happiest
Sunny-sunnier-sunniest
Note 1:
→ change ‘y’ to ‘I’ and add ‘-er’ or ‘-est’.
Note 2:

Quiet-quieter-quietest
Clever-cleverer-cleverest
Simple-simpler-simplest
Narrow-narrower-narrowest
Gentle-gentler-gentlest
Honest-more honest-most honest
Careful-more careful-most careful
Note 3:
Note 4:
good
bad
far
old
little
much/many
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
better
worse
farther/further
older/elder
less
more
best
worst
farthest/furthest
oldest/eldest
least
most
! Use elder/eldest to talk about people in a family
E.g.: My eldest son (or oldest son) is thirteen years old.
4. Use of Comparative and Superlative
a. Use of Comparative
Martin
Annie
E.g.: Martin is taller than Annie.
E.g.: Annie is shorter than Martin.
→To compare one person, thing, etc. with another.
b. Use of Superlative
JOHN
TIM
MARK
E.g.1: Mark is the fastest of the runners.
E.g. 2: John is the slowest of the runners.
→To compare one person, thing, etc. in a group with two or more other in the same group.
-Use ‘the’ with Superlative.
b. Use of superlative
c. as…as
Judy
Martin
E.g.1: Judy is as tall as Martin.
→as + Adj. + as
E.g.2: Judy isn’t as tall as Carl.
Carl
( or: Judy isn’t so tall as Carl.)
→not as/so + Adj. + as
5. PRACTICE
Exercise 1. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
3. young
4. happy
5. big
6. busy
7. intelligent
8. beautiful
9. bad
10. far
11. new
12. dangerous
Exercise 1. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
3. young, younger, the youngest
4. happy, happier, the happiest
5. big, bigger,the biggest
6. busy, busier, the busiest
7. intelligent, more intelligent, the most intelligent
8. beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful
9. bad, worse, the worst
10. far, farther ( further ), the farthest ( the furthest)
11. new, newer, the newest
12. dangerous, more dangerous, the most dangerous
2. My sister is younger than me.
3. Who is the oldest in the class?
4. Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world.
5. My book is more interesting than your book.
6. Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop.
7. Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?
8. German is much more difficult than English.
9. The weather today is much better than yesterday.
Exercise2: Sentence Building
Exercise 3. Find the words which should not be in some lines.
Line word
2 so
3 more
4 the
5 the
7 than
8 of
10 it
11 and
12 the
15 that
More practice
Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. He bought ( cheap ) petrol he could find.
2. They live ( far ) from school than I do.
3. She is ( quick ) than Julian but not ( fast ) than Alison.
4. It was ( boring ) film I had ever seen.
5. There isn`t a room ( comfortable ) than this one.