Describing * What...like? + Comparatives and superlatives + Synonyms and antonyms * Pronunciation — word stress Gioares Describing 1 Asking for descriptions 1 Two of the answers to each question are correct, Tick (¥) the correct answers. 1 ‘How’ Jackie?” a [) ‘She’ very pretty. She's got blonde hair? b C) She isn't feeling very well? ¢ C1 Not too good. She’ got the flu 2 “What does Jackie look like?” a [] ‘She's tall, slim, and quite pretty’ bb (J ‘She’ really nice. Ike her alot? ¢ (] ‘She's got long blonde hair and blue eyes? 3 “Whats Jackie like?” a [1] ‘She’ very nice - really good fun? b (She's quiet but very interesting, You'll like her! ¢ [1 ‘She likes the cinema and the arts? 4 ‘Do youlike Jackie?” aL] Tadore her. I think she’ great!” b C1] ‘Yes, of course! Everybody loves Jackie!” ¢ (] Tim not like Jackie at all!” 5 ‘What does Jackie like?” a [1] ‘She’ very caring and a great listener! 'b (1) ‘She eats most things. She isn’t vegetarian’ ¢ (J ‘Old movies and dancing’ 2 Write questions about Pete. 1 ‘What does Pete look like 2” “He's tall, quite good-looking, and he’s got brown hair! 2% fe “Hes really nice. He’ an interesting guy? ae r “Football, of course! And he likes going to the gym? 4+ ? “He's fine, Really well? 3° y “Yes, I do, He’ one of the nicest people Tknow? Write V if the word like is used as a verb. 1 We both like football. I'm like my brother. Who does he look like? ‘What do you like doing? Are you like your mother? ‘What music do you like? What's your teacher like? Oo oO o Oo oO Oo Oo Do you like cheese? Unit6 + Thewaylseeit 392 What... like? Comparatives and superlatives 1 You have a friend who’ living in Australia. Ask questions se / about the country using What ... like? 3. big/bigger/biggest Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives Told olde 2 cheap 3 big 4 fat 5 hot 6 nice 7 safe Beay 9 noisy 10 happy 1 the weather ii wane What's the weather ke? 1 ficult 2 the food B ineligent modern han 3. the people Blendene 16 good 4 Sydney 1 bed WB fer 5 the towns 6 the beaches 2. Match a question in exercise 1 with an answer. b i g g er a [3] ‘They're great! Very warm and welcoming. b (1) Its really hot in the summer but cooler in the winter. ¢ ) Very tasty! It's a mix of Asian and European. ° 4. tea wonder ity. The harbours beaut b I e st e [] They're miles long with lovely white sand, £ C1 They're very modern, Most of them are on the coast. 40 Unit 6 + The way Iseeit4. Comparing two people Look at the information about Nellie and Matt. Complete the sentences. Nellie Matt Personal » 1 age u a 2 dever sok Jk 3 happy reas Wealth and job hasS2milion | 4 money tas milion 200000 | 5 salary 350,000 Jott | 6 interesting job ak House 2000sqm | 7 sie 1800sqm s7soo00 | 8 price $500,000 1360 9 date bit 2003 [Nellie is younger than. Matt. Matt isa lot. is cleverer than than Nellie is much richer Nellie has a much is bigger Nellies house was Matt's house is. modern Superlatives Write sentences to disagree with these sentences. Use the opposite adjective in its superlative form, 1 I'm the most intelligent student in the No you aren't You're the most stupid! 2. She bought the cheapest bag in the shop. 3 Thisis the easiest exercise in the book. 4. I'm the most hard-working student in the class! 5 James is the meanest person in the world! 6 Guido's is the best restaurant in town. a5... a5 Rewrite the sentences using as... as or not as... as. 1 Your son is already the same height as you! Your son is already astallas you! 2 Turkey’shotter than England, England isnt Turkey. 3 Her work is good, And my work is good. Her works mine. 4 Jims taller than me. Tm Jim. 5. Jill’ more intelligent than Bill. Bill isnt pil, 6 My mother is a better cook than me. Tcarit cook my mother. Prepositions Match a sentence beginning in A with a preposition in B and an ending in C. A 8 c 1 ttsthebiggest as her brothers. 2 Yoursisthe same | than the others 3 Shesolder tke my mother. 4 Hook in rine 5. Theyre diferent from the world, Unit6 + The way seit 41Reading 8 Three great things to do in London 1 @ Read the article. Complete the sentences with a superlative adjective from the text. 1 “The London Eye is tourist attraction in the UK. 2 Itis big wheel in Europe. 3. Itprovides 4 The British Museum has of ancient artefacts in the world. views of the city. collection 5 Itis to see the museum over s. several 6 Regent’ Park isn't London. ‘open space in 7 Itis formal park. 2 Complete the sentences with a number from the text. 1 The London Bye is___ metres high. 2 You can see____kilometres into the distance. 3 The trip takes _ minutes. 4 It costs £___ for an adult and £__ for achild. 5 ‘The Rosetta Stone was made over years ago. 6 There are over __ flowers in the rose gardens in Regent’ Park. 3. Where does here refer to in these sentences? 1 You can hire a boat here. 2 You can see things from ancient Rome here 3. You can see St Paul’ Cathedral from here. 4 You can get married here. 5 You can see a play here. 6 You can play games here. 42 Unit 6 * The way seeit bore aLy There are enough things to doin London to filla lifetime. As the great English writer Samuel Johnson said, ‘When a manis tired of London, he is tired of life.’ Here are just three suggestions. ‘lesley BUR RTT 7 ae the London Eye is the most popular tourist attraction in the UK. It attracts 3.5 million visitors a year. I's on the south bank of the River Thames. At 135 m, itis the tallest big wheel in Europe, and it provides the best views of the city. You can see the Houses of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral at your feet, and Windsor Castle to the west, 40 km away. ‘The wheel rotates at a speed of 26 om per second (about (0.9 km/h). It doesn’t stop to take on passengers, but don't worry = it moves slowly enough to allow people to walk on and off! One trip takes about half an hour. It costs about £16 for an adult and £8.50 for a child, People have parties on it. Some people even get married on it!Listening he British a Museum is situated 9. Visiting London in Bloomsbury, just north 1 @ Listen to an Australian couple who are visiting London of the centre. It has the for the first time. Look at the pictures, and tick (7) the biggest collection of places they mention, ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek artefacts in the ae world. Here you can see the Rosetta Stone, made over 2,200 years ago, which provided the key to the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the marble friezes from the Parthenon in Greece, known as the Elgin Marbles. It is best to see the museum over several visits, rather than trying to see too much at once. The most ‘amazing thing about the museum is that itis FREE! Ree Park is just to the north of Oxford Street. t isn’t London's biggest open space — Hyde Park is - but itis the most beautiful ‘formal park and provides a huge range of attractions. ‘The flower beds are in bloom all year round, and. the rose garden (with 30,000 roses) is filed with Nie Su Regent's Park summer months. There are ponds with ducks, a boating lake, cafés and restaurants, tennis courts, running tracks, and playing fields for football, baseball, and kite fying. There is also London Zoo and the wonderful open air theatre, which has plays forall ages between May 2 and October. There really is something for everyone! the correct answers, 1 ‘They sat downstairs/ upstairs on the bus. “They began their tour at Piccadilly Circus/ Trafalgar Square. “The Statue of Eros was smaller bigger than they expected. Nelson’s Column was bigger than /as big as they expected. Big Ben was striking seven /eleven when they drove past. Four million people a month/year go on the London Eye. 2 3 4 5 The Queen was/ wasn't at home. 6 qi 8 Both London and Sydney have a Hyde/ Regent’ Park. ir Unit 6 + Thewaylseeit 43Vocabulary 10 Synonyms and antonyms 3. Wiite the antonym of the adjectives using the 1 Match an adjective in A with a synonym in B. prefirun, ior in. a i Adjective ‘Antonym with a prefix 1 eet a Ll wealty ty amit 2 eray b Ci intetigent 2 polite — 3 rich ¢ (1 hard 3 expensive ~~ 4 clever dC huge : a —_ a ¢ Oma 6 conect — 7 inteligent | ___ a 2 8 possible — 6 awful # CO annoyed 7 cold & CD temble 4 Complete the chart with the words in the box. 8 angy h 1 goodsooking i aa 9 handsome iD freeting kind miserable boring __—_ stupid 10 lovely iD wonderful Adjective Antonym with another word 2. Complete the conversations with a synonym 1 polite rude from exercise 1. 2 tidy ee 1 “This exercise is really hard? 3 expensive _— ‘Tknow. Is too difelt for me? 4 happy — 2 “Tony's such a handsome young man? 5 interesting a ‘Lwish I was as. as him!” 6 conect —— 3 “The weather’ awful today!” 7 inteligent | __ ‘Wes ! We can’t go to the beach? 8 selfish __ 4 “Tomisso intelligent!” “Yes, he’s very__, but he isn’t very nice? 5 Complete the sentences with a word from exercise 4. 1 London is so expensive! Nothing is ! 2 You're so messy! Why can't you keep your room 3. Pete thought the film was interesting, but I thought itwas 4 [thought my answer was wrong, but the teacher said it was 5. My parents are very different, My father is really selfish, but my mother is very 1 was so hay srday, but today I'm totally 5 “The Empire State Building is big, ist it?” & Twas so happy yesterday, but today Tm totally oe r 7 My brother's teachers say he intelligent, but I think —— he’s 6 ‘Why are you so angry with me?” Tm that you didn’t call me last night? 8 Why are you so rude? It's much easier to be 44 Unit 6 + The way IseeitPronunciation Tl Word stress 1 @ Listen to the word stress of the words in the box. Write them in the correct box. beautiful Japanese romantic ambitious interesting expensive magazine dificult sociable wonderful afternoon successful apartment surprising customer religious understand important delicious yesterday Mexican ro beautitul Oe romantic ce ‘Japanese 2 @ Listen and practise saying the sentences. 1 We had a delicious meal in a Japanese restaurant. 2 Jennifer didn't understand the religious ceremony. 3 Christopher has a beautiful apartment in America, 4. The president of Portugal isa very important person. 5 Jonathan is a successful businessman in Switzerland, 6 Patricia isa journalist for a Mexican magazine, Just for fant 12 Signs ‘Where can you see these signs? Write af 1 (2) ina supermarket 2 L] ima restaurant 3 C1 onacash machine 4 LJ onabusy road 5 LJ ina shop window 6 L) inan airport Hand baskets only DO NOT LEAVE LUGGAGE UNATTENDED (Tal at Cm) Poeun No table service B Adjectives Write the adjectives in the correct column, ite SONS grey pape, brOHN foggy honest windy exciting shy modern orange es crowded lazy oy cheerful Waihi, Black showery touristy People Places: honest Colours ‘The weather Unit + Theway!seeit 45