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Televisión programmes

Student's Book JJBSE

1 Write the types of TV programme.

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2 tronoac

3 prosts ragropmem 3 prosts ragropmem

4 codmenrutay

5 tileray VT germarmop IER 1

6 thacwosh

7 elicop marda

2 Read the descriptions from the TV guide and write the type of programme.

7:05 Wi ld Wor ld This episode looks at

tigers in their natural habitat in Asia.

(1) —

8:00 Daily Bul let in All the important national and international stories; weather. (2)

8:15 Saturday Stad ium Livefootball from Manchester. (3)

10:05 The Big Quest ion Who can answer the big question and win £1 m¡Ilion? (4)

10:30 S t u d e n t H o u s e Thefive university students continué their normal daily Uves. Which student is going to leave the house this week? You can vote and decide. (5)

3 Write your own opinions about types of TV programmes.

I like and

don't like or

Wordcheck Adjectives

-* Student's Book

Write the opposites.

hot cold

1 young - \

2 large 5 izz

3 difficult 6 üng

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GRAMMAR

Comparative adjectives i

Before you s t a r t . . .

Study the Grammar Bank on page 110 of the Student's Book.

1 Look at the comparative forms and write the adjectives.

larger large

1 funnier

2 worse

3 taller

4 bigger

5 longer

6 later

2 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the adjectives in the box.

good hot fieb strong wide windy

The woman is r icher than the man.

1 Richard is than Ben.

2 North Street is than South Street.

3 Edinburgh is than London.

4 The ricéis than the pasta.

5 Brad's total is

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than Jane's total.

We form the comparative of long adjectives with more + adjective.

3 Write your own opinions. Use comparative forms of the adjectives.

homework / important / football

Homework is more important than footba l l .

OR

Football ¡s more important than homework.

1 maths / English / difficult

2 reality TV programmes / quiz programmes / interesting

3 football / basketball / exciting

4 David Beckham / Antonio Banderas / famous \

5 spiders / snakes / dangerous

6 JustinTimberlake/Gareth Gates/popular

7 Urna Thurman / Cameron Diaz / beautiful

Superlative adjectives

4 Look at the TVs and answer the questions.

Which TV is the cheapest?

1 Which TV is the widest?

2 Which TV is the tallest?

3 Which TV is the smallest?

4 Which TV is the newest?

5 Which TV is the oldest?

5 Write the superlative forms of these short adjectives.

1 good • 4 large

2 bad 5 hot

3 funny 6 easy

Complete the sentences with superlative forms from exercise 5.

1 I love this comedy. I think it's film in the world!

2 Augustis month. The temperature is often over 35 degrees.

3 Julie is . student in our class. She always gets 20/20.

4 The Pacific is ocean in the world.

5 'Do you think English is

subject?'

'No, I don't. I think it's difficult.'

6 'Who's singer in your family?'

'My dad. He's terrible!'

Don't forget! We form the superlative of long adjectives with the most + adjective.

7 Complete the questions using the superlative forms. Then choose the correct answers.

1 Whois (short) of these

three people?

a) Avril Lavigne b) Madonna

c) Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina)

2 Who is (tall) of the people

in question 1?

3 Whois (young) of these

three singers?

a) Eminem b) Beyoncé Knowles

c) Gareth Gates

4 Who is (oíd) of the singers

in question 3.

5 Whois (popular) of these

three singers in the USA?

a) Robbie Williams b) Alejandro Sanz

c) Elton John

Answers: 1 a) 2 b); Avril Lavigne 157 cm; Melissa Joan Hart 160 cm; Madonna 163cm;3c) 4 a); Eminem (born 17.10.1973); Beyoncé Knowles (born 4.9.1981); Gareth Gates (born 12.7.1984); 5 c); Robbie Williams and Alejandro Sanz are not popular in the USA.

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EVERYDAY ENGMSH READING ANP WRITINS

Dialogue •» Student's Book j ^

1 Complete the dialogue. Use the phrases in the box.

But I prefer history. I don't agree. In my opinión, I think it's interesting. What's your favourite school subject?

W1M OPINIONS

Ryan

Jessica Science, i

Ryan So do I.

Jessica Really? Why?

Ryan history is easier than science.

Jessica I think history is really difficult.

2 Write another conversation like the one in exercise 1.

Jacob

Olivia

Jacob

Olivia

Jacob

Olivia

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Reading

3 Read the text.

Sabrina Sabrina The Teenage Witch is an American TV programme. It's a comedy about a sixteen-year-old girl. In the programme, she is a witch.

The most important character is Sabrina Spellman. She lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda. They've got a black cat called Salem. Sabrina is a student at Westbridge High School. Her best friend at school is called Harvey. A lot of the other students don't like Sabrina because they think she's strange.

Melissa Joan Hart plays the part of Sabrina. She's got long, blonde hair and blue eyes.

4 Complete the factfile about Sabrina.

Ñame of programme Sabrina the Teenage Wi tch

Type of programme comedy

1 What it's about

2 Most important character

•

3 Lives with

4 Best friend at school

5 Why others don't like her

6 Ñame of actress

7 Description

Writing because

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5 Join the sentences with because and complete them. Use the words in the box.

cute friend Sunday teeé T-shirt

l'm going to bed. I'm ... I 'm going to bed because I 'm t í r ed .

1 l'm not going to school. It's ...

•

2 She likes my brother. She thinks he's ... _ v

Translation

7 Transíate the sentences into your language.

1 l'm funny, but my brother is funnier.

Joey is an American TV programme.

It's a about

One of the main characters •

. He's an in

. Women like him

he's _ _ . plays

the part of .

He's got

Friends / comedy

A group of six friends in New York i Joey Tribbiani

Actor in a TV soap opera him He's cute.

Matt LeBlanc Short, dark hair and brown eyes

Dictation

8 ® Listen and write.

3 You're cold. You're wearing a ... Factfile

4 I like you. You're my best...

6 Look at the factfile and write about Joey from Friends.

Ñame / type of programme What it's about One of the main characters Works Why women like Ñame of actor Description

TRANSLATION ANP PICTATION

2 l'm taller than my sister.

3 Maths is more interesting than history.

4 She's the most intelligent person at school.

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5 It's the largest ocean in the world.

X

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PRO0RESS CHECK

Vocabulary

1 Match (1 -6) with (a-f) and write the TV programmes.

1 quíz a) opera

2 soap b) programme

3 the c) drama

4 sports d) TV programme

5 reality e) show

6 pólice f) news

1

2 >

3

4

5

6

2 Circle the opposites.

1 cold difficult hot oíd

2 easy oíd sad young

3 happy large short small

4 exciting happy sad tired

5 boring long interesting tall

Grammar

3 Write the comparative forms.

1 sad

2 easy

3 tall

4 wide

5 good

6 bad

4 Complete the sentence with comparative forms.

l'm intelligent but my sister is more intelligent.

1 Pólice dramas are exciting, but sports programmes are

2 Maths is diificult, but science is

3 Reality TV programmes are interesting, but documentaries are

4 A BMW is expensive, but a Ferrari is

Complete the sentences with superlative forms.

1 l'm the my family. (short)

2 Maria is the

person in

girl in the class. (intelligent)

3 TheNileisthe riverin the world. (long)

4 I think Linkin Park are the _ band in the world. (good)

5 My dad is the singer in our family. (bad)

Everyday English

6 Complete the dialogue. Use the words in the box.

agree favourite prefer Really?

Sam What's your (1)

Ben Football. I think it's fantastic!

Sam So do I. But I (2) basketball.

sport?

Ben (3) Why?

Sam In my opinión, basketball is more exciting than football.

Ben I don't (4) .I don't think basketball is very exciting.

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