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Grammar Ba
2A Howquestions
UseHow+ adjective ?to ask for information about price,
age,distances, etc.
Howquestions answers
How longis the journey to Snowdon? Its an hour.
How oldis the Colosseum in Rome? Its 2,000 years old.
How faris the London Eye from Big Ben? Its 500 metres.
How highis the Eiffel Tower? Its 320 metres tall.
How muchis an Adult ticket? Its 21.00.
>>Now go to exercise 2.1to practise.
2B adjective order
Use adjectives to describe people and things.
Put an adjective before a noun. A prettyvillage. A
whitevillage.
Put adjectives of opinionbefore adjectivesoffact.
A pretty whitevillage.
>>Now go to exercise 2.2 to practise.
2C comparative and superlative adjectives
Use comparative + thanto compare two things.
one-syllable adjectives + eror r old >older large
>larger
one-syllable adjectivesthat end vowel +consonant
double theconsonant + er big >bigger hot >hotter
adjectives that endy y+ier heavy >heavier pretty
>prettier
adjectives with more thanone syllable
more+ adjective famous >more famousinteresting >more
interesting
irregular adjectives good >better bad >worse
Use the+ superlative to compare more than two things.
one-syllable adjectives the+ est or st old >theoldest large
>thelargest
one-syllable adjectivesthat end vowel +consonant
the+ double theconsonant + est
big >thebiggest hot >thehottest
adjectives that endy they+ iest dry >thedriestpretty
>theprettiest
adjectives with morethan one syllable the most+adjective famous
>the most famousinteresting >the most interesting
irregular adjectives good >the best bad >the worst
>>Now go to exercise 2.3to practise.
2D past simple
Use the past simple to talk about actions that are nished.
+ ?
I / You / He / She / It /We / They visitedSpain.
I / You / He / She / It /We / They didnt visitSpain.
Didyou / we / they visitSpain?Where didhe / she / it visit?
short answers
Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / they did. No, I / you / he /
she / it / we /they didnt.
For a list of irregular verbs, see >> p.148.Spelling note:
-edendings
most verbs + ed visit > visited
verbs that end e + d live > lived
verbs that end consonant +y y+ ied study > studied
one-syllable verbs that end onevowel + one consonant
double the consonant+ ed
stop > stopped
>>Now go to exercises 2.4 and 2.5 to practise.
2.1 Complete the howquestions.
Example AHow far is New York from Moscow? B Its 7,557
kilometres.
1 AHow is the Great Wall of China? B Over 2,000 years.2 AHow is
the journey to Rome? B Its two hours.3 AHow is a return ticket to
Brighton? B Its 24.4 AHow is the London Eye? B Its 135 metres.
2.2 Put the greenwords in the correct order to complete
thesentences.
Example Theyre visiting a lovely little village . (village
littllovely)
1 This is an . (interesting castle old)2 Portugal has some .
(beaches long
beautiful)3 We live in a . (village English pretty)4 Its a .
(sunny beautiful day)5 It was a . (town dirty horrible)6 There are
some in Greece. (ruins old
amazing)
2.3 Complete the sentences. Use a comparative or superlative
form
Add other words you need.Examples Is France the biggest country
in Europe? big The USA is bigger than Britain. big
1 July was month this year. wet2 Tokyo is Sydney. expensive3 Do
you think hot weather is cold weather? b4 What are places to visit?
good5 Yesterday was today. warm6 Whats place in the world? dry7 I
think the car is way to travel. comfortable8 Spring is winter.
nice
2.4 Write the sentences in the past.
Example Bernie lives in Prague. Bernie livedin Prague.
1 I have coffee for breakfast.
2 Jaime gives me a t-shirt for my birthday.3 We buy souvenirs on
holiday.4 Clara doesnt like her present.5 We go to Cuba in the
summer.6 Does it snow in winter?7 Petra doesnt want a carpet.8 Do
they get up at seven oclock?9 The journey takes an hour.10 Jen buys
the train tickets on the Internet.
2.5 Put the words in order to make questions.Example he holiday
did his enjoy ? Did he enjoy his holida
1 poster that get did where you ?2 Chile did what do they in ?3
buy you souvenir a did ?4 castle did the visit they ?5 to she did
when Sydney go ?
