... in another. Look at these example-
There's no time to lose. The faster you drive, the better. The higher the price, the more reliable the
product.
The more the customer complained, the ruder ... about them. Put in the superlative form of the adjectives.
? Everyone's heard of United. They're the most famous (famous) team in the world.
? They&apos...
...
Complete these sentences from a newspaper. Use the adjectives in brackets.
Put in e.g. the hungry or the hungry people.
? Rich nations can afford to feed the hungry (hungry).
? The homeless ... Exercises
1 The old, the rich, etc (A)
Write in the missing words. Use the and these adjectives: homeless, hungry, old, sick, unemployed, young
109 Adjective or adverb? (2)...
... that.
5 Adverbs and word order (A-G)
Put the words in the right order and write the statements. Sometimes there is more than one possible order.
► cleaned / every day / is / the office The office ... 1993.
But often two adverbial phrases can go in either order.
The concert was held at the arts centre last night. The
concert was held last night at the arts centre.
4 Ad...
... at the hotel, where the food tastes marvellous. Or you can of course try some of the
excellent local restaurants.
3 Adjectives used in one position only (C)
Look at the notes and write the ... morning.
106 Exercises
1 The old, the rich, etc (A)
Write in the missing words. Use the and these adjectives: homeless, hungry, old, sick, unemployed, young
► big leather...
... know (the opinions of all the people)
5
(All the other people) except you are going.
6
(No exciting things) ever happen here.
5 The phone rang. (The caller) was Alex.
6 There ... wait because someone had lost its/their ticket.
1
One of the policemen had injured his/their arm.
2
One of the guests had brought something wrapped in brown paper. She put...
... farther/further farthest/furthest
You've got the best handwriting. How much further are we going?
We can use elder, eldest + noun instead of older, oldest, but only for people in the same family. ... for the deaf people.
5 It's a leather new nice jacket.
6 The riches are very lucky.
7 You handled the situation well.
8 He used a green paper thick towel.
9 Our fu...
... in another. Look at these example-
There's no time to lose. The faster you drive, the better. The higher the price, the more reliable the
product.
The more the customer complained, the ruder ... is the nicer than Chinese, I think.
3 The telephone is one of the most useful inventions ever
4 I feel a much better now, thank you.
5 The longer you wait, so th...
... very, quite or a bit.
► The bus service is all right. The buses are quite frequent.
1 I couldn't sleep because of the awful noise. The disco was…………. noisy.
2 The weather was OK - at least ...
3 The train was almost on time. It was just………… late.
4 Someone paid a great deal of money for the house. It was………… expensive.
5 There were some very small traces of mud...
...
Prepositions of place
A Meanings
The bird is in/inside
the cage.
Sarah is diving in/into
the water.
Tom is getting out of They're waiting outside
the car. the bank.
The jug is on the ... tunnel. the street. the house.
► Sarah is getting out of the 1 David is going 2 The furniture is……
taxi. the ladder. the van.
3 My friend lives in a f...
... the seaside
in the middle drive on the right/left at the top/bottom of a hill
in the back/front of a car on the back of an envelope at the back of the room
in a queue/line/row at the end of ... coming 5 There's a garage…….
a shop. the corridor. the house.
6 We walked ………. 7 There's a statue 8 Tom and Nick are walking
the lake. the museum...