Making comparisons

o Choose the correct words.

1 In the winter. Moscow is colder/more cold than
London.
2 The rainforest is wet/wetter than the desert.
3 Snakes are more dangerous as/than kangaroos.
4 The desert is as interesting than/as the rainforest.
S The weather here is good/betterthan in the UK.
6 Cheetahs are faster/more fastthan tigers.

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Comparatives
for short adjectives comparing two people or
things, add -er(+ than)
Summer is warmer than winter.

1 Egypt is hotter than Denmark.

Denmark is .... !;C!!cf~r.th.a.n .... Egypt.
2 Winter is worse than summer.
Summer is .......................... winter.
3 Movies are more interesting than books.
Books are ............ .............. movies.
4 Travelling by horse is slower than travelling by car.
Travelling by car is ........... ............... travelling by
horse.
S Jungles are more dangerous than woods.
Woods are .......................... jungles.
6 Rats are smaller than penguins.
Penguins are .......................... rats.

for adjectives ending in - y, change to -i and

add -er
The desert is drier than the jungle.
for long adjectives, add more/less + adjective
(+ than)
Lions are more dangerous than giraffes.
some adjectives are irregular: bad- worse,
good-better
Very cold weather is better than very hot weather.
as + adjective + as to compare two things that
are equal
My country is as hot as your country.

Superlatives
add the + -estto short adjectives to compare
something with a number of other things
The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
for adjectives ending in -y, change to the ...
-iest
The Sahara desert is the sunniest place on Earth.
add the + mosf/leastfor long adjectives
Climbing the mountain was the most difficult part
of the journey.
some adjectives are irregular: good - bad worst
Heavy rain is the worst kind of weather for
climbing.

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Complete the sentences using an opposite

adjective.

Complete the sentences with the comparative

form of the adjectives.
1 The weather here is .... W.Q($.f!Jh.a.n .... (bad) in my
country.
2 England is much ................... ....... (foggy) Spain.
3 Mexico is .......................... (sunny) the UK.
4 A cheetah is not as .......... ...... .......... (big) as an
elephant.
S The Eiffel Tower is ........ .................. (tall) Big Ben.
6 Snakes are as ..... ..................... (scary) as tigers.
7 Deserts are .......................... (dry) jungles.

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Complete the sentences with the superlative form of

the adjectives.
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The .......!f!(gf}$.t... .... (large) ocean in the world is the Pacific.

The ......... ................. (fast) animal in the world is the cheetah.
The .......................... (long) snake in the world is the python.
The .......................... (tall) animal in the world is the giraffe.
The ....................... ... (high) mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
The .......................... (intelligent) animal in the world is the dolphin.
The .......................... (big) country in the world is Russia .

Complete the article with the best answer A. B or C.

The Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert is the 1) ...... .... ................ desert in the world. It
is about 3.3 million square metres in total. The 2) ............. .............
mountain in the Sahara is Emi Koussi.
The Sahara Desert is one of the 3) ... ............. .......... places to live on
Earth. This is because it is hard to grow food in the desert. It is
as large 4) ............ .......... .... the United States, but has a very small
population.
Some parts of the desert are hotter 5) .... ....... .............. . other parts.
The temperature can be as hot as 55C in some parts of the desert
during the day. Animals like rats and snakes only come out at night,
when the temperature is 6) .................... ... ... than in the day. However,
the Sahara Desert is not the 7) .. ................ ........ place in the world the Atacama Desert in South America is. It never rains there!

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Iargest
higher
more difficult
more
than
cooler
drier

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larger
high
most difficult
than
as
coolest
driest

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large
highest
difficult
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Wild places

It's very dangerous to climb this hill/mountain.

My country is in the middle of a(n) ocean/lake.
You can go fishing in the wood/river near my village.
These people live in igloos/ seas.
This rainforest/heat is the size of Great Britain.
You can use a sledge/boatto travel in the snow.
There aren't any dangerous animals in the wood/
jungle behind my house.
S It only takes five minutes to cycle up the hill/ island.

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To talk about the weather, just add -y!

rain (noun) - rainy (adjective)

This country has a lot of rain.
We didn't play tennis because it was
rainy all day
Sometimes you have to double the letter.

fog (noun) - foggy (adjective)

We couldn't see because of
the fog.
It was very foggy yesterday
Some words are irregular.

cold (noun) - cold (adjective)

His hands hurt from the cold.
It is very cold here in winter.

Complete the table.

Noun

Adjective

1) ... ..... .~!WW .... ... .

snowy

wind

2) .. .................... .....

3) ... ................. ..... ..

cloudy

sun

4) ..... .. ................... .

5) .......................... .

stormy

wet

6) ...........................

7) .. ... ... ...................

icy

Match the sentences.

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It's very windy. b

It's very foggy.
It's rainy outside.
It's a lovely sunny day.
Its too cloudy.
It's too stormy.

a We can't see the moon.

b I can't keep my hat on.
c I'm going to lie on the beach .
d The boat won't leave tonight.
e It's difficult to see the other cars on the road .
f Don't forget your umbrella.

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penguin
kangaroo

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If you like big cats, you will love our family of

ch eetahs . They are the fastest animals on
1) .. ....... f.wJh ......... ! You can also see our other big
cats, for example, our 2) .......................... .
Th e African 3) ............. .. .... ....... are the largest
ani mals in the zoo and are very popular with
visitors . We also have some 4) .......................... and
th ey are easy to spot because they are the tallest
an imals in the zoo!
In the water area you can watch the
5) .. ......................... They're very clever and can
play games in the pool. The polar bears come all
the way from the Arctic and so they like cold
6) ... ... .. .. ..... .. ......... .

Insi de the main building are 7) ..... ... ............ ...... , but
don't worry, they're behind glass so they can't
bite you!

Complete the sentences with these adjectives.

dangerous difficult ~ fun

interesting

funny

1 The ferry journey was .. ..lcignt?fJ.((I.!J. .... because it

was so stormy.
2 It was .................... ...... to see the cheetah because it
moved very fast. It was gone in a second.
3 I read a really ............... .... .. ..... book about snakes.
4 Swimming with the dolphins was .......................... .
Everybody enjoyed it.
S We all laughed when the giraffe ate my sandwich.
It was very .......................... .
6 Polar bears look friendly, but they can be very

Hi Alex,
We had an amazing trip to Kenya! We saw so many
animals - it was a real 1) adventure/ survivor! When we
arrived it was 2) sunny/rainy, but it stopped the next day.
The first night we slept in tents and we caught some fish
in a 3) lake/ forest for dinner!
We travelled around the animal park with a local guide.
The guide told us how the 4) elephants/giraffes use their
ears to keep cool. We also saw a tiger, but we didn't get
very close because it was too 5) intelligent/dangerous.
On our last night we saw a snake. My sister was really
scared, but I thought it was really 6) frightening/
exciting! The 7) best/ worstthing was the temperature,
though, it was too hot for me!
Love,
Sam

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Dear SlU'm,
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bcU.c.on!::l at tl-le moment, LDoki-ng 2.) .................. .. ...... tl-le
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mlAcl colcler here b) ................. ... ...... at home.
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h~ve ~ skilng lesson tl-l~s ~ftemoon.
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m!::l dA..cl. I fell over LDts of times.

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sport I've ever triecl!
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Love,
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This is the planet where we live.

There are lots of trees here and it is very wet.
It's very dry and there is a lot of sand.
It's very high and sometimes has snow on top.
This is a piece of land with water all around it.
This is a large area of water.

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