Unit 3: There's No Comparison

A. Read the sentences. List all the adjectives used to compare.

1. Larger, smaller, more expensive.
2. the. tallest, the tallest, taller, the most dangerous.
3. the most popular, more popular, older, more popular, large.
4. the longest, longer, the longest, the most important.

B. Complete the chart. Fill in the adjective, or the superlative adjectives.

C. Answer these questions.

1. Who is the tallest person in your family?

My father is the tallest person in my family.

2. Who is the youngest person in your family?

I am the youngest person in my family.

3. How many people in your family are younger than you?

No one is younger than me.

4. What is the easiest subject in school for you?

Math is the easiest subject in school for me.

5. What is the most difficult subject for you?

Biology is the most difficult subject for mr.

6. Is English easier for you than your other subjects?

Yes, English is easier for me than my other subjects.

D. Complete the story. Use comparative adjectives or superlatives adjectives.

What a snowman!

• A group of seventh grades at Telstar Middle School in Bethel, Maine, did something very unusual. They built one of the world's tallest snowman. They made their snowman in February, 1999, and they named him Angas after the governor of the state of Maine.
• Angas was 113 feet and 7 inches tall (35 meters). He was the biggest snowman ever. The students used 200,000 cubic feet (5,660 cubic meters) of snow for Angas. His arms were 10 feet (3 meters) long. His hat was twenty feet (6 meters) high. One student said, "I think that this is the largest hat in the world! It's big enough for forty or fifty people!" Can you imagine a 120-fot-long (37-meter-long) scarf? Angas's scarf was longer than a school bus! One student said, "This was the best and the most exciting school project ever!"
• The students held the record for many years. Since then, two more snowmen taller than Angas have been built. In 2008, Olympia, a snow-woman from Bethel, Maine measured 122 feet and 1 inch (37.21 meters) tall. Then in 2020, a snowman in Austria named Riesi smashed Olympia's record measuring nearly 125 feet (38.04 meters) tall.

E. Read the story in exercise D again. Answer yes or no.

1. yes, Angas was the name of a governor of Maine and of a snowman.
2. no Children in New York made the biggest snowman in 1999.
3. yes, the snowman had a hat and a scarf.
4. yes, the snowman was part of a school project.
5. no Children in Mexico built a snowman bigger than Angas.

F. Complete the sentences with comparative and superlative forms. Use the adjectives in parentheses.

1. The most expensive camera cost $60,000. It's an old camera from 1901. That's a lot most expensive than today's disposable digital cameras. These cost only $10 to $15.

2. One of the most successful novels of all time is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It sold over 200 million copies. It is even most successful than Tolkien's the Hobbit.

3. Many of the richest people made their money in the computer industry.

Bill Gates of Microsoft is richer than any king or queen in the world.

4. The biggest burger was 6,000 pounds (2.74 tonnes). People iin the state of Montana made it. That's bigger than some elephants.

G. Read the email. Answer yes or no.

1. no Rashid is taking a vacation to Malaysia.
2. yes, Rashid's brother recommends the beaches in Malaysia.
3. yes, Rashid is going on a ski vacation in the summer.
4. yes, the ski resort is in a shopping mall.
5. no Rashid wants to go to the desert with Saeed in the summer.
6. yes, the desert is not far from Rashid's home.
7. yes, Rashid thinks that camping in the desert is an adventurous activity.

H. WRITING

Write about your last vacation. Where did you go? What did you do? Compare it to another vacation you took.

My Vacation

I went to pike's peak in Colorado. It was great! We took a train to the top of the mountain. It is the tallest mountain in the state of Colorado. Before that, I went to the beach on vacation. It was fun, but I really like the mountains. For me, the mountains are nicer than the beach. Hiking is more fun than swimming, so my vacation to Pike's peak was better than my vacation to the beach.