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Comparatives
Fill in the blanks with the comparative form of the adjectives in parentheses.
1 Seattle is

Houston. (beautiful)

2 Houses in Denver are

houses in San Francisco. (cheap)

3 Is London

Rome? (exciting)

4 Apartments are

houses. (noisy)

5 Mexico City is

Miami. (big)

6 His first book was

the second one. (bad)

7 This kitchen is

that one. (modern)

8 The Dimant Hotel is

the Wesley Hotel. (good)

9 Small towns are

big cities. (friendly)

10 Airplanes are

cars. (safe)

Superlatives
Put the words below in order to write sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives.
1 the Palace is / expensive / in the city / hotel
2 day / happy / of my life / it was
3 city / in Europe / Geneva / clean / is / one of
4 vacation / I ever had / it / was / bad
5 has / beautiful / London / parks / in the world
6 meal / on the menu / good / was / that

Have to / cant
Fill in the blanks with have to, has to, dont have to, doesnt have to, or cant.
1 Dana
2 You

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talk about her work. Its a secret.

wait outside. Come in!
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3 Ahmed

get up early because he starts work at 7:00 a.m.

4 Jean
5 I

wear a suit to work. She can wear jeans and a shirt.

talk to all the visitors to the company because Im the receptionist.

Would rather / prefer to

Use the words to write sentences with would rather or would prefer to.
1 he / rather / be / mechanic
2 I / prefer / not / commute / so far
3 I / rather / not / tell / you / about it
4 we / prefer / sit / in my office
5 they / prefer / work / part-time

Modifiers
Circle the correct word or phrase.
1 That dress is (not formal enough / pretty formal) for a wedding. I need a
more formal one.
2 This jacket is (pretty / too) warm, but Id prefer something warmer.
3 Is this T-shirt (big enough / really big) for Tim? Yes, its just right.
4 You cant wear those jeans to work! Theyre (not casual enough / too casual).
5 I love these boots! Theyre (very comfortable / too comfortable ).

Possessive pronouns
Fill in the blanks with possessive pronouns.
1 This is my car. This car is

2 These arent our tickets. These tickets arent

3 Those are your shoes in the hall. Those shoes in the hall are
4 Is this her coat? Is this coat

5 It was their idea. The idea was

6 Thats his leather jacket. That leather jacket is

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To for purpose; because

Fill in the blanks. Use the phrases below.
get a better job want to play better
celebrate my brothers new job

get a degree have to get a better score

want to talk about your problems

1 Shes taking a computer class to

2 You only invite me to your house because you

3 Theyre going to take the test again because they

4 We went out to dinner to

5 James is going to college to

6 Im going to take some tennis lessons because I

Would like to, want to, plan to, be going to

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of would like to, want to, be going to, or plan to.
1 I would like to
look for one now.

(like) find a different job, but I

2 Sharon
start in the fall.

(want) go back to college. She

3 Jean and Darren

(like) open on November first.
4 We

(not go)
(plan)

(go) open a business. They

(want) learn more English because we

(plan) travel around the United States and Canada.

5 I
(not go) take that job in Texas. I
leave my family and friends.

(not want)

Vocabulary
a Fill in the blanks with the words below.
cheap
pass

relaxing
overweight

tall
straight

quiet
graduate

1 This leather coat was really

2 Her hair is very

accountant
journalist

. I only paid 20 dollars for it.

, but shed like to have curly hair.

3 As a(n)

, Tamara writes about what happens all over the world.

4 Its very

to go home after a busy day and read a book.

5 Jannas parents are short, but she is really

6 She plans to
7 He became a(n)

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from the university in 2006.

because he is very good with money.

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8 I took the exam last week but Im afraid I didnt

9 People who are

it.

should eat less and do more exercise.

10 Life in the city is too noisy for me. I prefer to live in a

place.

b Write the names of the clothes under the pictures.

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Listening
Audio

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. Write T (true) or F (false).

1 Keith is not happy in the city.

2 Keiths apartment is big enough for him.
3 Keith walks to work.
4 Keiths neighbors are friendly.
5 The city where Keith lives is not very noisy.
6 Life in the city is expensive.
7 Keith is staying in the city for two years.
8 Keith is going to get another degree.

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