UNIT 9: This one is better.
In this unit you will learn the following:
• How to ask for and give opinions
• How to agree
• How to disagree
Here are the words you will learn to use:
mushroom
agree
onion
basketball player
pair of sunglasses
beans
bread
pants
pasta
broccoli
peas
cabbage
potato
cap
rice
carrot
suitcase
cauliflower
surfboard
cucumber
think
horse
tomato
ice-cream
very
jockey
very much
lettuce
like
bad
big
boring
cheap
expensive
good
heavy
interesting
light
narrow
short
small
tall
wide
worse
bigger
more boring
cheaper
more expensive
better
heavier
more interesting
lighter
narrower
shorter
smaller
taller
wider
worst
biggest
most boring
cheapest
most expensive
best
heaviest
most interesting
lightest
narrowest
shortest
smallest
tallest
widest
Here are some phrases you will learn to use:
What do you think ... ?
Do you like ... ?
Can I help you?
Here are some sentences you will practice:
I don’t like this restaurant.
I think this one is better.
I think it is very interesting.
I don’t agree.
I think doing business is better
than teaching.
Grammar tips:
The new structures in
ives
this unit are comparat
and superlatives.
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1
2
I like oranges.
3
4
I like ice cream.
5
I don’t like
bananas.
I don’t like burgers.
6
I don’t like chips.
I like nuts.
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UNIT 9
Do you like...?
1
2
bread
4
3
potatoes
5
pasta
7
6
onions
8
carrots
10
tomatoes
cauliflower
beans
12
cabbage
14
cucumber
peas
9
11
13
rice
broccoli
15
lettuce
mushrooms
No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
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This one is better.
1
2
Can I help you?
I don’t like cabbage.
Yes. I’d like that
cabbage, please.
3
4
Can ....................... ?
Yes, .............................
cucumber, .......................
5
I ..................................
I .......................................
6
I like this restaurant.
I think it’s very good.
7
I like cabbage.
8
I like this book. I think
it’s very interesting.
I don’t like this restaurant.
I don’t think it’s very good.
I don’t like this book.
I think it’s boring.
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UNIT 9
1
2
a basketball player
tall
taller
3
tallest
4
a horse
a jockey
5
short
shorter
shortest
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This one is better.
1
2
heavy
3
light
4
heavy
6
5
heavier
7
light
heaviest
8
lighter
lightest
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UNIT 9
1
2
expensive
more expensive
cheap
cheaper
most expensive
3
a pair of sunglasses
4
cheapest
5
a surfboard
wide
wider
widest
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This one is better.
1
pants
narrow
narrower
narrowest
a cap
big
bigger
biggest
a cap
small
smaller
smallest
2
3
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UNIT 9
1
2
good
better
best
bad
3
worst
4
I think this restaurant is
good. What do you think?
5
worse
I think this
one is better.
6
I like that suitcase.
What do you think?
Yes, I think it’s a good one, but that
one is better. I like it very much.
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The Bensons
1
2
I’m a teacher at
the school here.
What do you teach?
I teach English.
3
4
Do you like teaching
English?
I was a businessman but
now I’m a teacher. I think
teaching is better.
Yes, I do. I like
it very much.
5
6
I don’t agree. I think
doing business is better
than teaching.
What do you think?
I agree. I think
teaching is better.
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