UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
I.Using the comparative form of the adjectives:
1. Which metal is ………………, silver or gold? (hard)
2. Which animal is …………….., an elephant or a giraffe? (heavy)
3. Which city is ………………, Chicago or New York? (big)
4. Which is ……………., white rice or brown rice? (nutritious)
5. Which planet is …………..from the Earth: Mars or Jupiter? (far)
6. Which flavor of ice cream is ……………., vanilla or chocolate?
(popular)
7. Which food is ……………, a baked potato or a cup of cooked
rice? (fattening)
8. Which type of transportation is …………., the plane or the train?
(dangerous)
II.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets:
9. When I was at primary school, I was made to …………….a poem every
week.(memory)
10.His heart swelled with ……….as he stood watching his son graduate.(proud)
11.Are you sure that your opinions are…………….of all the workers here?
(represent)
12.It was hard work, but the sense of …………………..was great.(achieve)
13.These photos are very important……………..value.(history)
III.Choose the best answers:
1. New York was ……..a Dutch trading post.
A. recently
B. conditionally
C. originally
D. continually
2. Her name was skillfully ……………on the inside of the gold ring.
A. engraved
B. written
C. printed
D. placed
3. Scientists believe that the Universe came into ………….about fifteen billion
years ago.
A. achievement
B. tradition
C. memory
D. existence
4. If something is giant, it must be very ……………
A. small
B. beautiful
C. large
D. strange
5. I have …………..books as he has.
A. twice as many
B. twice many
C. twice more
D. as many twice
6. Learning to play the guitar well is not ………………it seems when you are a
Listener.
A. easier as
B. as easily as
C. so easy as
D. so easily as
7. “ I didn’t catch the train.” “You ………………it if you had hurried.”
A. had caught
B. might caught
C. could catch
D. could have caught
8. “Have you got a ticket?” “………………”
A. At the ticket office
B. Yes please
C. You’re welcome
D. Here it is
9. If Japanese is hard to learn, Arabic is even ……………
A. more hard
B. harder
C. most hard
D. hardest
10. Emma arrived at the party ………….later than Carol did.
A. much
B. more
C. very
D. most
IV. Pronunciation:
A.Stress:
1. A.establish
B. educate
C. existence
D. tradition
2. A. behaviour
B. talented
C. brilliant
D. festival
B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
3. A. confucian
B. feudal
C. cultural
D. enthusiast
4. A. existence
B. exercise
C. excellent
D. except
V. Rewrite the sentences:
1. Tom is better at mathematics than Paul.
Tom is not……………………………..
2. The children have never made a longer journey than this.
This is……………………………………………………
3. We haven’t had dinner together for many years.
It’s many years……………………………………………
4. Is this the cheapest laptop you have got?
Have you got……………………………………………..?
5. Please don’t wear shorts into the temples.
Would you mind…………………………………………?