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10 I’m good at English but I’m not ………………………………… (good) in my
class – Stefanos is ………………………………… than me. (good)

4 Complete the text with these words.

bad good worse better worst best

My sister and I work very hard and we both get (1) ……………..
marks at school. But she says that she is (2) …………….. than me
at English because she studies more. I asked my teacher to give
us a test so we could find out who is the (3) …………….. !
Well, we did the test yesterday but we were both ill – and guess
what? Our marks were very (4) …………….. ! She got 10 out of 20
and I only got 8 – my marks were (5) …………….. than hers! Now
she’s telling people at school that I’m the (6) …………….. student
in the world!!!

5 Correct the mistakes.

1 That animal is the more dangerous in the world. ..……………………………..

2 Who is the better student in the class? …………………………………………..

3 My dad is older that your dad. …………………………………………..

4 She’s beautifuller than her sister. …………………………………………..

5 She’s oldest girl in the class. …………………………………………..

6 TV is more good than radio. …………………………………………..

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Smash Grammar 1

The imperative
Examples:
Open your books.
Be quiet!
Don’t talk in the lesson.
Don’t shout – I can hear you!

Remember that imperatives begin with the verb without the personal pronoun,
eg
Give me the money.
Stand up!
Say something!
Negatives begin with Don’t, followed by the verb,
eg
Don’t move!
Don’t write on the desk.
You can add please when you want to make an imperative sound more polite.
Help me with these boxes, please.

1 Circle the correct answer.
1 Open / Don’t open the window – it’s very cold outside!
2 That’s mine! Give / Don’t give it to me!
3 Shout / Don’t shout in the lesson!
4 Open / Don’t open your books and look at page 57.
5 Be / Don’t be quiet – I’m trying to work.
6 If there’s a fire, use / don’t use the lift.
7 Put / Don’t put your hand up if you know the answer.
8 Look / Don’t look at the answers yet.
9 Sit / Don’t sit down – and talk / don’t talk!

2 Complete the dialogue with these words.
tell answer come speak sit open do

Teacher: Billy, (1) ……….. your book and (2) ……….. us the answer to
question one.
Billy: Question one, sir?

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Teacher: Yes, Billy. (3) ……….. it quickly, please. We’re waiting.
Billy: Um … question one … question one ...
Teacher: OK, (4) ……….. down, Billy. George – do you know the answer?
George: Um, I think it was …
Teacher: What are you saying, George? (5) ……….. more clearly, please!
George: The name of the goddess was Athena.
Teacher: Excellent, George. Now Billy, (6) ……….. question two, please.
Billy: Question two, sir? Um …
Teacher: (7) ……….. and see me at the end of the lesson, Billy.
3 What do you say when …
1 it’s noisy and you can’t sleep?
‘ ………… quiet, please.’
2 someone is standing up and you can’t see?
‘ ………… down, please.’
3 someone takes your pen?
‘ ………… me my pen, please.’
4 you don’t want your friend to call you after 11?
‘ ………… ……… me after 11.’
5 you don’t want to know the answer?
‘ ………… ………… me the answer.’
6 you don’t want someone to eat your pizza?
‘ ………… ………… my pizza!’

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Smash Grammar 1

Prepositions of place

Examples:
The dog is in the house / in the garden.
The ball is behind the television.
The car is in front of the house.

We use prepositions of place to say where something is. We can use these
prepositions:
In, on, behind, next to, under, in front of, between, near.

1 Circle the correct answer.
1 My house is under / between the school and the shops.
2 The board is on / in the wall near / in the door.
3 Let’s sit between / under this tree.
4 The car is in front of / in the house.
5 Do you want to sit under / next to me?

2 Find the prepositions of place and use them in the sentences.

UNDERADRI
WS A R E D J L N
S AGI BF AP F
T NS L E V S OR
UE AKHCQRO
OX CHI RY T N
L T Z GNUI F T
HT BDDI GE O
WO Y S B K J S F
CS DROL X CS
V F OBL E L J V
H B E T WE E N Y
T AZ YERHKQ
E N E A R GOMN

1 My cat sleeps u………… my bed.
2 There’s a park n………… our school.
3 The bear is b………… two igloos.
4 Your bag is b………… the door.
5 Jane sits n………… ………… me.
6 The teacher stands ………… f………… ………… the board.

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3 Answer for you now. …………………………………
1 Who/What is behind you? …………………………………
2 Who/What is in front of you? …………………………………
3 Who/What is next to you? …………………………………
4 Who/What is near you? …………………………………
5 Who/What is between you and the door? …………………………………
6 What is in your bag? …………………………………
7 What is on your desk? …………………………………
8 What is under your desk?

4 Complete the text with these words.
behind in (x2) near next under

My house is a small cottage (1) ……….. the town. There’s a garage
(2) ……….. to the house. We keep our car and caravan (3) ………..
there. (4) ……….. the house, there is a big garden. The kitchen is
(5) ……….. my bedroom, so I can hear my brother when he looks
(6) ……….. the fridge for something to eat!

5 Correct the mistakes. ………………………………….
1 There’s a tree in front the house. ………………………………….
2 The cat is behind from the garage. ………………………………….
3 She sits between of John and Nancy. ………………………………….
4 There’s a shop next of the school. ………………………………….
5 He lives on a nice house. ………………………………….
6 Near of my house there is a park. ………………………………….
7 Your book is on to the table. ………………………………….
8 The ball is under to the car.

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Smash Grammar 1

Dates and ordinal numbers
When we write dates, we write them like this:
17th October, 2007
October 17th, 2007
17/10/07
17.10.2007
When we say the dates, we say:
The seventeenth of October, two thousand and seven.
October the seventeenth, two thousand and seven.

We can also use ordinal numbers like this:
He was the first person there.
She came second and won a prize.

1 Circle the correct answer.
1 The party is on one / the first of May
2 Tomorrow is the twentyeth / twentieth of September.
3 His birthday is on the twenty-third / twenty-three of March.
4 My favourite month is Febuary / February.
5 He came two / second in the competition.
6 My friend was the one / first person to answer.
7 There were seventeen / seventeenth people in the room.
8 What’s the date today? Is it the twelveth / twelfth?
9 She came here in October / Octomber.
10 Christmas Day is on the twenty-fifth / twenty-fifth of December.

2 Fill in the gaps with one word.
1 Today is …………… fifth …………… June.
2 Bill came first, Susan came …………… , and I came third.
3 My sister is 16. Her …………… birthday was last week.
4 When you are 21, you can have a ……………-…………… birthday party.
5 The little boy was born in two thousand …………… four.
6 His birthday is …………… November the eighteenth.
7 We write 1999 like this – nineteen ……………-nine.
8 We don’t have school on January …………… first.

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3 Write the ordinal numbers in words.

Number Ordinal In words Number Ordinal In words
number number
1 1st 6 6th
2 2nd 7 7th
3 3rd 8 8th
4 4th 9 9th
5 5th 10 10th

4 Write the dates in words. S AUGUST
JULY 7 MTWT F S S
14
MTWT F S 21 1234
123456 28 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 31
29 30 31

1 1st July is a Monday. …………………………………………………..

2 Mum’s birthday is on 13th July. …………………………………………………..

3 Our holiday starts on 22nd July. …………………………………………………..

4 We come home on 12th August. …………………………………………………..

5 15th August is a holiday. …………………………………………………..

6 31st August is a Saturday. …………………………………………………..

5 Complete for you. Write the numbers and the words.

1 When is your birthday? …………. …………………………………..

2 What year were you born? …………. …………………………………..

3 When is your friend’s birthday? …………. …………………………………..

4 What’s the date today? …………. …………………………………..

5 What year is it? …………. …………………………………..

6 When will you be 16? …………. …………………………………..

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Level One Smash Grammar Key

be: present simple

1
1 is
2 are
3 are
4 am
5 is
6 is
7 are

2
1 He’s
2 It isn’t
3 You’re
4 I’m not
5 We’re
6 They’re
7 She isn’t

3
1 is
2 I’m
3 are
4 They’re
5 aren’t
6 isn’t

4
1 Is
2 Are
3 Are
4 Am
5 Is
6 Is
7 Are

5
1 Is he from England?
2 Is he your friend?
3 Are you from GRuresesciae??
4 Are you 12?

6
1 It is a book.
2 I am not hungry.
3 I am 10.

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4 My name’s Sue.
5 They aren’t twins.
6 Is she a girl?
7 We are not teachers.
8 She isn’t happy.

7
1 They are not at school.
2 She isn’t my friend.
3 You’re GFreneckh. .
4 It’s a dog!
5 We aren’t hungry.
6 Is he a teacher?
7 They’re boys.

a/an; some

1
a: tower, car, mobile phone, forest, clock

an: umbrella, animal, igloo, apple, electronic toy

2
1 some
2a
3 an
4a
5 some
6a
7 an
8 some

3
1a
2 an
3 Some
4 an
5a
6 an
7a
8a

4
1a
2a
3 some
4a
5 an
6 some

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5
1 She’s a girl.
2 It’s an orange.
3 I’ve got some flowers.
4 It’s an old desk.
5 She’s a nice person.
6 They are twins.

Plurals; this/that/these/those

1
1 doors
2 buses
3 churches
4 parties
5 shoes
6 lives
7 men
8 toys

2
1 leaves
2 teeth
3 sandwiches
4 feet
5 cities
6 pianos

3

ASDT CNYUL
PI YRHF SCS
YBABI EST Y
EF HJ L ERYN
X WI N D O WS K
Y OL URDS KB
B MH P E OP L E
HEZ XNNPEP
K N I V E S I MJ
KHGRE BL OD
UEL RPL NNB
V BOY S DS S A
Y T OT T Y KUF
BUSESDF AS

1 women
2 children
3 knives

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4 igloos
5 windows
6 lemons
7 people
8 babies
9 boys
10 buses

4
1 apples
2 houses
3 monkeys
4 are
5 Those
6 trees

5
1 These are books.
2 Those are my friends.
3 These are children.
4 Those are apples.
5 These are buses.
6 Those are good ideas!

6
1 Is that a cupboard?
2 Look at those trees.
3 Are these your pens?
4 Those are my books.
5 That is my brother.

7
1 children
2 churches
3 This
4 Those
5 parties
6 people

there is / there are

1
1 is
2 are
3 are
4 Is
5 Are
6 is

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2
1 isn’t
2 aren’t
3 isn’t
4 isn’t
5 aren’t

3
1 are
2 isn’t
3 is
4 Is, is

4
1 Is there a zoo in your town?
2 Are there two boys in your class?
3 Is there a clock in this room?
4 Are there monkeys in the forest?

5
Students’ answers:
1 Yes, there is / No, there isn’t.
2 Yes there are. / No, there aren’t.
3 Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
4 Yes, there are. / No there aren’t.

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Students’ answers

7
1 are
2 isn’t
3 isn’t
4 is
5 Is
6 Are

Countable/uncountable; some / any / a lot of / a few / much / many

1
1 some
2 an
3 lot
4 many, a few
5 a, many

2
1-
2 an

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3a
4 the
5 a, a

3
1 is
2 is
3 are
4 Are
5 is
6 is

4
1 a)
2 b)
3 a)
4 b)
5 a)

5
1 There is a lot of food.
2 I’ve got some money.
3 Is there any juice?
4 There aren’t any desks.
5 How much money is there?
6 I haven’t got much milk.
7 There aren’t many people.
8 How many girls are there?

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Students’ answers

7
1 b)
2 c)
3 b)
4 c)
5 a)
6 d)
7 c)
8 d)
9 b)
10 a)
11 c)
12 d)

can (ability and permission)

1

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1 can
2 can
3 can’t
4 can’t

2
1 swim
2 go
3 or
4 help

3
1 I can speak German.
2 Peter cannot understand this.
3 Can we go to the party?
4 I can’t see you.

4
1 can I
2 you can’t
3 I can
4 you can
5 Can you

5
1 Can I have a sandwich?
2 Can I go to the cinema?
3 Can I go to the park with a friend? / Can we go to the park?
4 Can you tell me the answer?

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Students’ answers

Present continuous

1
1 writing
2 saying
3 sitting
4 looking
5 rehearsing
6 holding
7 doing
8 winning

2
1 are
2 are
3 am

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4 is
5 are
6 is
7 is, am

3
1 are having
2 are learning
3 is looking
4 am doing
5 are talking

4
1 aren’t
2 isn’t
3 aren’t
4 isn’t

5
1 Are the students playing?
Yes, they are.
2 Are you and your friends running?
No, we aren’t.
3 Are you sleeping?
No, I’m not.
4 Is the dog swimming?
Yes, it is.

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Students’ answers

be: past simple

1
1 was
2 were
3 was
4 was
5 were
6 was

2
1 was
2 weren’t
3 was
4 were
5 wasn’t
6 were
7 was

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3
1 That test was easy.
2 Rob wasn’t at home today.
3 Were you at school today?
4 Ann wasn’t here on Monday.
5 We weren’t good at sport.
6 I wasn’t tall when I was young.

4
1 The test wasn’t difficult. It was easy.
2 The boys weren’t stupid. They were clever.
3 The man wasn’t tall. He was short.
4 Alexander wasn’t English. He was Greek.
5 The exercises weren’t easy. They were difficult.

5
1 Was the weather nice yesterday?
2 Was Alexander strong and clever?
3 Were Zorro and Popeye heroes?
4 Were you at school last Wednesday?
Students’ answers

Present simple; adverbs of frequency

1
1 like
2 plays
3 live
4 eats
5 tries
6 washes
7 does
8 goes

2

1
S
2
OF T E N

M
3
NEVER

T

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Students’ answers

3
1 don’t
2 don’t
3 doesn’t
4 doesn’t
5 doesn’t
6 doesn’t, don’t

4
1 I usually do my homework in the mornings.
2 We never go on holiday in the winter.
3 That football team doesn’t often win.
4 My parents sometimes give me money.
5 Do you always play football at weekends?

5
1 Does she live with her sister? No, she doesn’t.
2 Do you enjoy English lessons? Yes, I do.
3 Do they usually eat meat? No, they don’t.
4 Do you know the answer? Yes, I do.

Present simple / Present continuous

1
1 buy
2 am doing
3 do you go
4 reads
5 are you laughing
6 sleep, am sleeping

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2
1 am writing
2 use
3 are having
4 am using
5 watch
6 plays
7 am listening
8 Do you know

3
Students’ answers

4
1 I don’t like
2 plays
3 Do you play
4 don’t
5 Are you looking

have got / haven’t got

1
1 have
2 have
3 Has
4 have
5 has
6 hasn’t

2
1 Have the twins got brown hair? Yes, they have.
2 Have we got any cheese? No, we haven’t.
3 Has Peter got a pen? No, he hasn’t.
4 Has your computer got a DVD player? Yes, it has.

3
Students’ answers

Past simple; regular / irregular verbs

1
laughed, finished, wanted, liked, walked, waved, clapped, played, talked,
changed

2
1 pointed

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2 stopped
3 looked
4 visited
5 cried
6 studied
7 shouted
8 loved

3
1 I didn’t look at my homework.
2 I didn’t phone you last night.
3 They didn’t want to eat.
4 The boys didn’t like the film.
5 You didn’t work hard.
6 It didn’t rain on Monday.
7 I didn’t believe the story.

4
1 Did he take the money? Yes, he did.
2 Did you cycle to school? No, I didn’t.
3 Did he finish his homework? Yes, he did.
4 Did Mark believe you? No, he didn’t.
5 Did you stop and look? Yes, I did.

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A become Î became
B begin Î began
C break Î broke

bring Î brought
buy Î bought
can Î could
choose Î chose
come Î came
cut Î cut

D do Î did
E draw Î drew
F drink Î drank

drive Î drove
eat Î ate
fall Î fell
find Î found
fly Î flew
forget Î forgot

G
H get Î got
I give Î gave

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J go Î went
K have Î had
L hold Î held

know Î knew
learn Î learned/learnt
leave Î left
lose Î lost

M
N make Î made
O mean Î meant
P meet Î met
Q put Î put
R read Î read

rewrite Î rewrote
ride Î rode
ring Î rang
run Î ran

say Î said
S see Î saw

sing Î sang
sit Î sat
shake Î shook
sleep Î slept
speak Î spoke
stand Î stood
swim Î swam

T take Î took
U teach Î taught
V tell Î told
W think Î thought
X understand Î understood
Y wake Î woke
Z wear Î wore

win Î won
write Î wrote

6
1g
2f
3i
4b
5d
6h
7a
8j

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9c
10 e

7

L OS T AL I OP
B F R WA D O P Q
E DGV S OP KU
J NBE GANS N
T UY GCF UX D
AT P E F GT NE
B U L MOH E MR
OJ OI RJ RI S
U S P N G K WY T
GX Y X OE ORO
HKERT EPCO
T RS T GS F S D
I QDY DDCNS
DP E F E L L GS

1 lost
2 bought
3 forgot
4 fell
5 began
6 understood

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1 know
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3 drink
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5 leave
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7 understand
8 threw
9 said
10 3

Dates and ordinal numbers

1
1 the first of
2 twentieth
3 twenty-third
4 February
5 second
6 first
7 seventeen

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8 twelfth
9 October
10 the twenty-fifth

2
1 the, of
2 second
3 sixteenth
4 twenty-first
5 and
6 on
7 ninety
8 the

3
first, second, third fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth

4
1 First
2 thirteenth
3 twenty-second
4 twelfth
5 Fifteenth
6 Thirty-first

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Students’ answers

Personal/object/possessive pronouns; possessive adjectives; ’s; whose

1 me my mine
I you your yours
him his
you her her his
he its hers
she it our
it us their –
we them ours
they theirs

2
1 me
2 Whose
3 Bill’s
4 us
5 parents’

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6 them

3
1 He
2 She
3 We
4 It
5 They

4
1 her
2 Its
3 their
4 our
5 their
6 Your

5
1 This is my bag.
2 She is their mum.
3 Those books are mine.
4 I don’t like them.
5 Our teacher tells us to be quiet.

6
1 mother’s
2 Gregory’s
3 children’s
4 teachers’
5 boy’s

7
1 She’s my mum’s.
2 They’re yours.
3 It’s Tommy’s.
4 It’s Maria’s.

8
1 yours, it
2 we, Yours
3 them
4 me
5 hers, his, theirs
6 us
7 our

Prepositions of place

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1
1 between
2 on, near
3 under
4 in front of
5 next to

2

UNDERADRI
WS A R E D J L N
S AGI BF AP F
T NS L E V S OR
UE AKHCQRO
OX CHI RY T N
L T Z GNUI F T
HT BDDI GE O
WO Y S B K J S F
CS DROL X CS
V F OBL E L J V
H B E T WE E N Y
T AZ YERHKQ
E N E A R GOMN

1 under
2 near
3 between
4 behind
5 next to
6 in front of

3
Students’ answers

4
1 near
2 next to
3 in
4 Behind
5 under
6 in

5
1 in front of
2 behind
3 between
4 next to
5 in
6 Near my
7 on the

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8 under the

must / mustn’t / have to

1
1 must go
2 must not
3 mustn’t
4 have to

2
School rules

x You mustn’t listen to music.
x You mustn’t talk in the lesson.
x You mustn’t eat in the classroom.
x You mustn’t use your mobile phone.
x You must do all your homework.
x You must remember to bring books.
x You mustn’t ride your bike in the school.
x You mustn’t have long hair (boys).
x You mustn’t wear make-up (girls).
x You must listen to the teacher.
x You mustn’t run in the school.

3
Suggested answers
1 write on the desk
2 walk on the road
3 eat with clean hands
4 throw a mobile phone
5 be careful
6 swim in a dirty river

4
Students’ answers

5
1 must be
2 must have
3 must hit
4 mustn’t go
5 must hit
6 must try

going to

1

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1 is
2 are
3 are
4 is
5 is
6 Are
7 is
8 am

2
1 I’m
2 It isn’t
3 We aren’t
4 You’re
5 She isn’t
6 We’re, we aren’t

3
1 are going to have
2 are going to invite
3 is going to buy
4 isn’t going to cook
5 is going to make
6 aren’t going to listen
7 are going to watch

Question words (who, what, where, which)

1
1 Which
2 Where
3 What
4 Who
5 Where
6 What

2
1b
2d
3a
4c

3
1 Which CD did you buy?
2 Who broke my mobile?
3 Where did you go on holiday?
4 Which song do you like?

4

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1 What
2 Where
3 Who
4 Which
5 Which
6 What
7 Who
8 Where

5
1 Who
2 Where
3 Which
4 What

will / won’t

1
1 I’ll
2 She’ll
3 They’ll
4 We’ll
5 I won’t
6 We won’t

2
1 people will
2 Will you
3 Children will not/won’t
4 I will/I’ll
5 Will we
6 I will/I’ll

3
1 I’ll carry your books.
2 Margaret won’t pass this test.
3 Will we have new computers?
4 Will you help me, please?
5 Will the boys win? No, they won’t.

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Students’ answers

5
Students’ answers

will / going to

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1
1 are going to paint
2 will get up
3 will give
4 are going to watch
5 won’t

Comparatives/superlatives

1
cold colder coldest
hot hotter hottest
small smaller smallest
big bigger biggest
interesting more interesting most interesting
good better best
hungry hungrier hungriest
bad worse worst
nice nicer nicest

2
1 Geography is harder than English.
2 MP3s are newer than CDs.
3 My sister is more intelligent than her friends.
4 This bag is more expensive than that bag.
5 Her test results are worse than mine.
6 John’s homework is better than yours.

3
1 warmer than
2 more interesting than
3 the biggest
4 fatter than
5 tastier than
6 the most difficult
7 easier
8 more comfortable
9 the most useful
10 the best, better

4
1 good
2 better
3 best
4 bad
5 worse
6 worst

5

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1 most
2 best
3 older than
4 more beautiful
5 the oldest
6 better than

Imperatives

1
1 Don’t open
2 Give
3 Don’t shout
4 Open
5 Be
6 don’t use
7 Put
8 Don’t look
9 Sit, don’t talk

2
1 open
2 tell
3 do
4 sit
5 Speak
6 answer
7 Come

3
1 Be
2 Sit
3 Give
4 Don’t call
5 Don’t tell
6 Don’t eat

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