HW ex. A & B & C p. 37 - 38

exercise 2 Work with a partner and say the sentences in English.
1. This is the best summer job (that) I have ever had.
2. The salary/pay is better than last summer.
3. The work days / working days are longer than before.
4. My work is more interesting than I thought.
5. My colleagues are also the most helpful people (that) I know.
6. My job sounds worse than yours.
7. At least the salary/pay is smaller/lower.
8. The days seem longer than at school.
9. Even the teachers are more understanding than my boss.
10. Luckily my colleagues are also the greatest / the most amazing (that) I have ever had.

exercise 3 Work with a partner and say the sentences in English.
1. My car is as good as yours.
2. But it’s not as good as my old car.
3. John thinks (that) he is better than everyone else.
4. I get / am getting much / a lot better/higher grades/marks than last year even though / although / though the modules are a bit / a little harder / more difficult.
5. The more I sleep, the more tired I am.
6. Especially in the fall/autumn when (the) days get shorter and shorter.
7. This year has been even rainier / more rainy than last year.
8. Have you seen the latest Star Wars film?
9. Is it different from/than/to the first (one)?
10. I think it’s too similar to the first (one).
11. I have the same dress as you. Luckily I didn’t put it on today.
12. I hate people who think that they are superior to others.
13. They try to make everyone/everybody else feel inferior to them.
14. The more/further I study, the more interesting everything gets.

exercise 5 Fill in. Use each word only once.
1. That was such a sick joke that I was physically ill afterwards.
2. I’m so afraid of scary movies.
3. I’m so glad to hear such happy news!
4. Judy says she is not a lonely person even though she lives alone.
5. You really should let sleeping dogs stay asleep.
6. Tina is living proof of what it is like when you are really alive.

exercise 6 Fill in according to the clues.
1. My baby sister is five years old, but I also have a twenty-year-old brother.
2. The news said that every young person / every teenager spends an astounding number of hours per day online.
3. Are you afraid of the unknown?
4. That’s it! You’re grounded for the next / the following three weeks.
5. Do you think young people / the young are more open-minded than old people / the old?
6. There are more 90-year-olds now than ever before.
7. Good old Peter. You can always trust him to take care of all the silly little details.
8. The past few weeks / The last couple of weeks have been the best weeks of my life.
9. My grandmother lived in that little red cottage up on the hill.