English/Spanish - Homework 6, part two - Class 6

B) Find a synonym for the next words in the text, the words are in bold:
3. Comparatives/superlatives
Inhabitants a.Laborers b. Person c. Animals d. People 1.3 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the adjective.
1. London is the __biggest__ (big/bigger/biggest) city in the United
Main a.Unimportant b .Mild c. Principal d. Intensity Kingdom.
2. Manchester is ___wetter___ (wet/wetter/wettest) than Rome.
Impediments a. Benefits b.Complication c.Assistance d. Aid 3. Moscow is ___colder than____ (cold than/colder than/cold as) Munich.
s 4. I think that Istanbul is the __must beautiful__ (more beautiful/most
Stuck a. Confused b.Perplexed c.Progress d.Trapped beautiful /beautifullest) city in the world.
5. In my opinion, Tokyo is ___more interesting than__ (more interesting
Comprehensive a. b.Complete c. Exclusive d. than/ most interesting) Mumbai.
Understandabl Unlimited
e 2. Read through this text about Prague and decide on the best answer for
Brainstorming each blank.

1.1 Answer the following questions about your city:
1. What is the name of your city? Prague is one of the (1)__most__ popular tourist
9 de Julio ___________________________________________________ destinations in Europe. After all the political
2. Where is it? changes of the early 1990's, the capital of the
In Argentina ________________________________________________ Czech Republic began to take advantage of its
3. What is the city like? beautiful cultural and architectural heritage to
It is quiet and a safe place _____________________________________ attract __more__(2) tourists than ever before.
4. How big is the city?
It is one of the largest cities in the interior of the province of Buenos Prague is a __smaller__(3) city than many
Aires people imagine and it is __very__(4) easy to
5. What is the best thing about it? move around this wonderful city on foot. Public
The squares, the city center and some shops ______________________ transport is _cheaper_(5) in Prague than in _every_(6) other European
2. Checking your vocabulary cities but it is often __better__ (7) to walk, enabling you to appreciate
marvelous buildings you might have missed if you had been sitting on a bus
1.2 Write the adjectives in the correct column. Some can go in more than or a train.
one column.
__Some___(8) people leave the city of Prague without commenting on the
Modern, new, huge, beautiful, elegant, tall, big, quiet, rich, polluted, dangerous, splendid food and drink available here. Eating out here is a _little more
fantastic, old, ugly, small, noisy, poor, safe, wonderful, sunny, dry, exciting , wet, expensive_ (9) than it used to be but you can still have a three course meal
busy, cold ,luxurious, crowded, hot, interesting , cosmopolitan, windy. for around $15 without any problems.


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2.1 After you have read the text match the best answer for each blank. 3. Using the information from the chart below make a comparison between
two cities Los Angeles and New York. You need to include adjectives,
1. a. more b. most c. very comparatives and superlatives, places that people can visit and the activities
that you can do there. Do not forget to include linking words: First, second,
2. a. bigger b. more c. many and , so , because, but, then, finally. (70 – 90 words)

3. a. smaller b. more small c. smallest ________________________________________________________
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4. a. very b. more c. such
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5. a. very cheap b. more cheap c. cheaper ________________________________________________________
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6. a. every b. most c. more ________________________________________________________
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7. a. better b. more good c. most good
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8. a. some b. much c. little ________________________________________________________
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9. a. very cheaper b. little more expensive c. little cheaper ________________________________________________________
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City Places to visit Population Area Settled Temperature
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Los -Malibú 3,857,799 469.3 57.2 degrees
Angeles -Beverly Hills inhabitants square 1781 F (January)
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-Disneyland miles 74.1 degrees ________________________________________________________
-Grauman’s F (July) ________________________________________________________
Chinese ________________________________________________________
Theater ________________________________________________________
-Hollywood’s ________________________________________________________
walk of fame.
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New York -Statue of 8,336,697 308.9 1625 31.8F
Liberty inhabitants square (January) ________________________________________________________
-Times Square miles 76.7 F (July) ________________________________________________________
-Central Park ________________________________________________________
-Broadway ________________________________________________________
-Brooklyn ________________________________________________________
Bridge
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-Empire State


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