Wales and ...

1.     Underline the correct words.

Wales is (1) the smallest / the small / smaller country in Great Britain. It´s situated on its western side. There are a lot of hills and mountains in Wales. Mount Snowdon is the highest (2) river / lake / mountain. It is 1,085 metres (3) wide / high / long. There are lovely (4) motorways / beaches / bridges in Wales and a lot of people go there on holiday. Barmouth is a wonderful sand (5) beach / island / valley for families in Snowdonia. Cardiff is the (6) capital /village / town of Wales. It is on the south (7) coast / sea / island and it is the (8) big / bigger / biggest city in the country. You can have a walk in Cardiff Bay in the summer or go to the theatre there in the autumn. You can also see many nice historical (9) peaks / roads / castles in Wales, too. I visited some castles in 2005. They were really (10) tired / interesting / angry.

2.    Complete the text. Choose from these words.

drier - love - expensive - more -  beautiful - warmer - winter - than - the sea - the sunniest

I live by (1) __________ in the south-west of France. The weather there is nicer (2) __________ the weather in England. It’s (3) __________ and (4) __________. 

In fact, it’s (5) __________ place in France, but France is as (6) __________ as England, I (7) __________ England, my father was born there. Some Englismen come to spend their holidays here in France in the summer, so it’s (8) __________ crowded here in summer than in (9) __________.  That´s why, things are more (10) __________ there too during the summer.

•      Use the words to write sentences. Compare.

1. 1.    Paris / Bratislava / large
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3. 2.    the Danube / the Nile /big
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5. 3.    the Antarctic / Europe / dangerous
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7. 4.    a Ferrari / a Peugeot / expensive
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9. 5.    Portugal / England / sunny
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11. 6.    English / Slovak / difficult

 

• Write sentences using as … as and the adjectives in brackets.

1.    A lion is ______________________________ an elephant. [dangerous]
2.   A bicycle is ____________________________ a car. [fast]
3.   Life in the USA _________________________ in Slovakia. [good]
4.   Cardiff is _____________________________ Madrid.  [warm]
5.   French is _____________________________ Chinese. [difficult]

•  Circle the correct forms.

1.    Cheetahs aren´t slower as / than tortoise.

2.    This campsite isn’t as / than bad as the hotel we stayed in last night.

3.    David is worse as / than me Tom at sport.

4.   The weather today isn’t as bad / worse as yesterday.

5.    Julia is as tired / more tired as me.

6.    Are you old / older than Dan?