Exercise 4 page 28
1 freezing 2 huge 3 hilarious 4 stunning 5 fantastic
6 terrible
Challenge! page 28
boiling very hot quaint cute, picturesque
furious very angry starving very hungry
massive very big tiny very small
Quaint is not an extreme adjective.
Writing guide
Exercise 5 page 28
Students’ own answers
3 Culture Extra
The UK
Exercise 1 page 29
1 England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2 Cardiff
3 coastline
4 Ben Nevis
5 the Severn
6 February
Exercise 2 page 29
a 5 b 2 c 1 d 4 e 3
Exercise 3 page 29
continent; river; mountain; channel; ocean; island; lake; sea
Exercise 4 page 29
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5 page 29
Students’ own answers
Unit 4
4A At the cinema
Exercise 1 page 30
1 historical drama 2 science fiction film 3 documentary film
4 action film 5 disaster film 6 romantic comedy
7 horror film 8 western 9 animated film 10 comedy
11 thriller 12 musical 13 war film
Exercise 2 page 30
2 spectacular 3 scary 4 moving 5 funny 6 dull
7 violent 8 entertaining 9 predictable
Exercise 3 page 30
1 frightening 2 amused 3 embarrassing 4 annoyed
5 confusing 6 shocked 7 exhausting 8 disappointed
Challenge! page 30
Students’ own answers
4B Comparatives and
superlatives
Exercise 1 page 31
Comparative Superlative
Short adjectives
short 1 shorter 2 the shortest
hot 3 hotter 4 the hottest
big 5 bigger 6 the biggest
nice 7 nicer 8 the nicest
scary 9 scarier 10 the scariest
funny 11 funnier 12 the funniest
Long adjectives
comfortable 13 more
comfortable
14 the most
comfortable
beautiful 15 more beautiful 16 the most
beautiful
Irregular adjectives
bad 17 worse 18 the worst
good 19 better 20 the best
Exercise 2 page 31
2 Spain is sunnier than Britain.
3 Gold is more expensive than silver.
4 The Pacific Ocean is wider than the Atlantic Ocean.
5 Russia is colder than India.
Exercise 3 page 31
2 Which are friendlier, cats or dogs?
3 Which are more dangerous, motorbikes or cars?
4 Which is more exciting, ice hockey or football?
Students’ own answers
Exercise 4 page 31
2 The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Nile is the
longest.
3 New Guinea is larger than Borneo, but Greenland is the
largest.
4 Emeralds are more expensive than rubies, but diamonds are
the most expensive.
Exercise 5 page 31
1 the youngest 2 most good-looking 3 quicker 4 easier
5 biggest 6 the most successful 7 smaller
Challenge! page 31
Order not important
2 Mount Everest is higher than Snowdon.
3 The Nile is longer than the Amazon.
4 Antarctica is colder than Europe/Europe is hotter than
Antarctica.
5 Gold is heavier than silver.
6 Rome is hotter than London/London is colder than Rome.
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