MASTER COLLEGE 1/ 6TH FORM

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: Complete
1) She’s much __________ her husband. (young)
2) It’s a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)
3) The vegetables in the shop are __________ ¬¬¬_____ the one ones in the supermarket. (fresh)
4) The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive)
5) The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny)
6) Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good)
7) My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near)
8) The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)
9) You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)
10) Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my country. (dangerous)
11) The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult)
12) She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart)
13) Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (Rich)
14) The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent)
15) Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES: Complete

1) __________ (large)cucumber weighed 66lbs.
2) __________ (popular) tourist attraction in the United States is Disneyworld.
3) __________ (successful) songwriters are Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon.
4) __________ (heavy) baby at birth was a boy of 22 lbs. 8 oz. He was born in Italy in 1955
5) __________ (fat) person was a man in New York. He weighed almost 1200 lbs.
6) One of __________ (famous) painters was Pablo Picasso.
7) __________ (long) attack of hiccups lasted 67 years.
8) __________ (big) omelet was made of 54,763 eggs.

VERB TENSES : Complete with Present Simple or Present Continuous.

A Trekking Journal

November 12, 1997

Today....... (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs........... (shake) ; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet ............(kill, really) me and my toes.............. (bleed) , but I............. (want, still) to continue.

Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything......... (be) so different, and I........... (try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I .............(learn) a little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I ..............(learn, not) foreign languages quickly. Although I ..............(understand, not) much yet, I believe that I............ (improve, gradually) .

I ............(travel, currently) with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He.......... (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He.............. (walk, always) ahead of me and............. (complain) that I am too slow. I.......... (do) my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.

Right now, Liam............ (sit) with the owner of the inn. They........... (discuss) the differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I.............. (know, not) the real name of the owner, but everybody.......... (call, just) him Tam. Tam.......... (speak) English very well and he........... (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam......... (say) a new word, Liam .........(try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam ..........(seem, also) to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get lost and have to ask for directions.