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B What verb do we use for the sports/activities below?
Write play, go or do. Then listen and check your answers.

1. rock climbing 6. handball
2. aerobics 7. athletics
3. water polo 8. jogging
4. gymnastics 9. hiking

5. sur ing 10. exercise

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Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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football, but tennis is the least tiring sport of Publications
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
Comparative forms adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
• Rollerblading is easier than ice skating. 1. Kevin Lee jumped the (high)
• Mary can skate faster than Kate. of all the athletes that took part in the athletics
• Today martial arts are more popular than
they used to be. tournament.
2. My mum doesn’t get up as (early)
Superlative forms
• Steve is the best player in the school as my dad.
basketball team. 3. My cousin says that karate is the
• I think skydiving is one of the most (difficult) martial art, but I don’t agree.

dangerous sports.
4. A table tennis ball is (small)
(not) as… as than a tennis ball.
• I can play hockey as well as my brother.
• Windsurfing isn’t as exciting as skiing. 5. Of the four films, Angry Birds is the
(little) boring.
© MM 7. Who drives (carefully), Mark or Tom?
less… than / the least…
• I believe basketball is less tiring than 6. My new phone is not as (big)
as my old one and it was (little)
the three because you have short breaks. expensive too.
Pronunciation Speak & Write
A Listen and repeat. What’s the A Talk in pairs. What do you think about the sports/
activities below? Choose a pair and compare
difference between a and b? them using the adjectives in the box.
a. cherry b. Jerry
B Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear. exciting boring easy difficult safe
dangerous popular tiring fast slow
cherry // Jerry //
mountain biking – cycling
judo
snowboarding – skateboarding
technology parachuting – sailing
taekwondo – gymnastics
teach handball – water polo
future
I think snowboarding is as difficult
gymnastics as skateboarding. What about you?
I disagree. I think snowboarding
match is more difficult and more…
advantage
B Choose a pair of activities and write a few
actually sentences comparing them.
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