ELEMENTS

UNIT WALKTHROUGH

GRAMMAR 2

D What do you know about cultural landmarks? Match the sentence parts. Then compare with a partner. 1 One World Trade Center

2 The Eiffel Tower 3 The Great Wall

4 I think Sydney’s opera house 5 In my opinion, Machu Picchu 6 Stonehenge a … is the most romantic place in Paris.

b … is the most fascinating place to visit in China. c … is the most interesting building in Australia. d … is one of the oldest monuments in Britain. e … is the tallest building in New York City. f … is the most mysterious place in the Andes Mountains. E Write the superlative form of the adjectives in the correct column of the chart. bad / worst friendliest good / best

highest prettiest thinnest

most beautiful

most boring most comfortable

saddest

smallest

sunniest

add -est

double final letter, add -est

c hange the y to i , add -est

add most after the

irregular adjective

F Complete each sentence with the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses. 1 Who is the ( funny ) person in the class? 2 My grandmother makes the ( interesting ) gifts for her family. 3 The ( bad ) thing you can do is come to class when you are sick. 4 My brother has the ( strong ) work ethic in our family. 5 Is the fist bump the ( common ) way that young adults greet each other? 6 I think the ( good ) thing to take to someone’s house is a box of chocolates. 7 What is the ( big ) compliment you can give someone? 8 I think turkey is the ( delicious ) part of the American Thanksgiving Day meal. G Work in a group. Discuss the questions in the grammar box in Exercise C. Do you agree on any of the answers? Who’s the greatest singer of all time?

Adaptive Practice

That’s a difficult question. I’d say it’s ...

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Culture 9

This grammar spread usually ends with a collaborative task for the group or class.

Adaptive Practice focuses on grammar and vocabulary. Skills practice is included in the Workbook.

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