2nd Year - High School - 4th Term - Review

Comparison

1) Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentecnes below.

Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).

Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.

1) The blue car is __________ the red car. (fast)

2) Peter is __________ Fred. (not/tall)

3) The violin is __________ the cello. (not/low)

4) This copy is __________ the other one. (bad)

5) Oliver is __________ Peter. (optimistic)

6) Today it's __________ yesterday. (not/windy)

7) The tomato soup was __________ the mushroom soup. (delicious)

8) Grapefruit juice is __________ lemonade. (not/sweet)

9) Nick is __________ Kevin. (brave)

10) Silver is __________ gold. (not/heavy)

2) Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a __________ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) This is a nice cat. It's much ________________ than my friend's cat.

2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ________________.

3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the ________________ exercise on the worksheet.

4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the ________________ hobby in the world.

5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even ________________ one last weekend.

6) School is boring, but homework is ________________ than school.

7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ________________ than skateboarding.

8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is ________________.

9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ________________ than ours.

10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the ________________ joke I've ever heard.

1st Year - High School - 4th Term - Review

Personal Pronouns / Possessive Adjectives / Possessive Pronouns

1 )  Supply the correct Personal Pronoun (Subjective Case):

1. Alan is my friend. _______ is from the United States.

2. This is Mariana. _______ is my sister.

3. Peter and Paul live in England, but _______ are from Australia.

4. You and I are not from Portugal, _______ are from Brazil.

5. You and your father can speak English because _______ are from England.

2)  Supply the correct Personal Pronoun (Objective Case):

1. My sister Jane loves books This novel is for _______.

2. My children like Disney films. This video is for _______.

3. My brother Mark collects picture postcards. These postcards are for _______.

4. I like watches. This watch is for _______.

5. Our dog likes dog food. This bag of dog food is for _______.

3) Supply the correct Possessive Adjective:

1. That boy likes _______ school.

2. Mary sees _______ mother every day.

3. The cat eats _______ food quickly.

4. The men always bring _______ wives to the party.

5. You and I aways bring _______ pencils to class.

4) Supply the correct Possessive Pronoun:

1. This book belongs to you. Took is _______.

2. The blue car belongs to my brother and me. The blue car is _______.

3. The luggage belongs to Adam. The luggage is _______.

4. The nest belongs to the bird. The nest is _______.

5. That house belongs to you and your family. The house is _______.

Odd Facts

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
• On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
• All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
• There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous" tremendous,horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
• The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro nukupokaiwenuakit, a natahu, a New Zealand hill... ... What a great scrabble score - huh?...
• Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
• Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
• The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
• On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
• The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, FrankBaum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
• John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

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