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EXERCISE 14-ORAL
(BOOKS CLOSED): Compare the following.
Example: an elephant to a mouse
Response: An elephant is bigger than a mouse / more intelligent than a mouse, etc.
1, an orange to a lemon
2, a lake to an ocean
3. good health to money
4, a radio to a TV set
5. an airplane to an automobile
6. (Alaska) to (Texas)
7, a person to an animal
8. the sun to the moon
9. a mountain to a hill
10. arithmetic to algebra
11. a diamond to a ruby
12, bedroom slippers to high heels
13. a child to an adult
14, a horse to a person
15, the Nile River to the Mississippi River
16, your little fmger to your ring fmger
17. love to money
18, your hair to ( . . . )'s hair
19, food in (your country) to
food in (another country/
20. the weather today to the
weather yesterday
EXERCISE 15-ORAL
ADJECTIVES.
(BOOKS CLOSED): Make sentences by using -er/more with these
Example: large
Response: Canada is larger than Mexico. /My feet are larger than yours. / etc.
1. tall
2. important
3. cold
4. curly
5. expensive
6. long
7. easy
8. comfortable
9. old
10. strong
11, small
12. intelligent
13. big
14, heavy
15. cheap
16. sweet
17. high
18. interesting
19. good
20. bad
EXERCISE 16: Write a sentence by using -er/more with an ADJECTIVE in the list in Exercise
15 above. Tear the sentence into pieces, with one word or phrase on each piece. Give
the pieces to a classmate who will reassemble your sentence. Repeat this exercise
several times, using a different adjective for each new sentence you write.