Four of the sentences below contain mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them

Complete the table of adverbs.

Use the information from the table to complete the sentences below.

Complete the table of adjectives.

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12.Work in small groups; name the things which are usually round, triangle or square.

13.Imagine that you are a professor preparing for a lecture on Geometric Figures and Shapes. Think about the main ideas that you would like to cover in this lecture. You may also use the information from the text.

14. Imagine that you are an examiner and you have to prepare some questions on the topic «Geometric Figures». Read the text again and use it to make a list of questions the students will have to answer at the exam. The following opening questions may help you.

- What is the difference between the …?

- How can we calculate the area/perimeter of …?

- How many straight/curved sides/angles …?

These exercises can help you to practise grammar topic “Comparisons” (See Appendix 1 p. 203 – 205) and do the following exercises.

adjective	comparative	superlative
accurate	more accurate	the most accurate
pure
tall
hard
heavy
thin
far
impractical

Bridge	Types of bridge	Length	Built
Humber Bridge, England	suspension
Golden Gate Bridge, USA	suspension
Verrazano Narrows, USA	suspension
Quebec Bridge, Canada	cantilever
Firth of Forth Railway Bridge, Scotland	cantilever
Commodore John Barry, USA	cantilever
New River Gorge, USA	steel arch
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia	steel arch

The Humber Bridge is the (a) ____ (long) bridge listed in the table above. It is (b) ____ (long) than the Golden Gate Bridge in the USA but it isn't as (c)____ (old). The Verrazano Narrows Bridge in the USA is (d) ____ (new) than the Golden Gate Bridge but (e) ____ (old) than the Humber Bridge. The (f) ____ (long) cantilever bridge is the Quebec Bridge in Canada. It is 28 metres (g) ____ (long) than the Firth of Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland which is over 110 years (h) ____ (old). The (i) ____ (new) cantilever bridge is the Commodore John Barry which is also the (j) ____ (short). The Sydney Harbour Bridge is (k)____ (short) and (l) ____ (old) than the New River Gorge.

adverb	comparative	superlative
quickly	more quickly	the most quickly
fast
well
badly
carefully
early
little
much

1. This silk fabric is the best quality we produce.

2. Following the fire, many people have been affected by smoke than we had originally thought.

3. Pollution of the ground is most serious in area A than in area B.

4. Please wear ear protection because it's noisier here than in the other areas.

5. That was the loudest explosion I've ever heard.

6. These chemicals should be kept in good containers than those.

7. Sending the goods by air is certainly the most quick but it's also the most expensive.

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