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Unit
Comparisons
You can use much more, far more and even more
to qualify a comparison, that is, to say how big the
difference between two things is.
His second album was far more successful than his
first.
I really like the chocolate ice cream, but the vanilla is
even more delicious.
With short adjectives that have a comparative form
ending -er, just use much/far/even + cheaper, easier,
better, etc.
Cycling to school is much cheaper than paying for the
bus. Not …much more cheaper than …
Complete these sentences with the
comparative form of the adjective in brackets.
1 It’s quite warm now, but it’s even hotter
(hot) in August.
2 Travelling First Class is far (comfortable).
3 Maria seems much (happy) since she
changed jobs.
4 Internet connection speeds are much
(fast) now than even five years ago.
5 My brother’s far (experienced) than me
when it comes to climbing.
6 Of course, we need to recycle things, but it’s
even (good) to create less waste.
Unit 2
get and arrive + preposition
In informal and spoken English, you often use
get + to a place with the same meaning as arrive.
We got to Berlin at midday.
We arrived in Berlin at midday.
With this meaning, get is always followed by to, but
the preposition after arrive changes depending on
the type of place.
arrive + in a town, city, country, etc.
When do you arrive in Japan? Not …arrive at Japan …
arrive + at a building (the cinema, school, work etc.)
We arrived at the airport an hour early.
Not …arrived to the airport …
Remember, you don’t need a preposition before home.
What time do you usually get/arrive home? Not get
to/arrive at home …
Complete the text with the correct
preposition in each space or – if no
preposition is needed.
What a journey! We got to Penang
airport in plenty of time. When we got 1
the check-in desk though, we found out our
flight was delayed – by four hours! After lots
of cups of coffee, we finally boarded the flight
just after midnight and we arrived 2
Kuala Lumpur at about two o’clock in the
morning. We’d missed our flight to London,
so we had to spend the night in the airport.
We left at lunchtime the next day and after
a 14-hour flight, we arrived back 3 the
UK, extremely tired. When we got 4 the
airport station, we’d just missed a train! We
finally arrived 5 home nearly 48 hours
after we’d started our journey!
Unit 4
Purpose
You can use the to infinitive (to do) to
talk about purpose.
Not everyone chooses a job just to earn
a lot of money.
The Picture House is the best place to
see independent films.
You can also use for + noun to talk
about purpose.
Not everyone chooses a job just for the
salary. The Picture House is the best
cinema for independent films.
Be careful not to mix the two
structures.
Not Not everyone chooses a job just
for earning money.
Underline the correct words.
1 Most people go to Cambodia to see / for
seeing the temples at Angkor Wat.
2 Are you buying a new dress for go / for
the wedding?
3 There’s plenty of space in order for / for
people in wheelchairs.
4 You have to go to the post office
to collect / for collecting the form.
5 You need a username and password to /
for log on to the website.
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