ALB1 5/11/19

COLLOCATIONS

VERBS

take/do an exam (also sit an exam British English)

We have to take exams at the end of each year.

The comparison challenge

The train is more comfortable than the bus.

My teacher is taller than me.

Mountain climbing is more dangerous than swimming.

Tokio is bigger than London.

Doing an exam is worse than going to a party / An exam is worse than a party.

Moscow /ˈmɒskəʊ/ is farther from London than Berlin /ˌbɜːˈlɪn/.

A lion is /Lions are more dangerous than a mouse / mice.

In summer an ice cream is / ice creams are more delicious than fruit.

Snakes are more disgusting than insects.

Running is more energetic than sleeping.

Opera is more relaxing than jazz.

The theatre is more expensive than the cinema.

Vegetables are cheaper than meat.

Saturday is better than Monday.

Breakfast is earlier than lunch.

Lunch is later than breakfast.

The evening is later than the afternoon.

A book is smaller than a table.

Pasta is nicer than rice.

(Learning) English is more difficult than (learning) Spanish.

History is easier than maths.

World records

Quiz

The longest, the highest, the farthest, the most populated, the smallest, the fastest, the most expensive, the earliest, the most polluted, the most popular, the highest, the heaviest.

Pluto is a dwarf planet.

http://en.classora.com/reports/b114961/ranking-of-fruits-with-the-most-calories

Stone> WEIGHT (plural stone) [countable] (written abbreviation st) a British unit for measuring weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms.