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Listening and Speaking &20 PRONUNCIATION Listen and practise.
Copy the stress.
a Work in pairs. Take turns to describe a person
She's the happiest person I know.
in the picture. Don't say his/her name. Your partner
says who it is.
a Write the comparative and superlative forms of
these adjectives.
This person is wearing a long white
dress. She looks very happy. 1 intelligent 7 bad
2 busy 8 selfish
3 fat 9 tall
b Work in the same pairs. Guess the names of
4 popular 10 thin
these people.
5 good 11 lazy
1 Jake's twin brother Dom
6 helpful 12 far
2 Jake's great-uncle
3 Jake's best friend b Work in pairs. Check your partner's answers and
spelling.
4 Jake's aunt
.
5 Eric's wife
• Fill in the gaps in Dom's sentences with the superlative
6 Jake's colleague form of the adjective in brackets. Use the if necessary.

1 Diana's one of _____ (young) company directors
a &19 Listen to Dom and Charlie talking at the
in the UK.
wedding. Check your answers to 3b.
2 Her parents are _____ (happy) married couple
b Listen again and fill in the gaps. I know.

Diana's best 1 friend is Naomi. She's the happiest 3 Diana's _____ (organised) person I've ever met.
person Dom knows. Her 2 , Eric, is the 4 She's also my boss's (good) friend.
most boring man Dom's ever 3 and 5 Jake is (helpful) person in the world.
4
Charlie thinks he's got the worst _____ ever. 6 He's also the world's (bad) driver.
Dom's richest relative is his 5 , Harriet. 7 This is (important) day of his life.
She's also got the biggest 6 www.english0905.com
• The owner
a And he's wearing my _____ (expensive) shirt!
7
of the most popular _____ in town is Rupert.
Patrick is Dom's least favourite 8 • He's
_
9 next birthday and his 10 ____ Get ready ... Get it right!
is only 76!

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• HELP WITH GRAMMAR Superlatives Carlos
• + Teresa
a Look at 4b again. How do we make superlatives of (oldest) (busiest)
• these adjectives?
• I I
• 1 one-syllable adjectives (rich, etc.)
• Daniela Me Pablo Fernando
• 2 one-syllable adjectives ending in consonant + vowel +
• (brightest) (happiest) (tallest) (most reliable)
• consonant (big, etc.)
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• 3 two-syllable adjectives ending in -y (happy, etc.)
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• 4 two-syllable adjectives (boring, etc.)
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• 5 adjectives with 3 syllables or more (popular, etc.) Draw your family tree. Then write one or two
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• 6 the adjectives good and bad superlatives to describe each person on your
•
• family tree .
• TIP• The opposite of most is /east: He's my least
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• favourite relative . • a Work in pairs. Take turns to tell your partner
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• about your family tree. Use the superlatives and
• b Which word is missing in this sentence?
• your own ideas to describe each person. Ask
• She's happiest person I know .
• questions to find out more information about your
•
• c Look at these sentences. Why don't we use the partner's family tree.
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• before the superlatives?
• b Tell the class which person or people in your
: He's Jake's best friend. She's our richest relative. partner's family you would like to meet.
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• d Check in lij;f!1t,l{,t!1;1f> p139 .