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Answer key: Unit 13
Grammar Reading and Use of English | Part 3
The language of comparison 1 1 eight 2 one 3 yes 4 You can add a prefix or
suffix. 5 Correct spelling is essential. 6 Read
1 1 far the oldest 2 Most importantly 3 more
gentlemanly 4 much more violently 5 Fewer through the whole text, checking that the completed
points 6 no more than 7 further than 8 the most sentences make sense and are grammatically
9 more and more 10 more 11 much more ancient correct.
12 no different
2 2 intention; intentional, unintentional; intentionally,
unintentionally
2 1 nouns, long adjectives, adverbs
2 Less can be an adverb (e.g. People smoke less than 3 application, applicant, appliance; applicable,
they used to.) and may be followed by an adjective inapplicable; applicably
or another adverb (e.g. He’s less practical than his 4 explosion, explosive; explosive; explosively
brother. She works less efficiently than her sister.). 5 advice, adviser/advisor; advisory, advisable,
Less can also be a determiner followed by an inadvisable; advisedly
uncountable noun (e.g. We have less money than we 6 knowledge; knowledgeable, knowing, unknowing,
thought.). known, unknown; knowledgeably, knowingly
Fewer is a determiner and is followed by a plural unknowingly
noun (e.g. These days fewer people smoke than in 7 repetition, repetitiveness; repetitive, repetitious,
the past.). repeated; repetitively, repeatedly
3 can be carried for no more than four steps = can 8 inclusion, inclusiveness; inclusive; inclusively
be carried for up to four steps / cannot be carried 9 description; descriptive, describable,
for more than four steps indescribable; descriptively, indescribably
4 by far = easily, without any doubt, certainly
5 The modern game is not very different from this. 3 1 unlimited/limitless 2 incapable 3 soreness
(Notice that no becomes not.) 4 involvement 5 satisfaction 6 evolution
6 a bit, a little, slightly or no (I’m feeing a bit / a little 7 logically 8 enable
/ slightly / no better now.)
3 1 Many people earn less money than they did five Writing | Part 2
years ago. A letter
2 Finding a new job was less difficult than / not as
difficult as I expected it to be. 1 1 three 2 review 3 (target) reader 4 260
3 That was the funniest film I’ve ever seen. 5 sections, heading 6 persuade/convince
4 There are fewer unemployed people now than
there were ten years ago. / Fewer people are 3 Yes, it covers all parts of the task.
unemployed now than ten years ago.
5 Working conditions aren’t as good as / than they 4 Suggested answers
used to be. Para 1: introduction – a general statement of the
6 Petrol is becoming more and more expensive. purpose of the letter
Para 2: problems that are worrying club members
4 1 much more 2 worst worse 3 like as 4 less fewer Para 3: suggested improvements
5 harder hardest 6 fewer less 7 difficult even Para 4: closing remarks, urging action from the
more even more difficult 8 much far / a lot manager
5 1 concerned about 2 the way it is being run
3 some time 4 noticeably less busy 5 Firstly
6 in the area 7 adjust 8 introduced 9 retired
people 10 consider 11 as soon as possible
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