10. Nick shows a lot of ; he should think about becoming a professional photographer. 2. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of adjective or adverb in brackets.
1. Could you please speak a bit (slowly),please?
2. - I really appreciate your help.
Don't mention it If you need any (far) help, just call me.
3. - Is your new flat I the city center?
Yes and it's also (close) to the tube station.
4. - Do you like the cake? I've made it myself.
. Yes, that's by far (good) cake I've ever had.
5. She admits it is (easy) than it looks. Some people say that the jewel-like sculptures look
(little) like art and (much) like food.
6. The Dark Night was the (successful) film of 2008.
3. Would (prefer)/would rather/sooner. Put the words into the correct form.
1. I must admit
, I prefer (exercise) to (read).
2. I would rather spend (spend) more time with my family than at the gym.
3. Hollywood is where the business is, so I'd have to say that I would prefer (live) in
California rather than (live) in Hawaii.
4. I would sooner (surf) the Hawaiian waves than (have) a successful shopping trip
on a California's Rodeo Drive.
Idioms
Christmas in Britain is wonderful, much 1) BETTER than Christmas in America.
In America, Thanksgiving is probably the best holiday. It is great because you don’t have to give gifts or send cards or do anything but eat.
The trouble is that it comes 2) LESS than a month before Christmas. So when on 25 December Mom brings out another turkey, you don’t say, “Turkey! YIPPEEE!” but, “Ah, it 3) IS turkey again, isn’t it, Mother?”
Most Americans think that Thanksgiving 4) HAS BEEN HELD on the last Thursday of November since ancient times. They think that it 5) HAS BEEN GOING on ever since.
Thanksgiving 6) IS THOUGHT to be wonderful for all kinds of reasons.
While in Britain the Christmas shopping season seems 7) TO START after the August bank holiday, Christmas mania doesn’t traditionally begin in America until the last weekends in November.
Moreover, Thanksgiving is a holiday without 8) SENDING greetings cards or decorations. On Thanksgiving you sit at a table and then go and watch a game of American football on TV.
But there is one thing I miss about England. It’s Boxing Day. In America there is no Boxing Day. On 26 December everybody goes to work.
If there 9) WERE one thing I could take from England, it would be Boxing Day.