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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10A - The most dangerous place... for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Look at the photos. What countries do you think they are in?
  2. With a partner, complete 1-6 with a phrase from the list.
  3. -
  4. Complete the chart with the correct form.
  5. How are superlative adjectives different in form from comparative adjectives?
  6. -
  7. Listen and write six superlative questions.
  8. In groups, ask and answer the questions in g. Choose from the cities below.

Answer

a)

  1. the UK
  2. the USA
  3. Italy
  4. Egypt
  5. Vietnam
  6. Germany

b)

  1. The busiest
  2. The biggest
  3. The oldest
  4. The longest
  5. The most dangerous
  6. The tallest

d)

  • tall
  • longer
  • the biggest
  • busy
  • the most dangerous

e)

  • For one-syllable adjectives, we add -est (and not -er) to the end of the adjective.
  • For longer adjectives with two or more syllables, we put the most instead of more before the adjective.

g)

  1. What’s the noisiest city in the world?
  2. What’s the foggiest city in Europe?
  3. Which US city has the biggest population?
  4. What’s the highest capital city in the world?
  5. Which city has the busiest airport in the world?
  6. Which city has the worst traffic in the world?

h)

  1. Tokyo
  2. Milan
  3. New York
  4. La Paz
  5. Atlanta
  6. Brussels