Grammar
1 complete the sentences with 1−3 words only. use the correct comparative form of the words
in brackets.
1 my dad's little car isn't (powerful) a ferrari.
2 the train journey can take 72 hours − that's (long) three days!
3 drink milk, not cola. milk is (good) cola for your teeth.
4 a hail storm is (dangerous) rain or snow, so be careful.
5 yesterday was quite warm, but it's (cold) today.
2 there is a mistake in each sentence. circle the mistake and correct it.

1 sharon is more kind than kate.
2 this school project wasn’t as difficult to do than the last project.
3 dad has many books than me, so borrow one of his books to take on holiday.
4 i got few marks in the test than you.
5 new york is farer from warsaw than rome.
vocabulary

3 complete the verbs, adjectives and nouns to do with the weather.

1 take an umbrella with you. it's starting to r_ _ _ .
2 it's a beautiful day. let's sit outside in the s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
3 it’s going to s_ _ _ in the mountains today, so maybe we can go skiing later.
4 i love it when it’s m_ _ _ _ , and you can't see very far.
5 we can go kite-surfing today. it's really w_ _ _ _ outside.

4 complete the weather forecast with the words below. there are two extra words.
cool degrees flooding hot icy showers winds
it was a lovely (1)
day today and the temperature was thirty-two (2)

celsius in many parts of the country. however, this evening there will be some wet weather
with heavy (3)
in the east. tomorrow there will be strong (4)
of 70
kilometres per hour or more along the south coast, and there will be (5)
near the
river exe in devon, so be careful if you are planning to travel to that part of the country.