Stage 12
Making comparisons
O objetivo desta lição é te ensinar sobre como fazer comparações em inglês!
1 . Você lembra como comparamos dois objetos ou pessoas? Complete as frases abaixo das duas formas, usando os adjetivos entre parênteses.
1 Mike is 1.95 metres tall. Joe is 1.75 metres tall. (short / tall)
Joe ………………………………………………….. Mike.
2 The Ferghini Python has a top speed of 140 miles per hour. The Portina Sunset has a top speed of 110 miles per hour. (slow / fast)
The Portina Sunset ………………………………………….. the Ferghini Python.
3 Bob is 27. Sandra is 25. (young / old)
Sandra ……………………………………………. Bob.
4 The Smapple 785 computer costs £1250. The Smapple 419 costs £1150. (cheap / expensive)
The Smapple 419 computer …………………………………….. the Smapple 785.
5 On Monday it was 26 °C. Today it is 24 °C. (cool / warm)
Today, it ……………………………………………. Monday.
6 In April there is usually 25 mm of rain. In May there is usually 30 mm of rain. (wet / dry)
Usually May ……………………………………………………April.
2 . Você ouvirá seis conversas nas quais duas pessoas comparam coisas diferentes. Determine o assunto da conversa em cada caso escolhendo-o da lista abaixo.
dictionaries
supermarkets
restaurants
international foods
films
cameras
3 . Nas conversas do exercício 2, você ouviu diferentes expressões usadas para comparar coisas. Você consegue lembrar quais eram? Complete as frases abaixo com as palavras do quadro.
between | large | edge | compare | and | whole | over | comparison | compared
1 Well, ……………… to Mexican, Chinese isn’t as spicy.
2 Well, on the ……………….., the Flexipic has a better lens than the Zena.
3 I agree. By and …………… the Allman is easier to use.
4 Oh, I agree. There’s absolutely no ………………… the original version and the 2003 remake.
5 Actually, I’d rather go to Saffron’s. I think it has the …………….. …………… the Lemon Tree.
6 If you ………………. Robinson’s ………….. Freshco, you’ll find Freshco has got much more choice, for a start.
4 . Será que você acertou? Ouça a gravação novamente para conferir suas respostas.
Word Power
As expressões abaixo são muito usadas quando estamos falando informalmente.
by and large: em geral
pros and cons: prós e contras
ups and downs: altos e baixos
odds and ends: itens de vários tipos sem muito valor; tralha
ins and outs: detalhes de uma situação
sick and tired: insatisfeito e impaciente com alguma coisa
5 . Preencha as frases com uma das expressões informais do quadro Word power. Você já usou by and large no exercício 3.
1 Can you be quiet? I’m ………………………… of hearing you complain all the time.
2 I didn’t buy much when I went shopping, just a few ……………………… for the kitchen.
3 There are ………………………… to working at home, but generally the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
4 …………………………. I’m happy with my job.
5 After you’ve worked here for a few days, you’ll become familiar with the…………………………… of the job, like how the photocopier works and how to use the fax machine.
6 My girlfriend and I have our …………………………….., but generally we get on well.
20 minutes+
Todos os adjetivos abaixo podem ser usados para falar sobre comida. Você consegue lembrar o que eles significam? Relacione cada adjetivo à esquerda (1–8) com o alimento à direita (a–h).
1 bitter
2 salty
3 stale
4 fresh
5 bland
6 sweet
7 sour
8 spicy
a) lemon
b) boiled rice
c) an old loaf of bread
d) dark chocolate
e) peanuts
f) a new loaf of bread
g) sugar
h) curry
Word Bank
built-in (adjetivo) = embutido
cinematography (substantivo) = cinematografia
flash (substantivo) = flash
original (adjetivo) = original
remake (substantivo) = refilmagem
version (substantivo) = versão
vocabulary (substantivo) = vocabulário
Respostas:
Exercício 1
1 is shorter than / isn’t as tall as
2 is slower than / isn’t as fast as
3 is younger than / isn’t as old as
4 is cheaper than / isn’t as expensive as
5 is cooler than / isn’t as warm as
6 is wetter than / isn’t as dry as
Exercício 2
1 International foods
2 cameras
3 dictionaries
4 films
5 restaurants
6 supermarkets
Exercício 3
1 compared (to)
2 (on the) whole
3 (By and) large
4 (absolutely no) comparison between
5 (has the) edge over
6 (If you) compare (Robinson’s) and
Exercício 5
1 sick and tired
2 odds and ends
3 pros and cons
4 By and large
5 ins and outs
6 ups and downs
20 minutes+
1 d
2 e
3 c
4 f
5 b
6 g
7 a
8 h
- Lesson 1 - Meeting and greeting people
- Lesson 2 - Where do you come from?
- Lesson 3 - What do you do every day?
- Lesson 4 - Talk about your family
- Lesson 5 - Introducing people
- Lesson 6 - What work do you?
- Lesson 7 - Completing forms and giving personal details
- Lesson 8 - What can you do?
- Lesson 9 - Seaside Mystery: Part 1
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 1
- Lesson 11 - Applying for a job (1)
- Lesson 12 - Leave a message
- Lesson 13 - Saying thank you
- Lesson 14 - What do you look like?
- Lesson 15 - Likes and dislikes (I)
- Lesson 16 - Likes and dislikes (2)
- Lesson 17 - Applying for a job (2)
- Lesson 18 - More family talk
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 2
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 2
- Lesson 1 - Asking where things are
- Lesson 2 - Giving directions
- Lesson 3 - Signs and notices (1)
- Lesson 4 - Telling the time
- Lesson 5 - Buying travel tickets
- Lesson 6 - What is happening?
- Lesson 7 - Signs and notices (2)
- Lesson 8 - What are you going to do?
- Lesson 9 - Seaside mystery: Part 3
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 3
- Lesson 11 - Asking about places
- Lesson 12 - How do you spell it?
- Lesson 13 - Finding out about cities
- Lesson 14 - Can you repeat that…?
- Lesson 15 - Making sense
- Lesson 16 - Finding out about countries
- Lesson 17 - Dealing with travel situations
- Lesson 18 - Ways to travel
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 4
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 4
- Lesson 1 - How much are they?
- Lesson 2 - Weights and measures
- Lesson 3 - Let’s have a takeaway!
- Lesson 4 - Convenience shopping
- Lesson 5 - Buying online
- Lesson 6 - Renting a room
- Lesson 7 - Hiring a car
- Lesson 8 - Placing an order
- Lesson 9 - Seaside Mystery: Part 5
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 5
- Lesson 11 - How do you like to shop?
- Lesson 12 - Hotel information
- Lesson 13 - Checking in
- Lesson 14 - Making a complaint 1
- Lesson 15 - Checking out
- Lesson 16 - At the shopping center
- Lesson 17 - Exchanging goods
- Lesson 18 - Sending things by post
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 6
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 6
- Lesson 1 - Identifying people
- Lesson 2 - Is this yours?
- Lesson 3 - What do they want?
- Lesson 4 - Comparing people
- Lesson 5 - The biggest and the best
- Lesson 6 - Asking and answering questions
- Lesson 7 - What are they doing?
- Lesson 8 - Describing people
- Lesson 9 - Seaside Mystery: Part 7
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 7
- Lesson 11 - Personalities
- Lesson 12 - What do you like doing?
- Lesson 13 - What did you do at the weekend?
- Lesson 14 - What was it like?
- Lesson 15 - Then and now
- Lesson 16 - Have you ever…?
- Lesson 17 - Multi-word verbs
- Lesson 18 - Party people
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 8
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 8
- Lesson 1 - Giving orders and making requests (1)
- Lesson 2 - Giving orders and making requests (2)
- Lesson 3 - Following and giving instructions
- Lesson 4 - Giving advice (1)
- Lesson 5 - Giving advice (2)
- Lesson 6 - Talking about obligation 1
- Lesson 7 - Saying how to do things
- Lesson 8 - Talking about quantity (1)
- Lesson 9 - Seaside Mystery: Part 9
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 9
- Lesson 11 - Talking about quantity (2)
- Lesson 12 - Talking about quantity (3)
- Lesson 13 - Making suggestions and talking about probability
- Lesson 14 - Talking about cause and result
- Lesson 15 - Describing how something is done
- Lesson 16 - Describing something that is happening now
- Lesson 17 - Tell me about them
- Lesson 18 - Describing an action
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 10
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 10
- Lesson 1 - Asking about past events (1)
- Lesson 2 - Asking about past events (2)
- Lesson 3 - What were they doing?
- Lesson 4 - Telling a story
- Lesson 5 - What did you do next?
- Lesson 6 - When did it happen?
- Lesson 7 - Talking about obligation 2
- Lesson 8 - What’s going to happen?
- Lesson 9 - Seaside Mystery: Part 11
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 11
- Lesson 11 - Talking about future plans
- Lesson 12 - Saying when something is going to happen
- Lesson 13 - Talking about past events
- Lesson 14 - How do I get there?
- Lesson 15 - Reporting what people say (1)
- Lesson 16 - Famous lives
- Lesson 17 - Reporting what people say (2)
- Lesson 18 - Promises and resolutions
- Lesson 19 - Seaside Mystery: Part 12
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 12
- Lesson 1 - Where do you like to go?
- Lesson 2 - Informal invitations
- Lesson 3 - Making travel plans
- Lesson 4 - Talking about the weather
- Lesson 5 - The hottest day
- Lesson 6 - What will you have?
- Lesson 7 - Making predictions
- Lesson 8 - Planning something special
- Lesson 9 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 1
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 13
- Lesson 11 - Making reservations
- Lesson 12 - Changing plans
- Lesson 13 - Let’s find out
- Lesson 14 - Could you tell me?
- Lesson 15 - Home and away
- Lesson 16 - I’m busy!
- Lesson 17 - A week away
- Lesson 18 - Keeping in touch
- Lesson 19 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 2
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 14
- Lesson 1 - Very entertaining
- Lesson 2 - Absolutely!
- Lesson 3 - Agreeing with someone
- Lesson 4 - Disagreeing with someone
- Lesson 5 - That’s ridiculous!
- Lesson 6 - Expressing preferences
- Lesson 7 - Wish you were here
- Lesson 8 - I can’t bear it…
- Lesson 9 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 3
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 15
- Lesson 11 - What do you think?
- Lesson 12 - I’m sorry…
- Lesson 13 - Giving explanations
- Lesson 14 - That’s quite all right
- Lesson 15 - Making a complaint 2
- Lesson 16 - Responding to a complaint
- Lesson 17 - On the contrary…
- Lesson 18 - Reaching a compromise
- Lesson 19 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 4
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 16
- Lesson 1 - Can I help you?
- Lesson 2 - Your call cannot be taken…
- Lesson 3 - Check it out!
- Lesson 4 - This is a message for…
- Lesson 5 - Just returning your call…
- Lesson 6 - CU L8ter
- Lesson 7 - Something has come up
- Lesson 8 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 5
- Lesson 9 - Check your progress 17
- Lesson 10 - First of all…
- Lesson 11 - Advertising language
- Lesson 12 - I will let you know
- Lesson 13 - Saying it by text
- Lesson 14 - Signs as messages
- Lesson 15 - I’m sorry to have to tell you
- Lesson 16 - Facts and rumours
- Lesson 17 - Understanding our differences
- Lesson 18 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 6
- Lesson 19 - Check your progress 18
- Lesson 1 - A drink for special occasions
- Lesson 2 - Changing jobs
- Lesson 3 - A new life
- Lesson 4 - Relax!
- Lesson 5 - Getting away from it all
- Lesson 6 - A gap year
- Lesson 7 - Now and then
- Lesson 8 - Changes
- Lesson 9 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 7
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 19
- Lesson 11 - Time out in Barcelona
- Lesson 12 - Downshifting
- Lesson 13 - Is downshifting for you?
- Lesson 14 - Getting used to things
- Lesson 15 - A different kind of life
- Lesson 16 - What’s happening?
- Lesson 17 - What happens next?
- Lesson 18 - The way we are
- Lesson 19 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 8
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 20
- Lesson 1 - How do you feel? (1)
- Lesson 2 - How do you feel? (2)
- Lesson 3 - How would you feel?
- Lesson 4 - Cheer up!
- Lesson 5 - I don’t believe it!
- Lesson 6 - I want, I want, I want …
- Lesson 7 - It’s your choice
- Lesson 8 - In my opinion…
- Lesson 9 - Check your progress 21
- Lesson 10 - A bit of a disaster
- Lesson 11 - I’m certain
- Lesson 12 - I’m absolutely certain
- Lesson 13 - What a lovely meal!
- Lesson 14 - I’m sorry
- Lesson 15 - Expressing your views (1)
- Lesson 16 - Expressing your views (2)
- Lesson 17 - An interview
- Lesson 18 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 10
- Lesson 19 - Check your progress 22
- Lesson 1 - Persuading someone (1)
- Lesson 2 - Persuading someone (2)
- Lesson 3 - Would you mind if I left early?
- Lesson 4 - Can I help?
- Lesson 5 - Can I offer you something to drink?
- Lesson 6 - Advice and regret
- Lesson 7 - I’m sorry, I can’t…
- Lesson 8 - Justifying your actions
- Lesson 9 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 11
- Lesson 10 - Check your progress 23
- Lesson 11 - What should I do?
- Lesson 12 - Agreeing and disagreeing
- Lesson 13 - That’s settled then…
- Lesson 14 - I’ll meet you halfway…
- Lesson 15 - Making comparisons
- Lesson 16 - Do you approve?
- Lesson 17 - I’d rather not say…
- Lesson 18 - No, of course not…
- Lesson 19 - Marianne’s Journey: Part 12
- Lesson 20 - Check your progress 24