1A pronouns, Revise the basics 1 Tlive in London, NOT Hive 2 My name's Anna, 3. My parents don’t visit me very often, ‘4 They havea flat in north London, but mine isin south London, Pronouns and possessive adjectives. ‘subject object Possessive | possessive pronouns | pronouns _| Sojectives _| pronouns 1 me my mine you you your : hey shevie | fim ther sit | Be her /ts | he hers we s on ours you you your yours they | Brem ther thes PP eachatbor We use each other te tatk about an action between two people or groups of people. eg. We gave each other our email addresses. They send texts to each other all the time. che correct form. “Me [Gi first name's Annabelle, but Qj meger called ‘Annie for short. My brother has a laptop, but he [she prefers using his her tablet. A Are these your | yours CDs? B No,they’renot my /mine. 3 My friends are mostly happy with theirs their obs, except Laura who doesn't like her / hers. 4A What's his / her new house like? B Idon’t know. He's never invited me my round to sect don’t like them | their new car. Ours | Our is muuch nicer. 6 A Isthis yours | your phone? B No,my | mineis in my bag. 7 rm going to lend mine | my camera to her | she. & She'll email us we when her / hers flights are booked, you him j his address, will you send hs hima 9 Iigive thank you card? 10 [e's] Iisa beautiful hotel, but its it rooms area bit small direct indirect object pronouns and word order 1 Some verbs cam have two objects, usually athing (thedirect | | 2 Ifthe direct objectisa pronoun (it, them), we usually useverb | 'b_ Rewrite the highlighted phrases, Replace the bold 1 He gave me some money. rm going o lend her ray camera. ‘They've shown their friends cheir new fat, Tlsend you an email. Webought our father some books. 2 Hegaveit tome. Tm goingtolend it to her. They've shown it tothem, send it to you. : ‘We bought them for him. 4 object) and a person (theindirect object). Ifthedirect | ‘bjectis a noun (some money,a digital camera, etc), weusl tse verb + indirect object + direct object. ‘direct object »indicect object, with either for orc before the indirect object~itdepends on the verb.Somecommon | verbs which can have two objects are: bring te to), buy (for), cook (for) find (Jor). get (for), ‘make (for) give (0) lend (0), offer (¢o), read (C0) sell (to). sendto), || show (C0), ake (1), write (10) | ‘+ Ifthe indirect object is a pronoun, remember to.use the | ‘object pronoun, not the subject pronoun: Thought it for her. NOT Fooughtitforshe: gave them my number. NOT Fgavetheympnumber ; words with a pronoun and use to | for. gave you the tickets I gave them to you. 1 She'sentimeaninvication yesterday. 2 Lbought my mother some chocolates for her birth 3 He found mesome apartments online. 4 Myboyfriend emailed me photos while he was 247) 5 Lwon'tlend him my-cat. © Mydaughter made mes present today. 7 Sheshowedme hernew laptop. 8 My parentsare petting mea new camera in Hore cong, 2 Nilyouread thechildrena'story before they go"? 10 Acolleague sold me these DVDs for £5.1B adjectives Revise the basics 1 Wea poisonous snake. NOT make potonons 2. They'tevery powerful people. NOT powerfuls people 4 Vy older than niy brother. NOT moreold that 4 Rome isn't as expensive as Paris, NOT asexpensive than 5 Is the most difficult exercise in the book. NOT hediffcuitest comparative and superlative adjectives superietive the tallest thehottest ‘more modern thermost modern busy busier the busiest dangerous | more dangerous ‘the mast dangerous interesting _| tess interesting theleast interesting ‘good better the best bad worse the worst far further the furthest. adjective + one / ones + Uve lose my suitcase. I'sa big, blue one. | Expensive laptops are usually more reliable than cheap ones. + Weuseone /onesafter an adjective instead of repeating a singular or plural noun. + Wedon't use one / ones with uncountable nouns. alaokgfr-tne wor ati behappy wih par tine NOT parsincone a Arethe highlighted forms right ¥ or wrong x? GRAMMAR BANK ‘more rles for comparatives and superiatives 11 Leet more tired:han did yesterday ‘She's the most stressed person inthe office. | 2 Shes the cleverestgirlin the class. “Theoldroad was much narrower than the new one. Icwould be simpler to go back to the beginning, 1 One-ilable adjectives whichendin-ed always CSemoreand hemert for comparatves and Spervese bored, pleased, shocked sessed, ted : 2 Sometwo-ylable adjective can make comparatives and sperativeswith-erand-s Common examples are ever narrow polite, uit, simple api +A good dictionary wilt you the usual Comparative and superlative form for ato- syllable adective ‘abit and much + comparative adjective 1 It'sa biecloudier today than yesterday. ‘This phone'sa bit more expensive than thatone. 2 Your job is much more stressful than mine. ‘The business is much busier chan it was last year. 1 Weuseabit + compar difference is small 2 Weuse much + comparative adjective to say that a difference large ive adjective to say that a 1b Complete the sentences to mean the same thing. Correct the wrong ones. ‘Anais happier than Clare, 1m tallerthast my brother. 7 CClareisn' ashappy as Anna. He's upersomvery hard-working. X 1 Robert's father isnt as friendly as Robert, He'sa very hard-working person Robert is_ than his father, 1 China is thesfurthesteastthan India 2 Iesabitsunnier today than yesterday. 2 She's mueh-feiendiy-thaa her sister. Yesterday wasn't as today. 3 London is much:busyerthis Oxford, 3 French i easier to learn than Chinese. 4 Our new house is more maderathat our old Chinese is tolearn than French, cone, bu twas also mareexpensive. 4 This hotel is more expensive than the other hotels we've looked at, 5 Expensive phones are not more reliable than ‘This hotels. __-of the hotels we've looked at. eheapont. 5. Mynew job is much more stressful than my old one. 6 My fers amanedangerae tay Myoldjob wats saa nie ea: mother. 6 The film wasn't as bad as Pd expec 7 Today isthe hast day of he years fa. Peres a eased 7 King Street isn'cas narrow as Queen Street. Queen Street is than King Street. e's ides scudtent in the class Hd inhierrsiconsieieniadir Naat 8 Blue will look better than green for your bedroom. 10 This is thetiredest I've ever felt Green won't look as blue for your bedroom.