Lesson: Essentials/60

Grammar

1. Write three sentences using as and three sentences using like:

1. This is my new car, the red __________ over there.
2. On the desk there are two red pens, and three blue __________.
3. Most of the questions are difficult, so find the easier __________ and do those first.
4. Are these your shoes? No, the black __________ are mine.
5. I hoped I could borrow a sweater from Tim, but this __________ fits me quite well.
6. Frank is going to organize another party, sure it will be even bigger than the first __________.
7. This magazine doesn't look very interesting, there is another __________ on the desk.
8. The most poisonous spiders live in Australia, but the biggest __________ live in Asia.
9. Ann's wedding party was a long and happy __________.

2. Answer the questions using one, ones if necessary:

1. What flavour ice-cream is that?
   Rasberry __________.
2. What kind of wine do you prefer?
   Red __________.
3. Which one is your son?
   The good-looking __________.
4. Which is your coat?
   The green __________.
5. How much are the sandwiches?
   The tuna __________ are £2.50 and the others are £2.00.
6. How is the weather where you are?
   It's terrible __________.
7. Which is your car?
   The red __________ over there.
8. Who is Simon?
   The __________ who is married to Lindsey.
9. Do you like this dress?
   No, I preferred the other __________.
10. Somebody has to work late again and I'm the lucky __________.
11. I like eating cookies. Especially the chocolate chip __________.

Vocabulary

Europe

• Iceland, Icelander, Icelandic
• Ireland, Irish
• The United Knigdom (UK), British, Briton, Brit (informal)
• Scotland, Scotish
• England, English
• Wales, Welsh
• Portugal, Portuguese
• Spain, Spanish
• France, French, Frenchman
• Belgium, Belgian
• Amsterdam
• Italy, Italian
• Switzerland, Swiss
• Germany, German
• Austria, Austrian
• Denmark, Danish
• Czech Republic, Czech
• Slovenia, Slovenian
• Croatia, Croatian
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian, Herzegovinian
• Montenegro, Montenegrin
• Macedonia, Macedonian
• Greece. Greek
• Turkey, Turkish
• Bulgaria, Bulgarian
• Romania, Romanian
• Hungary, Hungarian
• Slovakia, Slovakian
• Poland, Polish
• Moldova, Moldvan
• Ukraine, Ukrainian
• Poland, Polish
• Belarus. Belarusian
• Baltic countries, Baltic
• Lithuania. Lithuanian
• Latvia, Latvian
• Estonia, Estonian
• Sweden, Swede, Swedish
• Norway, Norwegian
• Scandinavia, Scandinavian
• Nordic countries, Nordic
• Russia, Russian

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/europe/

Review

2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.

• That roller coaster is as tall as the ferris wheel. / elevator / not
  • That roller coaster is as tall as the elevator.
  • That roller coaster is not as tall as the elevator.

4. Sentence listening

Answers

5. Read the text and answer the questions below:

Interesting Facts about Europe

1. An interesting fact about the European continent is that it starts from North America to end at North America again, due to the presence of countries like Iceland and Russia in the continent.
2. For the past 20 years, the population of Europe has been static, with the birth and death rates being constant.
3. Vatican City State has been declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
4. Like Japan is termed as the 'Land of the Rising Sun', Norway in Europe is called the 'Land of the Midnight Sun'.
5. In the literal sense of the words, there is no desert in Europe.
6. There are three time zones in Europe, namely Eastern European Timezone, Western European Timezone and Central European Timezone.
7. One of the facts on Europe is that , there exists a common currency in 12 nations of the European continent called Euro, which was introduced in 2002.
8. The Statue of Liberty was designed by a French, who went with the name Frédéric Bartholdi and it was another French, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who built the statue in France before it was shipped to America.
9. The only metropolitan area, which is a part of two continents is Istanbul, as it is located on the Bosphorus Strait, which is a part of Europe as well as Asia. Therefore, it is often said, "if you want to have lunch in Europe and dinner in Asia, then you have to be in Istanbul".
10. An interesting fact about Europe is that there are three countries in Europe, whose names start with the alphabet 'I', namely Iceland, Italy and Ireland.
11. You will be astonished to know, that Germany has as many as 9 neighbors, namely Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium and Czech Republic.

DT   due

DT   Iceland

DT   static

DT   heritage

DT   termed

DT   literal

zone Dzone T   time zone

DT   currency

DT   designed

DT   shipped

DT   therefore

DT   whose

DT   astonish

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