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Grammar: adjectives, adverbs and comparison

42 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. The questions follow the UASA Paper 1 item types and the Close-up B1 Form 3 grammar (Unit 12 and the Grammar Reference). Ask a teacher or parent to check the writing task in question 17.

Section A: sentences and short texts (Paper 1 Part 1 style)

9 marks
Read each text or sentence carefully. Choose the best answer A, B or C.
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Question 1

Aina's grandmother gave her a ______ scarf for her birthday.
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B
The order is opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material. Gorgeous is an opinion, white is a colour and woollen is a material, so: gorgeous white woollen.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 12.1 Ordering adjectives
Textbook p. 173
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Question 2

Hana was ______ when she learnt that her brain has about 100 billion neurons.
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A
Hana feels the surprise, so we use the -ed adjective amazed. The -ing form amazing would describe the fact, not Hana's feeling.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 12.2 Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
Textbook p. 151
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Question 3

The film was ______ bad that we left halfway through.
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C
Bad is an adjective with no noun after it, so we use so ... that. Such needs a noun (such a bad film).
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 12.6 So and such
Textbook p. 173
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Question 4

Funfair rules
Thunder rollercoaster: riders must be at least 140 cm tall.
Mini Coaster: for children of all heights.
Danish is 132 cm tall. From the notice, we know that
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A
132 cm is less than 140 cm, so Danish is too short for Thunder. The Mini Coaster is for all heights, so he can ride it.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Part 1: notices; too and enough
Textbook p. 151
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Question 5

Which sentence has the adverbs in the correct order?
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C
After a verb like go, the usual order is place (to the dentist), manner (quickly), time (after work).
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 12.4 Order of adverbs: manner, place and time
Textbook p. 173
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Question 6

Ways to the beach
Route A is 42 km long. Route B is 38 km long. Route C is 45 km long.
Which sentence is true?
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B
38 km is less than 42 km and 45 km, so Route B is the shortest. Route C (45 km) is longer than A, and A is not the same length as B.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 12.7 Comparison: reading numbers
Textbook p. 155
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Question 7

Price list
Nasi lemak at Stall A: RM3.00
Nasi lemak at Stall B: RM4.50
Which sentence is correct?
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C
RM3.00 is less than RM4.50, so Stall A is cheaper: A is not as expensive as B. Option B reverses the stalls.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 12.8 as ... as and not as ... as
Textbook p. 173
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Question 8

Which sentence has a mistake?
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B
Tall has one syllable, so the comparative is taller. More taller uses two comparative forms together.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard 12.7 Comparative forms (error spotting)
Textbook p. 173
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Question 9

Faris wrote: "The exam was so a difficult test that I could not finish it." What is the best correction?
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A
The phrase has a noun (test), so we need such a + adjective + noun. So cannot be followed by a / an + noun, and too is never used like this.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard 12.6 So and such; Part 2 correction
Textbook p. 173

Section B: grammar in texts (Paper 1 Parts 2 to 4 style)

21 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 10

Read the text. Each underlined word or phrase has a mistake. Write the correct word or phrase.
A visit to the science centre
Last Saturday our class visited the National Science Centre. It was (a) such big that we needed three hours to see everything. First, we saw a (b) wooden old model of the human skeleton. Then a guide explained (c) careful how bones grow. She said that the thighbone is (d) the stronger bone in the body.
[1 mark] (a)such
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[1 mark] (b)wooden old
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[1 mark] (c)careful
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[1 mark] (d)the stronger
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Part 2: error correction (12.1, 12.3, 12.6, 12.7)
Textbook p. 173
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Question 11

Read the text. Each underlined word or phrase has a mistake. Write the correct word or phrase.
A visit to the science centre (continued)
After lunch we went to the brain exhibition. I was (a) fascinating by it. It was (b) more better than the one about the heart. My little brother was not (c) enough tall to touch the display, so my dad lifted him up. We all worked (d) hardly on the quiz at the end.
[1 mark] (a)fascinating
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[1 mark] (b)more better
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[1 mark] (c)enough tall
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[1 mark] (d)hardly
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Part 2: error correction (12.2, 12.5, 12.7)
Textbook p. 173
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Question 12

Do each task. In (a) and (b), put the words in brackets in the correct order for the gap. In (c), write the full sentence. In (d), add the word.
[1 mark] (a)Aina bought a ______ dress. (cotton / lovely / blue)
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[1 mark] (b)The shop sells ______ lanterns. (Chinese / old / beautiful)
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[1 mark] (c)the fans / the match / excitedly / watched / at the stadium / last night
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[1 mark] (d)Add the word usually to the sentence: Ali is early for school.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 12.1 and 12.4 Ordering adjectives and adverbs
Textbook p. 173
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Question 13

Read the bar chart. For (a) to (c), choose True or False. For (d) and (e), write no more than three words and/or a number.
Bar chart of minutes of exercise a week: Aisyah 210, Kumar 90, Farid 150, Mei Ling 210, Siti 120
Minutes of exercise a week, five Form 3 pupils
[1 mark] (a)Aisyah exercises more than Farid.
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True
210 minutes is more than 150 minutes.
[1 mark] (b)Kumar exercises more than Siti.
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False
Kumar does 90 minutes and Siti does 120 minutes, so Kumar exercises less.
[1 mark] (c)Mei Ling exercises as much as Aisyah.
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True
Both do 210 minutes a week.
[1 mark] (d)Who exercises the least?
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[1 mark] (e)How many more minutes a week does Farid exercise than Siti?
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Part 4: reading a chart; comparison
Textbook p. 155
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Question 14

Read the text and complete the table. Use no more than three words and/or a number from the text for each answer.
Choosing a gym
Three gyms are near our school. Fit Zone is the cheapest: a month costs RM60. However, it is much smaller than the other two and it is always crowded after school. Power Gym is the most expensive at RM90 a month, but it has the largest swimming pool in town. Star Gym costs RM75 a month. It is not as big as Power Gym, but it is bigger than Fit Zone, and it stays open the latest, until midnight. Amirul's family chose Star Gym because it is neither too expensive nor too crowded.
QuestionAnswer
Cheapest gym(a) ______
Monthly price at Power Gym(b) ______
Gym with the largest swimming pool(c) ______
Time Star Gym closes(d) ______
[1 mark] (a)Cheapest gym
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[1 mark] (b)Monthly price at Power Gym
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[1 mark] (c)Gym with the largest swimming pool
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[1 mark] (d)Time Star Gym closes
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Part 3: information transfer; comparison in a text
Textbook p. 155

Section C: using the grammar

12 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 15

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the word in bold. You may change the order and add words.
[1 mark] (a)Hana's bag weighs 4 kg. Mei's bag weighs 6 kg. (lighter)
Hana's bag is ______ Mei's.
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[1 mark] (b)Nobody in the class runs as fast as Kumar. (fastest)
Kumar runs ______ in the class.
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[1 mark] (c)The soup was very hot. I could not drink it. (too)
The soup was ______ drink.
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[1 mark] (d)Siti's essay is better than mine. (as)
My essay is not ______ Siti's.
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[1 mark] (e)The film was so boring that we left early. (such)
It was ______ that we left early.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 12.7 and 12.8 Rewriting with comparison, so / such, too / enough
Textbook p. 155
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Question 16

Choose the correct word for each gap.
[1 mark] (a)The documentary was so ______ that I watched it twice.
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interesting
The documentary causes the interest, so use -ing.
[1 mark] (b)She is ______ a kind teacher that everybody loves her.
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such
A kind teacher is adjective + noun, so use such a.
[1 mark] (c)Our team played ______ in the final.
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well
It tells how the team played, so use the adverb well.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 12.2, 12.6 and 12.3: choose the correct word
Textbook p. 151
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Question 17

[4 marks] (a)Your school magazine wants short reviews of the canteen. Write five or six sentences (about 50 words). Use at least two adjectives in the right order before a noun, two adverbs and one comparison (comparative, superlative or as ... as).
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Model answer: Our school canteen is a lovely, busy place. The cooks work hard every morning and serve delicious hot nasi lemak. The food is cheaper than the food at the shop across the road. The queue moves quickly, so I never wait long. It is not as big as the hall, but it is clean.
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For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Paper 2: using adjectives, adverbs and comparison in writing (4.1 to 4.8)
Textbook p. 26