Red Line 3, Coursebook

for ty-nine 49 What a disaster! It’s just not fair. It’s driving me crazy! Oh, that’s terrible. We must do something! Why don’t we …? Don’t worry! You’ll be OK! USEFUL PHRASES p 3 Real talk: Problems and worries a) Act out the dialogue with a partner. A: What a disaster! I really want a pet mouse and my mum says I can’t have one. B: Oh that’s terrible! A: Yes, it’s just not fair. Mice are so cute! B: Why don’t we talk to your mum together? Maybe she’ll understand. b) Think about other problems and worries. Make a new dialogue. Here are some ideas: can’t have a TV / a computer / a new game /… • have to get up early on Sundays • can’t wear favourite clothes • have to share room with … • … You use adjectives to describe people and things , and adverbs to describe how people do things. You can also compare with adjectives and adverbs. Lauren’s new town is smaller than London. Monday is the most terrible day of the week. Her mum drives more slowly when it’s wet. Lauren works hardest in Geography. GRAMMAR Be careful with the spellings! sad ➝ sa dd er p 4 Revision: A new life in Cornwall ➝ G10 Lauren is in Cornwall now. Put in the comparative or the superlative form. Example: The family’s house is newer than their flat in London. 1. Her mum says that London was … than the village where they live now. (expensive) 2. Lauren can play her music … now that she has got her own room. (loudly) 3. Lauren thinks that the teachers at her new school will be much … (strict) 4. She’ll probably have to work … than at her old school. (hard) 5. The last day at her old school was the … day of Lauren’s life! (sad) 6. Cornwall is one of the … parts of England. But Lauren hates it! (beautiful) 7. The village is much … to the sea. Maybe she can go to the beach in the summer. (near) S h 5 Your turn: A new place? Have you ever moved to a new house / flat / town / school? How did you feel? What was new, and what was different? Write five or more sentences . OR: If you have never moved to a new place, would you like to? Write five or more sentences to say why or why not. ➝ WB 32, 5 Remember: The simple present Language 1 3 Will-future; adjectives and adverbs Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv