9C QUIZ NIGHT (Workbook, pp. 60-61): Answer Key

1 GRAMMAR

a

1  cheaper, colder, higher
2  sadder, wetter, thinner
3  drier, dirtier, hungrier
4  more beautiful, more difficult, more comfortable
5  worse, further, better

b

2  Tigers are bigger than lions.
3  Italy is drier than Ireland.
4  February is shorter than January.
5  An iPod is cheaper than a laptop.
6  Mondays are worse than Fridays.
7  A fridge is colder than a cooker.
8  Russian is more difficult than Italian.

2 VOCABULARY

a

1  104
2  596
3  2,660
4  8,905
5  12,750
6  543,830
7  1,315,000
8  35,460,000

b

1  a / one hundred and twenty-five
2  eight hundred and ninety-five
3  four thousand five hundred
4  twelve thousand four hundred and seventy
5  thirty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty
6  five hundred and seventy-five thousand six hundred
7  six million two hundred and fifty thousand
8  thirty-four million eight hundred thousand two hundred and sixty-five

3 PRONUNCIATION

a

tree: cheaper, easier
horse: shorter, taller
bird: dirtier, worse
egg: better, healthier
phone: colder, slower
bike: drier, higher

c

1  A pencil is cheaper than a pen.
2  June is shorter than July.
3  The kitchen is dirtier than the living room.
4  An apple is healthier than a biscuit.
5  Switzerland is colder than France.
6  Everest is higher than Kilimanjaro.

4 READING

a

1  F   2  T   3  F   4  T

5 LISTENING

2  F   3  T   4  F   5  T   6  T