English Grammar Worksheet: Expressing Preferences & Making Comparisons

EXPRESSING PREFERENCES & MAKING COMPARISONS – by mete.elt
EXPRESSING PREFERENCES
I prefer
to
I would rather
I prefer playing basketball to riding a bike.
than
I would rather play basketball than ride a bike
EXAMPLE
I prefer traveling by plane to traveling by bus.
I would rather travel by plane than travel by bus.
ACTIVITY- Look at the visuals and icons. Check TRUE or FALSE.
AMERICAN TEENS
ENGLISH TEENS
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American teens prefer going to beaches to going to the countryside.
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English teens prefer spending time in rural areas to going to the seaside.
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English teens would rather spend time in nature than spend time in cities.
American teens would rather visit urban areas than visit rural areas.
American teens would rather go to countryside than stay in cities.
English teens prefer countryside to city.
American teens prefer going to rural areas most.
English and American teens don’t prefer going to countryside.
9 American teens prefer spending time in cities to going to the seaside.
10 Both American and English teens would rather go to beaches than go to cities.
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MAKING COMPARISONS
Tall
► Taller
Short ► Shorter
Cheap ► Cheaper
Big
► Bigger
Hot
► Hotter
Safe ► Safer
Easy ► Easier
Dangerous
Beautiful
Expensive
Important
Attractive
Comfortable
► More dangerous
► More beautiful
► More expensive
► More important
► More attractive
► More comfortable
► Less comfortable
Good
Bad
► Better
► Worse
EXAMPLE
NIXE is cheaper than RUMA.
RUMA is more expensive than NIXE
NIXE is less expensive than RUMA
NIXE
RUMA
ACTIVITY- Read the sentences and fill in the table.
1973
1348
300 meters
57 meters
965.000
6.207.303
Tower of Pisa
Galata Tower
The Eiffel Tower
CN Tower
Some
Towers
1173
Construction Date
Height
Number of visitors in 2018
1887
67 meters
525.000
553 meters
1.523.764
Galata Tower is newer than Tower of Pisa, but it is older than the Eiffel Tower.
CN Tower is more modern than the Eiffel Tower and Galata Tower.
Tower of Pisa is shorter than Galata Tower.
The Eiffel Tower is taller than Galata tower, but it is shorter than CN Tower.
Tower of Pisa attracted less tourists than CN Tower did.
The Eiffel Tower attracted more tourists than the other towers.
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