a)
Use the adjectives below to make true sentences about each person in the pictures.
• beautiful
• handsome
• rich
• attractive
• famous
• successful
• great
• talented
• smart
• well−known
• funny
• clever
• intelligent
1.Gisele Bundchen is a beautiful model.
2. Steven Spielberg is a successful film director.
b)
Name some famous people in your country. What are they famous for?
a)
What do you know about the stars in the pictures?
b)
Read and answer the questions in the quiz. Compare your answers with your partner.
How well do you know these stars?
Read the questions … who are they talking about?
1.You have seen her face on the cover of a million magazines. Some say she’s one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was born in Brazil, in 1980, and has had one of the longest careers in modeling!
A. Avril Lavigne
B. Cameron Diaz
C. Gisele Bundchen
2. He’s one of the most handsome actors in film. This blond−haired, blue−eyed man is from England. You may know him from his roles in ‘The Aviator’ and ‘Cold Mountain’.
A. Jude Law
B. Bruce Willis
C. Brad Pitt
3. He’s one of Russia’s most successful athletes. He started skating when he was four. One of his greatest achievements was winning Olympic gold in 2006.
A. Evgeni Plushenko
B. Mikhail Baryshnikov
C. Alexey Smertin
4. He’s most certainly funnier than your average guy! He’s a stand−up comedian, actor and writer! If the films ‘Due Date’ and ‘Birdman’ are in your DVD collection, you’ll know who we are talking about.
A. Zach Galifianakis
B. Tom Cruise
C. Adam Sandler
5. He is one of Russia’s most talented performers. He won the BBC’s Singer of the World competition in 1989 and his career was brilliant.
A. Luciano Pavarotti
B. Julio Iglesias
C. Dmitri Hvorostovsky
c)
Listen and check.
Read the sentences. How do we form the comparative/superlative forms of adjectives/adverbs? Find examples in the quiz on p. 66.
1.He is the tallest boy in the class.
2. It’s the funniest film I have ever seen.
3. She is more intelligent than him.
4. Jude Law is the most attractive man in the world.
5. Betty is more beautiful than Eva.
6. He learns faster than her.
7. She spoke more quietly than him.
8. She ran the fastest of all.
Compare, as in the example.
1. snail/not/fast/rabbit/
A snail is not as fast as a rabbit.
2. CD/expensive/DVD
3. Jamie/not/funny/Mark
4. Zach Galifianakis/not/well−known/Tom Cruise
We use (not) as + adjective + as to show that two people or things are/are not equal.
Frank is as clever as Jim. (They are both equally clever.)
Anna is not as famous as Bill. (Anna hasn’t got as many fans as Bill.)
Use the adverbs to compare yourself to your friend and the rest of the class.
• run fast
• dance well
• speak loudly
• ride carefully
Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct comparative or superlative form. Decide if the statements are T (true) or F (false). Listen and check.
Famous Russian figure skaters
Find out if you are a true fan with our quick quiz!
1. Kovtun and Voronov are two of the _ (successful) skaters in Russia.
2. Maxim Kovtun is _ (young) than Sergei Voronov.
3. Kovtun is the _ (talented) jumper in Russian skating.
4. Voronov is _ (popular) with the Russian people than Kovtun.
5. Voronov has won _ (many) European Championship medals than Kovtun
Choose three people/characters and make notes about their appearance and personality. Use your notes to discuss with your partner.
Portfolio: Find information about famous people from your country. Make your own quiz. Use the one in Ex. 2 as a model.