Exercises of Activity Book

Vocabulary

1 Match the words from the reading with their meaning.

Grammar

The Past Simple

Irregular verbs

2 Put the verbs in the table below in the Past Simple tense.

The Comparative

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the comparative.

Hercule Poirot is (1) more professional than Miss Marple. He is also (2) richer than her and travels the world. Miss Marple’s (3) wiser than Poirot. She’s (4) more famous than him. We don’t really know if she’s (5) older than Poirot, but we do know she is (6) more pleasant.

The Superlative

4 complete the text with the correct form of the superlative.

Dr Watson is the (1) most loyal person to Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is the (2) most famous detective in the world. He is the (3) most intelligent and the (4) most logical detective Watson knows. He’s not the (5) most pleasant person, put Dr Watson doesn’t mind and thinks that Holmes is the (6) wisest detective in the history.