Unit 3

I am more outgoing than

my sister.

quiet

Learn the Words!

funny

outgoing

smart

•smaller

•bigger

bigger or smaller

smaller

bigger

bigger or smaller

strongerthinner

stronger or thinner

Which is stronger? A or B?Which is thinner? A or B?

AB

heavier

thinner

heavier or thinner

It’s smaller.

It’s shorter.

It’s bigger.

It’s heavier. It’s longer.

He is taller.

He is thinner.

Who is taller?

Who is thinner?

Who is stronger?

He is stronger.

stronger or thinner

a dog

a horse

Which is taller?

A horse is taller than a dog .

a bear an elephant

Which is heavier?

An elephant is heavier than a bear .

Who is taller, the father or the son?

[tɔ:lə ] The father is taller than

the son.[ðæn]

Who is shorter, the father or the son?

The son is shorter than thefather.

[‘∫ɔ:tə] [ðæn]

Who is stronger, the pig or the bear?[‘strɒŋgə]

The pig is stronger than the bear.[ðæn]

Who is thinner, the pig or the bear?

The pig is thinner than the bear.[’θɪnə]

[ðæn]

Which is longer, the yellow one or the red one?

The yellow one is longer than the red one.

[‘lɒŋgə ]

[ðæn]

Which is bigger,the mouse or the elephant?

The elephant is biggerthan the mouse.

[‘bɪgə ]

[ðæn]

Which is smaller,the mouse or the elephant?

The mouse is smallerthan the elephant.

[‘smɔ:lə]

[ðæn]

Which is heavier,the fox or the bird?

[‘hevɪə]

The fox is heavier than the bird.[ðæn]

1 Put the words in the correct columns.

hard-working run fast quiet serious jump high smart

what people are like what people can do

hard-working, quiet, serious, smart

run fastjump high

2 Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the

words in brackets.

1. My brother is _________(funny) than me.

He makes laugh a lot.

2. I’m outgoing, but my best friend is a lot

_______________(outgoing) than me.

funnier

more outgoing

3. My brother is as_______________ (serious)

as my sister. They both like to study.

4. My cousin can run __________(fast) than

me. She is taller than me, too.

5. Jim is_________________ (friendly) than

Tom, so Tom has more friends than Jim.

more serious

faster

friendlier

quiet funny outgoing kind athletic

1. My friend likes sports. She’s very _______.2. Paul is never _____ ! He can’t stop talking.3. Lu Xiang is really ______. She is very good at math, physics and chemistry.4. Mary is a ______ girl. She always makes me laugh.5. Jane isn’t very _________ . She likes to stay at home and read.

athleticquiet

smart

funny

outgoing

I Fill in the blanks.

1. Seen from the mountain, the town looks

________________ (beautiful).

2. She has made far ________ (great) progress

this term than she did last year.

3. She is a head ________ (tall) than I.

4. This room is 3 times ________ (big) than

that one.

more beautiful

greater

taller

bigger

Ⅱ. 根据所给词的正确形式填空

5. Jim is _______ (tall) than Mary.

6. Baobao is ____________ (young) boy

in his class.

7. I believe English is _______________

(interesting) than any other subject.

taller

the youngest

more interesting

1. This year they have produced ____

grain ______ they did last year.

A; as less; as  B. as few; as  

C. as few; as   D. less; than

2. Which is ______ classroom, this

classroom or that one?

A. bigger     B. the bigger   

C. a bigger   D. bigger

D

C

Ⅲ. 单项选择

3. This apple is ________ that one.

A. as big twice as       B. as big as twice

C. as twice big as       D. twice as big as

4. There are more books in our library

than ________.

A. theirs                     B. those in theirs

C. that in theirs         D. those in their

D

B

5. It is thought that the harder

________, ________ result you’ll get.

A. you work; the better        

B. you will work; the more better

C. you worked; a better        

D. you were working; more better

A

1. 他比我大三岁。

2. 我喜欢像我妹妹那样的人。

3. 我像他一样强健。

Ⅳ. 翻译

He is three years older than me.

I like someone who are like my sister.

I am as athletic as he is.

4. We have a lot in common. 

5. Black and white are opposites. 

6. I don’t know him well though I've known him for a long time. 

我们有很多相同之处。

黑和白相反。

我对他并不了解 , 虽然我认识他已经很长时间了。

Ⅴ. 连词成句1. my, math, subjects, favorite, English,

are, and

2. parents, his, teachers, both, are

3. he, little, a, outgoing, more, me, is, than

My favorite subjects are English and math.

His parents are both teachers.

He is a little more outgoing than me.

1. Their room is ___ _____ ________

(稍大点 ) than yours.

2. I spend ____ ____ ______(多得多 )

time on Chinese than other subjects.

3. Their life was becoming ______ _____

______ ________ (越来越困难 ).

a little bigger

a lot more

more and

more difficult

Ⅵ. 根据汉语补全句子

4. The days get ________ _______

________ (越来越短 ).

5. She wants to buy __________

________ (一些便宜的东西 ).

shorter and

shorter

something

cheap

1. Write something about your past and now.

Homework

2. Think of your best friend. Write down two

ways in which you are similar, and two ways

in which you are different. Use comparatives.