Grammar: Comparing

9. Listen to Peter comparing different events a student experiences. Match the sentence halves below. Then listen again and check.

10. Choose the correct word in each sentence.

1. It was the (more / most) exciting day of my life.

2. I think graduation day is a (more / most) important day than your first day at school.

3. In my opinion, studying in your hometown is (better than / best) studying in another town.

4. I really like travelling with friends. It's (more / most) interesting than travelling alone.

5. My (more / most) important event at university was passing my end-of-year exams.

6. I was (happier / happiest) when I passed my driving test than when I passed my exams.

7. The first day in my job was (more / most) worrying than my first day college.

11. Read the statements below. Do you agree? Change the statements to make them true for you.

1. Studying in your hometown is better than studying in another town or country.

2. People who are getting married are happier than people who are coming of age.

3. Travelling on your own is more boring than travelling with others.

4. Passing a driving test is more exciting than passing exams at school.

5. The most important event for a student is end-of-year exams.

12. Complete the paragraph with the words below. There is one extra word.

For me, I think (1) most important event in my life was passing my driving test. I am (2) than all my friends and they all passed their test before me. I remember I was really (3) before each of my driving lessons. I (4) very good at the theory because I found it (5) . I was (6) driving a car (7) reading about the rules. But when the day of the test came, I (8) confident.