Let's start. Don't worry about mistakes — a guess is good.
You have heard this word before. Complete the sentence:
"My brother is tall, but my father is even ."
Say two sentences about your home. One thing is big, one thing is small. For example: "My kitchen is big. My bathroom is small."
Anna: Coffee? There are two cafés here — Café Sole and Café Luna.
Ben: Café Luna! It's cheaper, and the cakes are better there.
Look at what Ben says. He compares the two cafés with two small words. Which words? Say them out loud, then check.
Two cafés, two phones, two cities — this is how you say which one wins.
Three sentences people really say:
Look at the bold words. Short words and long words — what is different? Say your idea, then check.
Two facts become one sentence. The little word "than" joins the two things.
Type the missing words.
1. Your street has no cars. My street has cars and buses all day.
"Your street is my street." (quiet)
2. On a train you have a big seat and a table. On a bus — no.
"For me, trains are buses." (comfortable)
3. Careful with the spelling here!
"Soup is ice cream." (hot)
Think of your phone and a friend's phone. Say three sentences comparing them. Use ...-er than or more ... than.
One café is cheap. Another café is cheaper. But one café in your town is the cheapest of all — the number one.
Three more real sentences:
Look at the start and the end of each bold part. What do you see? Say it, then check.
1. A true fact about the world:
"Everest is mountain in the world." (high)
2. You watched a very bad film. Two hours — nothing happened!
"For me, that was film of the year." (boring)
3. No work, no alarm clock, a slow breakfast...
"Sunday is day of my week." (easy)
Talk about your family or your friends. Who is the tallest? Who is the youngest? Who has the smallest phone? Say three "number one" sentences.
Two very common words break all the rules. You use them every day.
Can you see "gooder" or "badder" anywhere? No! So what happens instead? Say your idea, then check.
1. Monday was a bad day. Tuesday? Rain, no bus, cold coffee...
"Monday was bad, but Tuesday was even ." (bad)
2. The shop has twenty ice creams. You point at one:
"This is ice cream in the shop — try this one!" (good)
3. Cold room, no hot water, loud music all night...
"That was hotel in the town. Never again!" (bad)
4. Choose the right word. "My cold is ___ today — I think I need the doctor."
Food talk! What food is good in your country? Is home cooking better than restaurant food for you? And what is the best dish you can make? Say three sentences.
Now you do the talking, with everything from today.
Choose two places you know well — two cafés, two supermarkets, two parks, or two cities.
Speak for one minute. Some ideas:
Write 3–5 sentences about your two places. Use all three of these — the checker will tell you what it finds:
Real life mixes everything together. Here, you decide which form is right.
Each sentence has one mistake. Write the whole sentence correctly.
1. "My flat is more small than yours."
2. "My mum is more busy than my dad."
3. "This is the goodest pizza in town."
4. "Today is more cold than yesterday."
5. "My sister is two years ___ than me."
6. "Of all my friends, Tom is ___."
You are in a phone shop with a friend. Compare two phones: the price, the size, the camera. Then say which one is number one for you — and why. Five sentences, out loud.
1. Complete: "She coffee every morning." (drink)
2. Say it out loud: when do we use "there is", and when "there are"? Give one example of each.
3. "A plane is a train." (fast)
4. "For me, football is golf." (exciting)
5. "February is month of the year." (short)
6. "I like all four seasons, but for me spring is ." (good)
Which practice helped you most today — fixing the mistakes, choosing the right word, or the speaking? Why do you think that one worked for you?
At the start we said: compare two things, say the number one, and use the special words. Tick what is true for you: