Owen is writing about his teammates.
complete the text with the comparative
adverbs of the adjectives in brackets.
my teammates are all really different. bradley is the
best on the team. he runs ' more quickly (quick)
than anyone else on the team. christine is our
goalkeeper. she doesn't run? (quick) as the other
plavers, but she defends the goal (good) than all
of us. amber trains - (hard) than most of us. she's
very strong! my brother, robert, is also on our team.
we're very competitive with each other! i can kick
5 (powerful) than he can, but he can kick
6 (accurate) than i can. i still say he doesn't play
(brilliant) as i do!
2. He wondered what kind of newspapers I preferred.
3. He wondered if my family subscribed to any newspaper.
4. She wondered what two main types of newspapers were.
5. She wondered if I preferred to read broadsheets or tabloids.
6. He wondered what “quality”, “broadsheet” newspapers I knew.
7. He wondered what a “tabloid” meant.
8. She wondered if tabloid press was much more popular than the quality press.
9. He wondered if I followed sports news in newspapers.
10. She wondered if I read reviews of new films and books.
11. She wondered if I liked to read articles on politics and finance.
12. He wondered if I read any newspaper in English.
13. She wondered if I looked through my local newspaper.
14. He wondered if some newspapers included “colour supplements”.