1 In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
1 Do you like chocolate? What’s your favourite chocolate bar?
2 How much money do you spend on chocolate or other snacks in a typical week?
3 Do you ever give chocolate as a gift? If so, on what occasions?
Students’ own answers
2 Look at the cartoons. In pairs, say why you think the situation in the second cartoon has changed.
3 Read the article and say why chocolate bars are shrinking.
THE INCREDIBLE, SHRINKING
chocolate bar
DO YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE?
IF YOU DO, THEN YOU KNOW THAT CHOCOLATE BARS AREN’T AS BIG AS THEY USED TO BE.
In 2013 the average chocolate bar weighed 55 grams; in 2022 it was only 45 grams.
Chocolate bars are smaller and lighter than before. They aren’t worse than they used to be but they aren’t better either. And they certainly aren’t cheaper. So why is it happening? Here are the most important reasons.
· COCOA: The quality of cocoa and safe working environments for cocoa farmers is more important.
So cocoa production is about quality, not the amount.
· HEALTH: Many people today want to be fitter and healthier. Larger chocolate bars have more calories so they are becoming less popular than smaller bars.
· And the last but not the least important reason
MONEY: Smaller bars at the same price mean bigger profits from sales.
This situation isn’t good enough! It’s certainly not the best news for chocoholics like me! Let’s hope our favourite snack doesn’t become too expensive in the future!
Comparison of adjectives
4 Read sentences 1–3 and decide which meanings are correct: a or b.
1 Chocolate bars aren’t as big as they used to be.
a Chocolate bars are bigger now.
b Chocolate bars are smaller now.
2 Now chocolate is more expensive than before
a Chocolate was cheaper before.
b Chocolate was not cheaper before.
3 This situation isn’t good enough.
a This situation is too bad.
b This situation is better than before.
5 Study the Grammar box and find more examples of comparatives, superlatives and ways of comparing in the article. don’t forget the table
| Comparison of adjectives | |||
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative | |
| One syllable |
sweet safe hot |
sweeter safer hotter less sweet / safe / hot |
the sweetest the safest the hottest the least sweet / safe / hot |
| ending in - y |
busy | busier / less busy |
the busiest/ the least busy |
|
two or more syllables |
famous |
more famous / less famous |
the most famous / the least famous |
| irregular |
good bad |
better worse |
the best the worst |
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Ways of comparing: • not as big (as) = smaller (than) |
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students own answers
6 Complete the text with the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.
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Muneer 10 March 9.54 a.m. Did you see that article about the size of chocolate bars? Shocking! But chocolate isn’t the only thing that is getting smaller (small). I’m sure they used to sell cola in larger (large) cans. And bottles of ketchup aren’t as big (big) as they used to be. AliA 10 March 10.05 a.m. Very true, Muneer! And did you notice that jars and bottles are thinner (thin) than they used to be? But what’s even more surprising (surprising) is that sometimes smaller (small) jars of coffee are more expensive (expensive) than bigger ones. Crazy! TalalW 10 March 11.05 a.m. Stop complaining, everyone! Our shops have a greater (great) range of interesting food from all over the world than ever before, our diet is generally healthier (healthy) than thirty years ago and luckily food is less expensive (expensive) than it used to be for our ancestors! |
7 In pairs, compare each pair of food items using the comparative of the adjectives from the box
| cheap expensive fattening filling good/bad (for you) healthy nutritious popular tasty |
1 fruit and chocolate
Fruit is healthier than chocolate. Chocolate isn’t as healthy as fruit.
2 crisps and nuts
3 salad and chips
4 water and cola
5 yoghurt and cream
Students’ own answers
8 VALUES How can you make healthy food choices? Why is this important?
Students’ own answers
workbook
Comparison of adjectives
1 ★ Choose the correct forms to complete the sentences.
1 Which of these three snacks is the ?
a tasty b tastier c tastiest
2 Children should eat something than crisps.
a healthy b healthier c healthiest
3 This meal isn’t as I thought, but it’s really good.
a cheap b cheaper c cheapest
4 The film The Chef was than I expected.
a good b better c best
5 British breakfasts are much for you than continental breakfasts.
a bad b worse c worst
6 I was the person in the restaurant and I’m only thirty-five!
a old b older c oldest
2 ★ Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 d Carrots are healthier a expensive restaurant in our town.
2 h Coffee is more b busy – let’s eat at home.
3 a This is the most c enough for all the customers.
4 b The restaurant is too d than crisps.
5 f Dark chocolate is the least e tasty as yours.
6 g The Jolly Frog is the furthest f sweet kind of chocolate
7 c This café isn’t big g restaurant from my house.
8 e Restaurant pizzas aren’t as h popular than tea in my family.
3 ★★ Put the words in order to make sentences.
1 biggest / in the world / is / doughnut / this / the
This is the biggest doughnut in the world.
2 I / can / less / something / fattening / have / ?
Can I have something less fattening?
3 the / your meal / least / is / on the menu / nutritious
Your meal is the least nutritious on the menu.
4 is / fruit juice / fruit / for / than / better / you
Fruit is better for you than fruit juice.
5 as / in other restaurants / expensive / aren’t / the burgers here / as
The burgers here aren’t as expensive as in other restaurants.
6 tastiest / in this place / the / pizza topping / what’s / ?
What’s the tastiest pizza topping in this place?
4 ★★ Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.
1 Some special coffees are more fattening (fattening) than a burger and fries.
2 This is the cheapest (cheap) supermarket in the area.
3 Are sweet potatoes better (good) for you than normal potatoes?
4 This low-fat yoghurt isn’t as tasty (tasty) as normal yoghurt.
5 Experts say that broccoli is the most nutritious (nutritious) vegetable in the world.
6 Home-made soup is healthier (healthy) than soup from a tin.
