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Causal
counterfeiters
Professional
counterfeiters
1. Make money more quickly
2. Make better-looking fake money
3. Won't be affected by microprint
4. Make fake money that really
feels like real money
5. Need special skills
6. Do much more counterfeiting
than they did twenty years ago
7. Can get caught more easily
EXPLORING LANGUAGE
GRAMMAR: COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES
1. Read the following advertisement. Underline all the
words that end in -er. Then answer the questions that follow.
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Protect your business against counterfeit money!
Our new machine for checking bills is faster than the old ma-
chines. And our machine is easier to use than the old machines. All
you do is put a bill in the machine. If the bill is counterfeit, an alarm
bell will ring. It's as easy as that! Counterfeit protection is here.
Buy the Counterfeit Money Detector today and you can sleep
well tonight.
You have to be smarter than the counterfeiters! Buy our ma-
chine.
Counterfeit Money Detector–$450 Call today.
Call 1-800-23-MONEY
1. What three words did you underline?
2. What word follows each of these words?
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2. David and Will are two high school students. Today they
feel bored in class, so they are passing notes back and forth.
Read the notes. Complete the notes with the comparative form of
the adjective provided. The first one has been done for you.
Will: Dave, сan you believe how boring this class is? Argh!
This is even _____(1)more boring____(boring) than
Shoemaker's history class!
David: Yeah. I'm almost asleep over here. Did you hear what
Tom did last weekend? Wow. It's (2) _____ bad_____
than anything I've ever done.
Will: No. What?
David: You know that old car of his? He really wanted to buy
a (3) _____ good _______one. But he didn't have any
money. So guess what he did?
Will: He stole money from his parents?
David: No, he did something much (4) ____ crazy ________
than that! He copied a $100 bill on his family's new
scanner and printed it out with their color printer.
Will: Wow! Doesn't he know counterfeiting is illegal?
David: I know. I told him. But he said he's (5) ______ smart
_________ than most car salesmen. He says they
won't even know the money is fake.
Will: This is (6) _____ dangerous _______than anything
he's ever done. He could go to jail!
David: I know. I told him all that, too. He just said making
money this way is (7) _____ easy _____ and (8) ____
fast _____ than getting a job. Can you believe it?
Will: Tom's crazy! He's really going too far this time!
ON YOUR OWN
WRITING TOPICS
Choose one of the following topics. Write one or two para-
graphs.
1. Compare casual counterfeiters to professional counterfeiters.
Use the information from the readings and from the exercises.
Causal Professional 2. David and Will are two high school students. Today they counterfeiters counterfeiters feel bored in class, so they are passing notes back and forth. Read the notes. Complete the notes with the comparative form of 1. Make money more quickly the adjective provided. The first one has been done for you. 2. Make better-looking fake money Will: Dave, сan you believe how boring this class is? Argh! This is even _____(1)more boring____(boring) than 3. Won't be affected by microprint Shoemaker's history class! 4. Make fake money that really David: Yeah. I'm almost asleep over here. Did you hear what feels like real money Tom did last weekend? Wow. It's (2) _____ bad_____ than anything I've ever done. 5. Need special skills Will: No. What? 6. Do much more counterfeiting David: You know that old car of his? He really wanted to buy than they did twenty years ago a (3) _____ good _______one. But he didn't have any 7. Can get caught more easily money. So guess what he did? Will: He stole money from his parents? David: No, he did something much (4) ____ crazy ________ EXPLORING LANGUAGE than that! He copied a $100 bill on his family's new GRAMMAR: COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVES scanner and printed it out with their color printer. 1. Read the following advertisement. Underline all the Will: Wow! Doesn't he know counterfeiting is illegal? words that end in -er. Then answer the questions that follow. David: I know. I told him. But he said he's (5) ______ smart _________ than most car salesmen. He says they COUNTERFEIT MONEY DETECTOR won't even know the money is fake. Protect your business against counterfeit money! Will: This is (6) _____ dangerous _______than anything Our new machine for checking bills is faster than the old ma- he's ever done. He could go to jail! chines. And our machine is easier to use than the old machines. All David: I know. I told him all that, too. He just said making you do is put a bill in the machine. If the bill is counterfeit, an alarm money this way is (7) _____ easy _____ and (8) ____ bell will ring. It's as easy as that! Counterfeit protection is here. fast _____ than getting a job. Can you believe it? Buy the Counterfeit Money Detector today and you can sleep Will: Tom's crazy! He's really going too far this time! well tonight. You have to be smarter than the counterfeiters! Buy our ma- ON YOUR OWN chine. WRITING TOPICS Counterfeit Money Detector–$450 Call today. Choose one of the following topics. Write one or two para- Call 1-800-23-MONEY graphs. 1. Compare casual counterfeiters to professional counterfeiters. 1. What three words did you underline? Use the information from the readings and from the exercises. 2. What word follows each of these words? 23 24
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