Exercise 7 Descriptions
Complete the conversations with words from the box.
worst latest more as (x2) funniest funnier than friendlier tastier like was what the most nice
1 A I started a new job today, working in an office.
B What are the other people (1) like ?
A They’re very (2) . They seem
(3) than the people in my old job, and the job is much (4) interesting.
B You worked in a shop before, didn’t you?
A Yes. Working in an office is better (5) working in a shop, I’ll tell you! That was the (6) job I’ve ever had. I hated it.
2 C We went out for a meal to Luigi’s last night – you know, that new Italian restaurant.
D Mm, I know. What (7) it like?
C It was (8) best Italian meal I’ve ever had, and it wasn’t as expensive (9) Giovanni’s.
D Yes. Giovanni’s used to be the (10) popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive.
C And the service isn’t (11) good as it was.
D What did you have?
C Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (12) than Paul’s. But his was nice, too.
3 E Have you read John Harrison’s (13) book, Going Round the World?
F No. (14) ’s it like?
E I think it’s the (15) book he’s written. I laughed out loud all the way through.
F I didn’t like The Truth and the Light, the one that came out last year.
E Neither did I. This one’s much (16) .
