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Reading 3 Read these texts about three cable-stayed bridges. Are sentences 1-5 true (T) or
false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

he SutongYangtze he R i o n - A n t i r i o n Bridge heTataraBridge i n Japan
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River Bridge n China is n Greece. Completed has a total ength of
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T has a m a i n span of T in August 2004, the T 1480 m, w i t h a m a i n
1,088 m . There are also side bridge is 2,880 m o n g and 28 m span of 890 m . The deck w i d t h
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spans, m a k i n g the total bridge wide. The cable-stayed deck is is 30.6 m and the towers are
length 8,206 m. The t w o highest 2,252 m long. It has four towers, 220 m high. The Tatara Bridge
towers n the bridge are 306 m each 220 m high. was completed i n M a y 1999.
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high. The bridge opened in M a y
2008.

1 The longest bridge is the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge. (T / F)
2 The oldest bridge is the Tatara Bridge. (T / F)
3 The Tatara Bridge is longer than the Rion-Antirion Bridge. (T / F)
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4 The Rion-Antirion Bridge has he highest owers. (T / F)
5 The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge has the shortest main span. (T / F)
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Comparative and superlative adjectives
We use comparative adjectives to compare two The Rion-Antirion Bridge is longer than the Tatara Bridge.
people or things. We use superlative adjectives The oldest bridge is the Tatara Bridge.
to describe one in a group of three or more long > longer than -» the longest
people or things. old -» older than > the oldest
high -> higher than • the highest
short -» shorter than -* the shortest
new - newer than • the newest

Complete these sentences. There is more han one correct answer.
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1 The Tatara Bridge is than he Sutong Yangtze River Bridge.
The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge is than the Rion-Antirion Bridge.
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The Rion-Antirion Bridge is . . han the Tatara Bridge and .
than the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge.
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The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge is h e .
The Tatara Bridge is the
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Speaking 5 Work n pairs. Make comparisons about he bridges n his table.
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Completed Length Type Height (above water)
Firth of Forth Bridge, Scotland 1890 8,296 feet cantilever 151 feet
Golden Gate Bridge, USA 1937 8,981 feet suspension 220 feet
Howrah Bridge, India 1943 705 m cantilever/suspension 8.8 m

1 m = 3.28 feet
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