Unit 112. Even
Unit 112; Part A
 Study this example situation: |
| • These photographs are really awful. Even I take better photographs than these.(and I'm certainly not a good photographer) • He always wears a coat - even in hot weather. • Nobody would help her - not even her best friend. or Not even her best friend would help her. |
Unit 112; Part B
Very often we use even with the verb in the middle of a sentence (see Unit 110):• Sue has travelled all over the world. She has even been to the Antarctic.
(It's especially unusual to go to the Antarctic, so she must have travelled a lot.)
• They are very rich. They even have their own private jet.
Study these examples with not even:
• I can't cook. I can't even boil an egg. (and boiling an egg is very easy)
• They weren't very friendly to us. They didn't even say hello.
• Jenny is very fit. She's just run five miles and she's not even out of breath.
Unit 112; Part C
You can use even + comparative (cheaper / more expensive etc.):• I got up very early, but Jack got up even earlier.
• I knew I didn't have much money, but I've got even less than I thought.
• We were surprised to get a letter from her. We were even more surprised when she came to see us a few days later.
Unit 112; Part D
Even though / even when / even if |
Exercises
 Julie, Sarah and Amanda are three friends whowent on holiday together. Use the information given about them tocomplete the sentences using even or not even.Key.2 even Amanda 3 not even Julie 4 even Amanda 5 even Sarah 6 not even Amanda  |
| 1 They stayed at a hotel. Everybody liked it, even Sarah . 2 They arranged to meet. They all arrived on time, ____________. 3 They went to an art gallery. Nobody enjoyed it, ____________. 4 Yesterday they had to get up early. They all managed to do this, ____________. 5 They were together yesterday. They were all in a good mood, ____________. 6 None or them took any photographs, ____________. |
Make sentences with even. Use the words in brackets.Key.2 We even painted the floor.
3 She's even met the prime minister.
4 You could even hear it from the next street. or You could even hear the noise from ...
6 I can't even remember her name.
7 There isn't even a cinema.
8 He didn't even tell his wife (where he was going).
9 I don't even know the people next door.
1 Sue has been all over the world.
(the Antarctic) She has even been to the Antarctic.
2 We painted the whole room.
(the floor) We ____________________________________
3 Rachel has met lots of famous people.
(the prime minister) She ____________________________________
4 You could hear the noise from a long way away.
(from the next street) You ____________________________________
In the following sentences you have to use not ... even.
5 They didn't say anything to us.
(hello) They didn't even say hello.
6 I can't remember anything about her.
(her name) I ____________________________________
7 There isn't anything to do in this town.
(a cinema) ____________________________________
8 He didn't tell anybody where he was going.
(his wife) ____________________________________
9 I don't know anyone in our street.
(the people next door) ____________________________________
Complete the sentences using even + comparative.Key.2 even older
3 even better
4 even more difficult
5 even worse
6 even less
1 It was very hot yesterday, but today it's even hotter .
2 The church is 500 years old, but the house next to it is _______________.
3 That's a very good idea, but I've got an _______________ one.
4 The first question was very difficult to answer. The second one was _______________.
5 I did very badly in the exam, but most of my friends did _______________.
6 Neither of us was hungry. I ate very little and my friend ate _______________.
Put in if, even, even if or even though.Key.2 if
3 even if
4 even
5 even though
6 Even
7 even though
8 even if
9 Even though
1 Even though she can't drive, she has bought a car.
2 The bus leaves in five minutes, but we can still catch it _________________ we run.
3 The bus leaves in two minutes. We won't catch it now _________________ we run.
4 His Spanish isn't very good - _________________ after three years in Spain.
5 His Spanish isn't very good _________________ he's lived in Spain for three years.
6 _________________ with the heating on, it was very cold in the house.
7 I couldn't sleep _________________ I was very tired.
8 I won't forgive them for what they did, _________________ they apologise.
9 _________________ I hadn't eaten anything for 24 hours, I wasn't hungry.
 | Unit 111 Unit 112 Unit 113 |  |