Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form.
Write the answers for Text 1 under the memo in the spaces provided.

Memo

The company's annual report shows that sales figures were ...... (low) than the
previous year. This is no surprise due to the recession but what is ?.....
(disappointing) than this is the clear evidence that some of our very.....
(old)
clients have switched to another supplier. We are aware that there are ..... (cheap)
suppliers than ourselves but this may not be the ..... (important) factor. One old
client was heard to say that their new supplier was ......
(efficient) and’..... (flexible)
than we are. If this is the case, then this is .....
(worrying) than anything else. The
economic situation is getting more and ..... (critical) and if we do not compare
favourably with our ..... (big) competitors, then we will not survive. We used to
have the .....
(high) reputation in the business but we are in danger of losing that
forever. It is not easy to be the ... (good) but that is what we should be aiming for.
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