Exercises [EEE] complete the sentences using a comparative form (older / more important ete.). 1. This restaurantis very expensive, Let's go somewhere cheaper. This coffee is very weak. Ilike it The town was surprisingly big, lexpected it to be The hotel was surprisingly cheap. lexoected itto be The weather's too cold here. Id like to live somewhere Sometimes my ob is abit boring, Id like to do something It’sa shame you live so far away. Iwish you lived Itwas quite easy to find a place to live. Ithoughtit would be Your workisn’t very good. Im sure you can do 10 Don'tworry. The situation isn'tso bad. It could be 11 You hardly ever call me. Why don’t you call me ? 12 You'te too near the camera. Can you move bit away? (EEE) complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the words in the box. Use than where necessary. big carly high important interested peaceful reliable serious slowly thin | 1. Iwas feeling tired lastnight, so Iwent to bed . earlier, Bhan usual. 2 Id lke to have a... more. reliable..car, The one Ihave keeps breaking down 3. Unfortunately the problem was we thought at first 4 You look Have you lost weight? 5 We don’thave enough spece here. We need a apartment, © James doesn't study very hard. He's in having a good time 7 Health and happiness are money. 8 ike living in the country. 1vs living in a town, 9. Tim sorry [don't understand. Can you speak please? 10 Insome parts of the country, prices are inothers. [EEE] complete the sentences. Choose from: (than more worse quietly longer better careful frequent ) Getting a visa was complicated. It toak...leonger _ than lexpected Sorry about my mistake. Fltry and be more in future Your English has improved. It's than twas. You can travel by bus or by train, The buses are more than the trains You can't always have things immediately. You have to be patient [im a pessimist. | always think things are going to get. Wewere busier Usual in the office today. It's not usually so busy. You're talking very loudly. Can you speak more ? [EEE Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative form (-er or more 1 Yesterday the temperature was six degrees, Today it's only three degrees. Its...colder, today. Bhan. itwas yesterday. 2 Dan and wentfora un, Iran ten kilometres. Dan stopped after eight kilometres. Iran Dan 3. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train. The journey takes train car 4 expected my friends to arrive at about 4 o'clock, In fact they arrived at 2.30 My friends lexpected 5 There is always a lot of traffic here, but today the traffic is really bad. The taffic today usual 21Exercises 107.5 Complete the sentences using as... 95. 1 Trmtall, butyou are taller. rm not... a, tall a, you 2. My salaryis high, but yours is higher. My salary isn't 3. You know a bit about cars, but I know more, You don't 4 We are busy today, but we were busier yesterday. We aren't 5 still feel bad, but felt a lot worse earlier Ieon't 6 Our neighbours have lived here for quite a long time, but we've lived here longer. Our neighbours haven't 7 Iwasa little nervous before the inte wasn't view, but usually Im a lot more nervous. Write a new sentence with the same meaning. Jackis younger than he looks. Jackisn’t...08 old. as he. looks, Ididn’t spend as much money as you. You... spent. more. money. than, me. The station was nearer than | thought. The station wasn’t The meal didn’t cost as much as lexoected, The meal cost. Iwatch TV less than lused to, Idon’t Karen's hair isn’t as long as it used to be. Karen used to know them better than you do. You don't There are fewer students in this class than in the other one There aren't. Complete the sentences using as... as. Choose from: fast hard long often quietly soon well 1 Imsorry mate. Igot here 0s. fast as_| could. 2 twas adifficult question. | answered it I could. 3 ‘How long can Istay with you?” “‘Youcan stay you tke! 4 Ineed the information quickly, so let me know possible 5 Mike to keep fit, so I go swimming, lean. 6 didn’t want to wake anybody, so Icame in Ieould. 7 You always say how tiring your job is, but lwork just you. Write sentences using the same as. 1 David and James are both 22 years old, David _is. the. same. age, as... James 2 You and | both have dark brown hair, Your hair mine. 3 Larrived at 10.25 and so did you. | arrived you. 4 My birthday is$ Apri, It's Tom's birthday too. My birthday Tom's Complete the sentences. Choose from: (as him is less me = much_—soon_—stthan_— twice 1 Tilletyou know as...800n._ as | have any morenews 2 My friends arrived earlier lexpected. 5 Ilive in the same street Katherine, We're neighbours 4 He doesn’t know much. Iknow more than, 5 This morning there was traffic than usual Idon'twatch TVas aslusedto Your bagiis quite light. Mines ‘as heavy as yours. We were born in the same year. I'm little older than she Iwas really surprised. Nobody was more surprised than 215Exercises [EEE] complete the sentences. Use the superlative forms (est or most...) of the words in the box. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 0 u a R Complete the sentences. Use a superlative (-est or most ...) or a comparative (-er or more bad cheap good ~—sihonest_— popular short _— tall We didn't have much money, o we stayed at... the, cheapest... hotel in the town, This building is 250 metres high, but its not inthe city Iwas an awul day. twas day of my life Whatis sport in your country? Ilike the nnorning, For me its part of the day. Sarah always tells the truth. She's one of people know. Astraightline is distance between two points. We stayed at the cheapest hotel in the town, (cheap) Ourhotel was cheaper... than all the others in the town. (cheap) Iwasn’t feeling well yesterday, but I fee! a bit today. (good) What's thing you've ever bought? {expensive} I prefer this chair to the other one, It’s (comfortable) Amy and Ben have three daughters, is 14 years old. (old) Who is the person you know? (old) What's way to get co the station? (quick) Which is =the bus or the train? (quick) I can remember when Iwas three years old. It's memory. (early) Everest is mountain in the world, Itis than any other mountain. (high] 1: This knife isn’t very sharp. Do you have a one? 8: No, it's. one! have. (sharp) FIEDE] complete the sentences. Use asupertatve (tor ost.) +a preposition orn) Wsavery good room. It's the best room. in the hotel Brazil is a very large country. It’s South America, Itwas avery happy day. Itwas my life This isa very valuable painting, It’s the museum. Springis avery busy time forme. It's the year, In the following sentences use one of + a superlative + a preposition. 6 7 8 8 10 It’s avery good room. Its..one.of the. best. rooms in.. the hotel He's avery rich man. He’s one the country She's a very good student. She's the class, Itwasa very bad experience. twas my life Isa very famous university. I's the worl. [EE] what do you say in these situations? Use a superlative + ever. 1 2 You've just been to the cinema. The movie was extremely boring, You tell your friend (boring / movie /ever /see) That's the most boring movie. I've exer seen ‘Someone has just told you a joke which you think is very funny. You say {funny /joke fever /hear) That's You're drinking coffee with a friend, It's really good coffee. You say. {good / coffee / ever / taste) This You have just run ten kilometres, You've never run further than this, You say (far /ever /run) That You gave up your job. Now you think this was a very bad mistake. You say: (bad / mistake / ever / make} tt Your friend meets a lot of people, some of them famous, You ask your friend (famous / person / ever / meet?) Who ? 217