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Complete the sentences with a double comparative.

  1. The weather is getting . (cold)
  2. This area is becoming  (popular)
  3. Jimmy is getting  (tall)
  4. Petrol was getting  (expensive)
  5. Maria is becoming  (confident)
  6. The film just got  (silly)

Complete the sentence halves with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

  1. The  (long) I work, the  (tired) I feel.
  2. The  (spacious) the house, the  (expensive) it will be.
  3. The  (fast) you drive, the  (likely) you are to have an accident.
  4. The  (carefully) you check your work, the  (few) mistakes you make.
  5. The  (long) you keep him waiting, the  (impatient) he’ll become.

Complete the sentences with less, the least, fewer, or the fewest.

  1. The kitchen is  spacious room in the house.
  2. My flat is  conveniently located than yours.
  3. This house has got  rooms of the three we’ve looked at.
  4. Which costs , the semi-detached house or the terraced house?
  5. This is  popular area of the city.
  6. Which room has got  furniture, the dining room, living room, or kitchen?
  7. There are  flowers in the flower bed this year than last.
  8. Wales is  remote than the north of Scotland.

Complete the sentences with the comparative and superlative form of the adverbs in brackets.

  1. Dan drives  than Ed, but Sam drives  of all. (slow)
  2. Amy works  than Kate, but Frances works  (hard)
  3. Adam speaks French  than Jason, but Chris speaks  (fluently)
  4. Jed walks  than Fred, but Tom walks  (fast)
  5. Ed writes  than Fran, but Susan writes  (good)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. It may be necessary to add an extra word to the sentence.

  1. The  the house, the more expensive it is to heat. (large)
  2. That’s the  balcony I’ve ever seen. (tiny)
  3. Houseboats are  today than they used to be. (common)
  4. We’ll have to look  if we want to find a house we can afford. (hard)
  5. Our new flat has  rooms than our old one, so now I have to share a room with my sister. (few)
  6. Your garden is  than ours because you haven’t got as many flowers. (colourful)
  7. They’re worried that their cellar might flood as it’s raining  now. (heavy)
  8. This is the  room in the house because we haven’t furnished it yet. (comfortable)
  9. The grass on their lawn is growing  and , but nobody seems interested in cutting it. (high)

Look at the chart and complete the sentences with the correct form of the adverbs and adjectives in brackets.

 

HARRY

MIKE

CHARLIE

Strength

Intelligence

Running

Painting

  1. Charlie is  (intelligent) than Harry.
  2. Harry runs  (fast) of the three boys.
  3. Charlie paints  (skilful) than Mike.
  4. Charlie is  (strong) than Mike.
  5. Mike is  (intelligent) of the three boys.
  6. Mike runs  (fast) than Charlie.
  7. Harry is  (strong) of the three boys.
  8. Harry paints  (skilful) of the three boys.

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box to make comparisons.

as it was when I bought it.                       she was as a child.

than there were five years ago.         than he used to be.

than it used to be.                                than I was before.

  1. My boyfriend’s more confident 
  2. This watch isn’t as accurate 
  3. She’s slimmer than 
  4. I’m happier in my new job 
  5. There are fewer cars in the town centre now 
  6. This jacket is less cool 

Complete the sentences with comparative forms of the words in brackets.

  1. The  you study, the  you learn. (hard, fast)
  2. The  he waited, the  he became. (long, impatient)
  3. The  the weather, the  I feel. (warm, good)
  4. The  we got to the exam room, the  we felt. (near, nervous)
  5. The  the music, the  the crowd became. (loud, excited)
  6. The  the match, the  the players get. (important, aggressive)

Complete the sentences with a double comparative. Use the adjectives in the box.

bad              big          crowed             dangerous              expensive

  1. Cities are becoming .
  2. Your feet are getting .
  3. London is getting  because of crime.
  4. Tom’s marks are getting .
  5. Petrol is getting 

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adverb in brackets.

  1. Who works  (hard) out of all the students in the class?
  2. There isn’t much traffic today, so we should arrive  (soon) than we expected.
  3. If you ate  (slowly), you’d enjoy your food more!
  4. The Swiss tennis player performed  (well) than his opponent and won the tournament.
  5. Erik did  (badly) than I did in this month’s test.
  6. The world’s population is growing  (fast) today than at any point in history.
  7. My grandparents’ house isn’t far, but my aunt lives  (near) of all my family.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

  1. That was the worst holiday I’d ever had!

I’d never had a holiday as  one!

  1. If we walk fast, we’ll get there quicker.

The  we’ll get there.

  1. Fast food used to be less healthy.

Fast food is  used to be.

  1. My jacket is nothing like as comfortable as yours.

Your jacket is far  mine.

  1. Your brother is the same age as me.

Your brother is just  I am.

  1. Indian food is far spicier than English food.

English food is nothing  Indian food.

Complete the text with the words below.

as

far

fewer

like

more

nowhere

than

the

Thanks to some films and TV shows, and certain types of music, many people still regard big cities in the USA as violent and crime-filled. However, recent reports show that they’re (1)  near as dangerous as some people believe. Statistics for violent crime are nothing (2)  as bad as they were in the 1990s; the chance of being robbed or murdered is much lower (3)  in the 1990s when those crimes were far (4)  common than they are today. There are also slightly (5)  property crimes than forty years ago, with a drop of 2.8% being reported by some sources. Many inner-city areas once considered ‘no-go’ zones are (6)  more pleasant than they used to be, and cities generally are just as safe (7)  anywhere else in the world. The problem, of course, is that the more the media focuses on the few serious crimes, (8)  more afraid people become.


Complete the second sentence with a comparative or superlative so that it means the same as the first. Use the correct form of the adverb or adjective from the first sentence.

  1. You don’t walk as fast as me.

I walk 

  1. No one in my family sings as badly as my sister.

My sister is 

  1. My best friend is more outgoing than me.

I’m not 

  1. You’ll be safe if you’re cautious.

The more cautious you are, 

  1. My mum doesn’t drive as carefully as my dad.

My dad drives 

  1. No one I know is more critical than my brother.

My brother is 

Look at the figures in the table. Then complete the sentences with the words below.

even

far

nearly

nothing

nowhere

The 100 most dangerous cities in the USA, 2015

City

Population

Crime rate (per 1,000)

Camden, New Jersey

76,903

25.66

Chester, Pennsylvania

34,046

21.53

Detroit, Michigan

688,701

21.1

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1,553,165

11

  1. The crime rate in Philadelphia is  near as high as it is in Camden.
  2. Camden’s population is  like as large as Philadelphia’s.
  3. Camden’s population is quite small, but Chester’s is  smaller.
  4. Chester’s population isn’t  as big as Detroit’s.
  5. There are  more people living in Philadelphia than there are in Detroit.

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

  1. The  I work, the  I feel. (hard / tired)
  2. The  you drive, the  you are to have an accident. (fast / likely)
  3. The  you practise the piano, the  you’ll become. (often / good)
  4. The  you work, the  mistakes you will make. (slow / few)
  5. The  the weather, the  I feel. (cold / depressed)

Complete the sentences with the double comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

  1. Summers in Britain seem to be getting  . (wet)
  2. Electricity and gas are becoming  . (expensive)
  3. My school grades are getting  . (good)
  4. It’s getting  to find good babysitters. (hard)
  5. Inner cities are becoming  . (dangerous)
  6. Galaxies in the universe are moving  apart from one another. (far)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

  1. It’s hot today. It was the same yesterday.

It’s  .

  1. I used to be argumentative. I’m less so now.

I’m less  .

  1. People think I’m confident, but I’m not really.

I’m  .

  1. I thought this exercise would be more difficult.

This exercise is  .

  1. You said you’d arrive earlier.

You didn’t 

Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning. Use clauses with as.

  1. My maths result and my physics result were terrible.

  1. My brother and I both have a lot in common with my dad.

  1. Today is sunny and yesterday was too.

  1. Harry and I would both like to study maths at university.

  1. My mum and my dad are calm and reasonable most of the time.

  1. Kate and Liam can both concentrate for long periods of time.

Rewrite the text. Use passive structures to make the underlined words the main focus of the sentences.

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 when he was a student at Harvard University. He originally intended it to be a game in which people could compare photos of students and rate them according to who was the most attractive. The college banned the project within days, but it later became the basis for the social-networking site we know today. At first, it granted membership only to students, but later allowed all people over the age of thirteen to join. Today, over one billion people actively use Facebook. In 2011, Forbes Magazine declared Zuckerberg to be the ninth most powerful person in the world.

Rewrite these active sentences as passive sentences, avoiding the words somebody, nobody, they and people.

  1. People have polluted the lakes in our region.

.

  1. They’ve sold the house next door.

.

  1. Somebody will tell you when to start the exam.

.

  1. They should have picked up the kids before four o’clock.

.

  1. Nobody informed me about the change of venue.

.

  1. I hope nobody will blame me for the accident.

.

  1. They will install Wi-fi in the school once they have agreed on a price.

.

  1. They wouldn’t have cancelled the concert if they’d sold more tickets.

Rewrite the sentences using the passive. Make the indirect object the subject.

  1. They gave the teacher a present at the end of the year.

.

  1. Nobody has taught him good manners.

.

  1. My boss is promising me a big pay rise.

.

  1. They gave me ten minutes to make up my mind.

.

  1. They won’t offer the job to Martin.

.

  1. They awarded prizes to the cleverest students.

.

  1. The bank owes Harry £100.

.

  1. Somebody threw the boy a lifebelt.

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Complete the sentences with a double comparative.

  1. The weather is getting colder and colder. (cold)
  2. This area is becoming more and more popular (popular)
  3. Jimmy is getting taller and taller (tall)
  4. Petrol was getting more and more expensive (expensive)
  5. Maria is becoming more and more confident (confident)
  6. The film just got sillier and sillier (silly)

Complete the sentence halves with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

  1. The longer (long) I work, the more tired (tired) I feel.
  2. The more spacious (spacious) the house, the more expensive (expensive) it will be.
  3. The faster (fast) you drive, the more likely (likely) you are to have an accident.
  4. The more carefully (carefully) you check your work, the fewer (few) mistakes you make.
  5. The longer (long) you keep him waiting, the more impatient (impatient) he’ll become.

Complete the sentences with less, the least, fewer, or the fewest.

  1. The kitchen is the least spacious room in the house.
  2. My flat is less conveniently located than yours.
  3. This house has got the fewest rooms of the three we’ve looked at.
  4. Which costs less, the semi-detached house or the terraced house?
  5. This is the least popular area of the city.
  6. Which room has got the least furniture, the dining room, living room, or kitchen?
  7. There are fewer flowers in the flower bed this year than last.
  8. Wales is less remote than the north of Scotland.

Complete the sentences with the comparative and superlative form of the adverbs in brackets.

  1. Dan drives slower than Ed, but Sam drives the slowest of all. (slow)
  2. Amy works harder than Kate, but Frances works the hardest (hard)
  3. Adam speaks French more fluently than Jason, but Chris speaks the most fluently (fluently)
  4. Jed walks faster than Fred, but Tom walks the fastest (fast)
  5. Ed writes better than Fran, but Susan writes the best (good)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. It may be necessary to add an extra word to the sentence.

  1. The larger the house, the more expensive it is to heat. (large)
  2. That’s the tiniest balcony I’ve ever seen. (tiny)
  3. Houseboats are more common today than they used to be. (common)
  4. We’ll have to look harder if we want to find a house we can afford. (hard)
  5. Our new flat has fewer rooms than our old one, so now I have to share a room with my sister. (few)
  6. Your garden is less colourful than ours because you haven’t got as many flowers. (colourful)
  7. They’re worried that their cellar might flood as it’s raining more heavily now. (heavy)
  8. This is the least comfortable room in the house because we haven’t furnished it yet. (comfortable)
  9. The grass on their lawn is growing higher and higher, but nobody seems interested in cutting it. (high)

Look at the chart and complete the sentences with the correct form of the adverbs and adjectives in brackets.

 

HARRY

MIKE

CHARLIE

Strength

Intelligence

Running

Painting

  1. Charlie is less intelligent (intelligent) than Harry.
  2. Harry runs the fastest (fast) of the three boys.
  3. Charlie paints less skilfully (skilful) than Mike.
  4. Charlie is stronger (strong) than Mike.
  5. Mike is the most intelligent (intelligent) of the three boys.
  6. Mike runs as fast as (fast) than Charlie.
  7. Harry is the least strong (strong) of the three boys.
  8. Harry paints the most skilfully (skilful) of the three boys.

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box to make comparisons.

as it was when I bought it.                       she was as a child.

than there were five years ago.         than he used to be.

than it used to be.                                than I was before.

  1. My boyfriend’s more confident than he used to be
  2. This watch isn’t as accurate as it was when I bought it.
  3. She’s slimmer than she was as a child.
  4. I’m happier in my new job than I was before.
  5. There are fewer cars in the town centre now than there were five years ago.
  6. This jacket is less cool than it used to be.

Complete the sentences with comparative forms of the words in brackets.

  1. The harder you study, the faster you learn. (hard, fast)
  2. The longer he waited, the more impatient he became. (long, impatient)
  3. The warmer the weather, the better I feel. (warm, good)
  4. The nearer we got to the exam room, the more nervous we felt. (near, nervous)
  5. The louder the music, the more excited the crowd became. (loud, excited)
  6. The more important the match, the more aggressive the players get. (important, aggressive)

Complete the sentences with a double comparative. Use the adjectives in the box.

bad              big          crowed             dangerous              expensive

  1. Cities are becoming more and more crowded.
  2. Your feet are getting bigger and bigger.
  3. London is getting more and more dangerous because of crime.
  4. Tom’s marks are getting worse and worse.
  5. Petrol is getting more and more expensive.

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adverb in brackets.

  1. Who works (the) hardest (hard) out of all the students in the class?
  2. There isn’t much traffic today, so we should arrive sooner (soon) than we expected.
  3. If you ate more slowly (slowly), you’d enjoy your food more!
  4. The Swiss tennis player performed better (well) than his opponent and won the tournament.
  5. Erik did worse (badly) than I did in this month’s test.
  6. The world’s population is growing faster (fast) today than at any point in history.
  7. My grandparents’ house isn’t far, but my aunt lives (the) nearest (near) of all my family.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

  1. That was the worst holiday I’d ever had!

I’d never had a holiday as bad as that one!

  1. If we walk fast, we’ll get there quicker.

The faster we walk, the quicker we’ll get there.

  1. Fast food used to be less healthy.

Fast food is /healthier than it / not as unhealthy as it/ used to be.

  1. My jacket is nothing like as comfortable as yours.

Your jacket is far more comfortable than mine.

  1. Your brother is the same age as me.

Your brother is just as old as I am.

  1. Indian food is far spicier than English food.

English food is nothing like as spicy as Indian food.

Complete the text with the words below.

as

far

fewer

like

more

nowhere

than

the

Thanks to some films and TV shows, and certain types of music, many people still regard big cities in the USA as violent and crime-filled. However, recent reports show that they’re (1) nowhere near as dangerous as some people believe. Statistics for violent crime are nothing (2) like as bad as they were in the 1990s; the chance of being robbed or murdered is much lower (3) than in the 1990s when those crimes were far (4) more common than they are today. There are also slightly (5) fewer property crimes than forty years ago, with a drop of 2.8% being reported by some sources. Many inner-city areas once considered ‘no-go’ zones are (6) far more pleasant than they used to be, and cities generally are just as safe (7) as anywhere else in the world. The problem, of course, is that the more the media focuses on the few serious crimes, (8) the more afraid people become.


Complete the second sentence with a comparative or superlative so that it means the same as the first. Use the correct form of the adverb or adjective from the first sentence.

  1. You don’t walk as fast as me.

I walk faster than you.

  1. No one in my family sings as badly as my sister.

My sister is the worst singer in my family.

  1. My best friend is more outgoing than me.

I’m not as outgoing as my best friend.

  1. You’ll be safe if you’re cautious.

The more cautious you are, the safer you’ll be.

  1. My mum doesn’t drive as carefully as my dad.

My dad drives more carefully than my mum.

  1. No one I know is more critical than my brother.

My brother is the most critical person I know.

Look at the figures in the table. Then complete the sentences with the words below.

even

far

nearly

nothing

nowhere

The 100 most dangerous cities in the USA, 2015

City

Population

Crime rate (per 1,000)

Camden, New Jersey

76,903

25.66

Chester, Pennsylvania

34,046

21.53

Detroit, Michigan

688,701

21.1

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1,553,165

11

  1. The crime rate in Philadelphia is nowhere near as high as it is in Camden.
  2. Camden’s population is nothing like as large as Philadelphia’s.
  3. Camden’s population is quite small, but Chester’s is even smaller.
  4. Chester’s population isn’t nearly as big as Detroit’s.
  5. There are far more people living in Philadelphia than there are in Detroit.

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

  1. The harder I work, the more tired I feel. (hard / tired)
  2. The faster you drive, the more likely you are to have an accident. (fast / likely)
  3. The more often you practise the piano, the better you’ll become. (often / good)
  4. The slower you work, the fewer mistakes you will make. (slow / few)
  5. The colder the weather, the more depressed I feel. (cold / depressed)

Complete the sentences with the double comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

  1. Summers in Britain seem to be getting wetter and wetter . (wet)
  2. Electricity and gas are becoming more and more expensive . (expensive)
  3. My school grades are getting better and better . (good)
  4. It’s getting harder and harder to find good babysitters. (hard)
  5. Inner cities are becoming more and more dangerous . (dangerous)
  6. Galaxies in the universe are moving /further and further/ farther and farther/ apart from one another. (far)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

  1. It’s hot today. It was the same yesterday.

It’s no hotter today than it was yesterday .

  1. I used to be argumentative. I’m less so now.

I’m less argumentative (now) than I used to be .

  1. People think I’m confident, but I’m not really.

I’m /not as confident as people think (I am) / less confident than people think (I am)/ .

  1. I thought this exercise would be more difficult.

This exercise is /easier than I thought it would be / less difficult than I thought it would be/ .

  1. You said you’d arrive earlier.

You didn’t arrive as early as you said you would .

Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning. Use clauses with as.

  1. My maths result and my physics result were terrible.

My maths result was terrible, as was my physics result.

  1. My brother and I both have a lot in common with my dad.

My brother has a lot in common with my dad, as do I.

  1. Today is sunny and yesterday was too.

It’s sunny today, as it was yesterday.

  1. Harry and I would both like to study maths at university.

Harry would like to study maths at university, as would I.

  1. My mum and my dad are calm and reasonable most of the time.

My mum is calm and reasonable most of the time, as is my dad.

  1. Kate and Liam can both concentrate for long periods of time.

Kate can concentrate for long periods of time, as can Liam.

Rewrite the text. Use passive structures to make the underlined words the main focus of the sentences.

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 when he was a student at Harvard University. He originally intended it to be a game in which people could compare photos of students and rate them according to who was the most attractive. The college banned the project within days, but it later became the basis for the social-networking site we know today. At first, it granted membership only to students, but later allowed all people over the age of thirteen to join. Today, over one billion people actively use Facebook. In 2011, Forbes Magazine declared Zuckerberg to be the ninth most powerful person in the world.

Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 when he was a student at Harvard University.

It was originally intended to be a game in which photos of students could be compared and rated according to who was the most attractive.

The project was banned by the college within days, but it later became the basis for the social-networking site we know today.

At first, membership was granted only to students, but later all people over the age of thirteen were allowed to join.

Today, Facebook is actively used by over one billion people.

In 2011, Zuckerberg was declared by Forbes Magazine to be the ninth most powerful person in the world.

Rewrite these active sentences as passive sentences, avoiding the words somebody, nobody, they and people.

  1. People have polluted the lakes in our region.

The lakes in our region have been polluted.

  1. They’ve sold the house next door.

The house next door has been sold.

  1. Somebody will tell you when to start the exam.

You /will/’ll/ be told when to start the exam.

  1. They should have picked up the kids before four o’clock.

The kids should have been picked up before four o’clock.

  1. Nobody informed me about the change of venue.

I /was not/wasn’t/ informed about the change of venue.

  1. I hope nobody will blame me for the accident.

I hope I /will not/won’t/ be blamed for the accident.

  1. They will install Wi-fi in the school once they have agreed on a price.

Wi-fi will be installed in the school once a price has been agreed on.

  1. They wouldn’t have cancelled the concert if they’d sold more tickets.

The concert /would not/wouldn’t/ have been cancelled if more tickets had been sold.

Rewrite the sentences using the passive. Make the indirect object the subject.

  1. They gave the teacher a present at the end of the year.

The teacher was given a present at the end of the year.

  1. Nobody has taught him good manners.

He /has not/hasn’t/ been taught good manners.

  1. My boss is promising me a big pay rise.

I /am/’m/ being promised a big pay rise by my boss.

  1. They gave me ten minutes to make up my mind.

I was given ten minutes to make up my mind.

  1. They won’t offer the job to Martin.

Martin /will not/won’t/ be offered the job.

  1. They awarded prizes to the cleverest students.

The cleverest students were awarded prizes.

  1. The bank owes Harry £100.

Harry is owed £100 by the bank.

  1. Somebody threw the boy a lifebelt.

The boy was thrown a lifebelt.


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