Spain is 505,000 square kilometres and France is 544,000. (SMALL)
Spain is SMALLER than France.
The river Amazon is about 6,400 km long and the Nile is about 6,670 km long. (SHORT)
The river Amazon is SHORTER than the river Nile.
Oxford University was founded in 1170 and Cambridge University 40 years later. (OLD)
Oxford University is OLDER than Cambridge University.
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet. (SHORT)
The English alphabet is SHORTER than the Arabic alphabet.
40% of climbers that get to the top of the K2 die, but only 9% of climbers of Mount Everest die. (DANGEROUS)
K2 is more dangerous to climb than Mount Everest.
A megabyte is 1,000 bytes, but a gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes. (LARGE)
A gigabyte is LARGER than a megabyte.
Sahara Desert average rainfall = 25 mm; Atacama Desert average rainfall = 0.1 mm. (DRY)
the Atacama Desert is DRIER than the Sahara Desert.
The Pyramids in Egypt are about 4,500 years old and the Parthenon in Greece is about 2,500 years old. (OLD)
The Pyramids in Egypt are OLDER than the Parthenon in Greece.
The First World War lasted 4 years (1914-1918), but the Second World War lasted 6 years (1939-1945). (SHORT)
The Fist World War was SHORTER than the Second World War.
Olympus Mountains on Mars are 25 km high, Everest is about 8 km high. (HIGH)
The mountains on Mars are HIGHER than the mountains on Earth.
Canada is 10,000,000 square metres; China is about 9,600,000 square metres. (BIG)
Canada is BIGGER than China.
On average, the British drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day and 70,000,000 cups of coffee. (POPULAR)
In the UK tea is MORE POPULAR than coffee.
Mediterranean Sea average temperature = 24-26 degrees Celsius, Red Sea average = 26-30 degrees Celsius. (WARM)
The Red Sea is WARMER than the Meditarranean Sea.
The average temperature of the moon is about 123 degrees Celsius during the day; the average temperature of the earth is 13-17 degrees Celsius. (HOT)
The moon is HOTTER than the earth.
