Collins Grammar Unit 11 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 13 Public

Comparative Structures

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Paraphrase the sentence. Living in the countryside is healthier than living in a city. (not as + adjective + as)

Living in a city is not as healthy as living in the countryside.

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Paraphrase the sentence. Traffic in towns moves more slowly than in villages. (not as + adverb + as)

Traffic in villages doesn't move as slowly as in towns.

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Paraphrase the sentence. There are more people in this town than there used to be. (fewer + noun phrase + than)

There used to be fewer people in this town than there are now.

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Paraphrase the sentence. There are fewer supermarkets in counry villages than in regional towns. (more + noun phrase + than)

There are more supermarkets in regional towns than in country villages.

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Paraphrase the sentence. This town isnot as prosperous as the others in this region. (more + adjective + than)

Other towns in this region are more prosperous than this one.

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Paraphrase the sentence. The people in London aren't as friendly as those in my home town. (less + adjective + than)

The people in London are less friendly than those in my home town.

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Paraphrase the sentence. People visit Australia more often than New Zealand. (not as + many + noun +as)

Not as many people visit New Zealand as Australia.

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Paraphrase the sentence. There is more sun in the south of the country than in the north. (not as + much + noun phrase + as)

There isn't as much sun in the north of the country as in the south.

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Paraphrase the sentence. The office buildings in Paris and the monuments are beautiful. (as + adjective + as)

The office buildings in Paris are as beautiful as the monuments.

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Paraphrase the sentence. The number of tourists and immigrants in Hanoi is equal. (as + many + noun + as)

There are as many immigrants as tourists in Hanoi.

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Paraphrase the sentence. My parents and I are both interested in the same lifistyle. (the same + noun + as)

I am interested in the same lifestyle as my parents.

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Paraphrase the sentence. This village isn't nearly as picturesque as the last one we visited. (far + less + adjective + than)

This village is far less picturesque than the last one we visited.

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Paraphrase the sentence. There are much more people moving abroad from the UK to Spain than France. (considerably + more + noun phrase + than)

There are considerably more people moving abroad from the UK to Spain than France.

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Paraphrase the sentence. It's nearly as easy to travel by train as by car. (almost + as)

It's almost as easy to travel by train as by car.

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