Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using a comparative form (older / moreimportant etc.).
1) It's too noisy here. Can we go somewhere ________?
2) This coffee is very weak. I like it ________
3) The hotel was surprisingly big. I expected it to be ________
4) The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be ________
5) The weather is too cold here. I'd like to live somewhere ________
6) job is a bit boring sometimes. I'd like to do something ________
7) It's a shame you live so far away. I wish you lived ________
8) I was surprised how easy it was to get a job. I thought it would be ________
9) Your work isn't very good. I'm sure you can do ________
10) Don't worry. The situation isn't so bad. It could be ________
11) I was surprised we got here so quickly. I expected the t rip to take ________
12) You're talking very loudly. Can you speak ________?
13) You hardly ever call me. Why don't you call me ________?
14) You're standing too near the camera. Can you move a bit ________ away?
15) You were a little depressed yesterday, but you look ________ today.
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1)
1 quieter
2 stronger
3 smaller
4 more expensive
5 warmer/hotter
6 more interesting / more exciting
7 nearer/closer
8 more difficult / more complicated
9 better
10 worse
11 longer
12 more quietly
13 more often
14 further/farther
15 happier / more cheerful
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the words in the box. Use than where necessary.
important crowded early easily high big
interested peaceful reliable serious simple thin
1) I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed ________ usual.
2) I'd like to have a ________ car. The one I have keeps breaking down.
3) Unfortunately her illness was ________ we thought at first.
4) You look ________ . Have you lost weight?
5) I want a ________ apartment. We don't have enough space here.
6) He doesn't study very hard. He's ________ in having a good time.
7) Health and happiness are ________ money.
8) The instructions were very complicated. They could have been ________
9) There were a lot of people on the bus. It was ________ usual.
10) I like living in the country. It's ________ living in a town.
11) You'll find your way around the town ________ if you have a good map.
12) In some parts of the country, prices are ________ in others.
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2)
1 earlier
2 more reliable
3 more serious than
4 thinner
5 bigger
6 more interested
7 more important than
8 simpler / more simple
9 more crowded than
10 more peaceful than
11 more easily
12 higher than
Exercise 3
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.
It's ________ it was yesterday.
2) The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes ________ by car.
3) Dan and I went for a run. I ran ten kilometres. Dan stopped after eight kilometres.
I ran ________ Dan.
4) Chris and Joe both did badly in the test. Chris got 30%, but Joe only got 25%.
Joe did ________ Chris in the test.
5) I expected friends to arrive at about 4 o'clock. In fact they arrived at 2.30.
friends ________ I expected.
6) You can go by bus or by train. The buses run every 30 minutes. The trains run every hour.
The buses ________ the trains.
7) We were very busy in the office today. We're not usually so busy.
We ________ usual in the office today.
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3)
1 It’s colder today than it was yesterday.
2 It takes longer by train than by car.
3 I ran further/farther than Dan.
4 Joe did worse than Chris in the test.
5 friends arrived earlier than I expected.
6 The buses run more often than the trains. or The buses run more frequently than … or The buses are more frequent than …
7 We were busier than usual in the office today.
Interactive Phonemic Chart
Learn all of the vowel and consonant sounds in American English with this interactive phonemic chart.
