large/small country (in total land area)
,~_I ..... Brazil: 3,286,488 sq. mi. (8,511,965 sq krn)
, Egypt: 385,229 sq. mi. (997,739 sq km) :. '
.:A, , , , ., Spah 194,897 sq. mi. (504,782 sq km):*q& ..<: i Canada: 3,553,303 sq. mi. (9,203,054 sq km) ?.
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. easy/difficult questions F, ?",.y .. .,.,,, ,.. s,i*c> ,~ .<... .... '".~
V EIRST QUESTION: What% 2 plus 2? ' " -.. ., V@ : ..
SECOND Q~STION: What's the square root of 937 divided by 16?
THIRD QUESTION: What's 3 times 127?
FOURM QUBSTfON: what's 2 plus 3?
2. goodhad handwriting
EXAMPLE A: &I& ,d&- CY( && ./
EXAMPLE B:
EXAMPLE C:1 9-1 MAKING COMPARISONS WITH AS.. .AS
(a) Tina is 21 years old. Sam is also 21.
Tina is as old as Sam (is).
(b) Mike came as auickly as he could.(f) Sam is just as old as Tina. Common modifiers of as... as are just (meaning
(g) Ted is nearly/almost as old as Tina. "exactly") and nsarlylalmost.As... as is used to say that the two pans of a comparison
are equal or rhe same in some way.
In (a): as + aajecriw + as
In (b): as + adwrb + as
(c) Ted is 20. Tina is 2 1.
Ted is not as old =Tina.
(d) Ted isn't quite as old asTina.
(e) Amy is 5. She isn't nearly as old as Tina.'Also possible: not so... as: Ted is not so dd cw Tina
Negative form: not as... as.* Quite and nearly are
often used with the negative.
In (d): not quite as... as = a small difference.
In (e): not nearly as... as = a big difference.TINA SA M TED AMY
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