Fundamentals Of English Grammar

EXERCISE 16. Modifying comparatives. (Chart 9-5)

Directions: Add very, -h, a lot, or far to these sentences.

1. It's hot today. + It's very hot today.

2. It's hotter today than yesterday. + It's muchla lotlfar hotter today than yesterday.

3. An airplane is fast.


4. Taking an airplane is faster than hitchhiking.


5. Learning a second language is difficult for many people.


6. Learning a second language is more difficult than learning chemistry formulas.


7. You can live more inexpensively in student housing than in a rented apartment.


8. You can live inexpensively in student housing.

adverbs of more than one syllable.

MORB THAN ONE SYLLABLE

(a) A pen is loss expensive than a book.

(b) A pen is not as expensiwe as a book.

ONE SYLLABLB Only not as... as (NOT loss) is used with one-syllable

(c) A pen is not as large as u book. adjectives or adverbs, as in (c).

The opposite of -er/more is expressed by loss or not as

... as. (a) and @) have the same meaning.
Loss and not as... as are used with adjectives and

1 (d) INCORRECT: A pen is less large than a book. I I

EXERCISE 17. LESS.. .THAN and NOT AS... AS. (Chart 9-6)

Direcrions: Circle the correct answer or answers.

1. My nephew is - ambitious - my niece.
   @less... than @ not as... as


2. My nephew is - old - my niece.
   A. less... than @) not as... as


3. A bee is - big - a bird.
   A. less... than B. not as... as
   .,-,. :-~ -,c. - 4. My brother is -
   ' ;.. ,,. interested in planning for the future - I am.
   ~,,':j,.:.#~. fi.''.. !;. A. less.. .than B. not as... as


4. Iam- good at repairing things - Diane is.
   A. less... than B. not as... as


5. Some students are - serious about their schoolwork - others.
   A. less... than B. not as... as

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