Macmillan English Grammar

3 Rewrite the underlined part of the sentence, using a comparative form of an adverb in

the list

easy fast ltaffi heavy long aft en slow well

a When you tell a lie, yom brain has to wark mare.

b lf you eut yom hair a lot it won't grow at an inereased speed.

c Acts of fargetting occm with increased frequency as people get older.

d Same crystals grow at a lower speed in space.

e Goats' milk is digested with less difficulty than cows' milko

f People may live far a greater number of years by eating less.

g People drive with mare skill along tree-lined streets.

h As a law weather front approaches, it starts to drizzle and then rains

a lot as a warm front approaches.

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4 COr'llplete each sentence with a suitable form of an adverb from the list. Then decide if each fact

is true ar false. Check the factual answers on page 208.

carefully

heavily

clearly

loudly

early

quickly

easHy

quietly

fast

slowly

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a Hot water can in fact freeze.I1AQ[~e,-e;:;illj than cold

water.

b Bird fiu spreads to humans. than

thought.

c Scientists believe that human beings speak

naw than 250 years ago.

d Brazil's Amazon rainforest is disappearing

than scientists previously estimated.

e Student s who use green pens write

f The Earth vibrates and makes a humming noise, and does

this.. in the aftemoon.

g Teenagers are drinking alcohol earlier and

than ever befare.

h Most younger people think in the aftemoon.

Eagles wake up than any other birds.

Eating does not reduce yom appetite.

A bald headed eagle