Around the town —- if you have a good map.
12. In some parts of the country, prices are —- in others.
104.3 Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative form (~er or more ...).
1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it's only six degrees.
It's colder today than it was yesterday._
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes —-.
3. Dave and I went for a run. I ran ten kilometres. Dave stopped after eight kilometres.
I ran —-.
4. Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam. Chris got 20 % but Joe only got 15 %.
Joe did —-.
5. I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 o'clock. In fact they arrived at 2.30.
My friends —-.
6. You can go by bus or by train. The buses run every 30 minutes. The trains run every hour.
The buses —-.
7. We were very busy at work today. We're not usually as busy as that.
We —-.
104.1
2 stronger 3 smaller
4 more expensive
5 warmer
6 more interesting
7 more difficult
8 better 9 worse
10 longer
11 more quietly
12 more often
13 further
14 happier/more cheerful
104.2
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
104.3
2 It takes longer by train than by car.
3 I ran further than Dave.
4 Joe did worse than Chris.
5 My friends arrived earlier than I expected.
6 The buses run more often than the trains. or ... run more frequently than the trains. or The buses are more frequent than the trains.
7 We were busier than usual at work today. or We were busier at work today than usual.