Question

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.​