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Unit
Exercises 105

105.1 Complete the sentences using a comparative form (older / more important etc.).
1 This restaurant is very expensive. Let’s go somewhere cheaper .
2 This coffee is very weak. I like it .
3 The town was surprisingly big. I expected it to be .
4 The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be .
5 The weather is too cold here. I’d like to live somewhere .
6 Sometimes my job is a bit boring. I’d like to do something .
7 It’s a shame you live so far away. I wish you lived .
8 It was quite easy to find a place to live. I thought it would be .
9 Your work isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do .
10 Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be .
11 You hardly ever call me. Why don’t you call me ?
12 You’re too near the camera. Can you move a bit away?

105.2 Complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the words in the box. Use than where
necessary.

big early high important interested peaceful reliable serious slowly thin
1 I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed earlier than usual.
2 I’d like to have a more reliable car. The one I have keeps breaking down.
3 Unfortunately the problem was we thought at first.
4 You look . Have you lost weight?
5 We don’t have enough space here. We need a apartment.
6 James doesn’t study very hard. He’s in having a good time.
7 Health and happiness are money.
8 I like living in the country. It’s living in a town.
9 I’m sorry I don’t understand. Can you speak , please?
10 In some parts of the country, prices are in others.
105.3 Complete the sentences. Choose from:
than more worse quietly longer better careful frequent

1 Getting a visa was complicated. It took longer than I expected.
2 Sorry about my mistake. I’ll try and be more in future.
3 Your English has improved. It’s than it was.
4 You can travel by bus or by train. The buses are more than the trains.
5 You can’t always have things immediately. You have to be patient.
6 I’m a pessimist. I always think things are going to get .
7 We were busier usual in the office today. It’s not usually so busy.
8 You’re talking very loudly. Can you speak more ?
105.4 Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative form (-er or more …).
1 Yesterday the temperature was six degrees. Today it’s only three degrees.
It’s colder today than it was yesterday.
2 Dan and I went for a run. I ran ten kilometres. Dan stopped after eight kilometres.
I ran Dan.
3 The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
The journey takes train car.
4 I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 o’clock. In fact they arrived at 2.30.
My friends I expected.
5 There is always a lot of traffic here, but today the traffic is really bad.
The traffic today usual.

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