Exercise 1 - Compare and Contrast
Use the comparative phrases below to complete the sentences.
as greatly as more slowly than more easily than less often than
as deep as as patiently as not walk as quickly as as carefully as
less extensively than less frequently than less simplistically than more anxiously than
more young females than
1. Their sound could be heard by all, and men burrowed
they could into the ground.
2. The Royal Navy does not appear to have suffered
the British and Italian navies.
3. These cases have now got successful women thinking just
men about pre-nuptial contracts.
4. In the past, there have been higher rates of illegal drug use among males than females. However, some recent surveys have suggested that, at the same age,
males may be experimenting with drugs.
5. Haig dealt with this extremely undiplomatic request
he could, politely pointing out that he saw "considerable difficulties" with the request.
6. The sexual status of diabetic women has been studied
that of diabetic males.
7. With her new sneakers, she could
8. British investment in research had grown
in any other comparable country.
9. These people will turn their backs on jobs, spouses and friends far
their large-handed colleagues.
10. The Cornell study found that 37 percent of smokers are eating out
before the introduction of New York's Smoke-Free Air Act.
11. He interrupts such a sentence with a dependent clause or a parenthetical element much
12. Dr. Parsons applies the numbers
Dr. Hoserliptz, causing a delay in the results.
13. He watched her
he had any of the others, unsure of how it would end.