Comparisons

A) Correct the sentences.

1. They are quicker doing this as I am.

2. I got there more earlier than everyone else.
3. They are not as good at using a computer than me.
4. I don’t think this novel is so good than his last one
5. I ate pretty the same much as the last time went to his restaurant.
6. The longer I sit here, less I feel like moving.
7. I prefer Tarantino’s films than Oliver Stone’s.
8. He ran as the wind.
9. He has worked like a clerk for the same bank for most of his life.
10. They seemed as they didn’t really understand what was going on.

B) Fill the gaps with a suitable word or phrase.

1. She looks much the ……………………………………… did ten years ago.
2. The longer I study ………………………………………I realise what an interesting language it is.
3. I don’t spend anything……………………………………… money as my brother.
4. I’d sooner have ten ……………………………………… children at all.
5. They accepted their award much ……………………………………… expected it all along.
6. He staggers around nowadays as ……………………………………… weight of the world on his
shoulders.

C) Fill the gaps with a suitable word.

I went to a conference but for most of the time I felt …………… a fish out of water. I knew nobody
there and everyone else behaved ……………. if they had known each other for years. I left just
……………. soon as I could and arrived home ……………. than planned.

I’ve always preferred classical music …………… pop music. I’d much …………… listen to a 45 minute
symphony than a 3 minute song. Pop songs seem so ……………. less interesting, harmonically and
melodically, and the insistent repetitive drumming is about …………… much fun ……………. banging
your head against a wall.

My father was a jack of all trades in those days, as …………… all village headmasters: digging holes
for swimming pools …………...a full-time labourer, marking out athletics tracks in the manner
…………… a professional, teaching arithmetic to the top class in …………… time as he had free. The
…………… he did, the more was expected of him by the village community, as if he should ……………
every waking hour to the well-being of his pupils. And he did. Nowadays one hears people talk of
headmasters as if they ……………. accountants, balancing their ……………. as efficiently ……………. they
can . I think I’d …………….. have been a headmaster in the old days.

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