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Direct Q ues tio ns

&W h - Qu es tion s

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Yes / No Questions

put BE verbs or auxiliary verbs


regular questions
at the beginning of the questions

1 Are they police officers?


2 Does Doris always go downtown
for shopping?

negative questions

Did you not finish your homework?

Didn't you finish your homework?

1 Isn't Shawn Mr. Anderson's son?

2 Will we not join the party?


Wh-questions

Direct Questions & Wh-Questions


using [who] [what] [where]
regular questions
[when] [why] [how]

1 Who is the most beautiful girl in the world?


2 What is your favorite food?
3 Where will you go for the spring break?
4 When did you go to Gordon's house?
5 Why do you come to school so early everyday?
6 How is your mother?

negative questions

1 Why were they not on time for school?


2 Why don't you go home?

Other Direct Questions

1 How about going to a movie tonight?


2 What about dancing now?
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Read the questions and write the answers.

[Example] Do you usually eat a big breakfast?


No, I don't. I usually eat a small breakfast.

1 Do you want to have some tea?

Yes, ___________________________________________ .

2 Does Mr. Anderson speak other languages?

Yes, ___________________________________________ .

3 Have you not met Penny?

No, ______________________________________________ .

Read the questions and write the questions.

[Example] Q Is this exercise easy? / A No, this exercise is not easy.

1 Q ?
A Yes, she has curly hair.
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2 Q ?
A No, he doesn't have a mustache.

3 Q ?
A Yes, she is wearing earrings.
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4 Q ?
A Yes, I bought a new purse.
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Direct Questions & Wh-Questions


Choose the correct words to complete the questions.

1 ____________ is your friend?


(A) Who (B) What (C) Why (D) What time

2 ____________ did you go?


(A) What (B) Where (C) Which (D) That

3 ____________ are you still in school?


(A) Who (B) Where (C) Why (D) What time

4 ____________ did he come to school?


(A) Who (B) Where (C) What (D) When

5 ____________ can you finish your homework?


(A) Who (B) Why (C) When (D) What
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Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks.

What / Who / Where / What

1 ______________________ wants to marry me?

2 ______________________ are you looking for?

3 ______________________ is Shawn studying?

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4 ______________________ is inside my hat?

5 ______________________ happened today?

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3

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Direct Questions & Wh-Questions
Oral practice
Work with your partner and share answers.

1 Yes, I do.
2 tomorrow afternoon.
3 No, I don't.
4 At 8:30.

[Example] After midnight.

What time did you


go to bed last night?

I went to bed
after midnight last night.

x e r c ise is
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asy.
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Helping Verbs
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(Modal Auxiliaries

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Helping verb

● A verb that comes before the main verb in a sentence.


Together the helping verb and the main verb form a verb
phrase. It always comes in front of a main verb.
A helping verb is also known as an auxiliary verb.

{
subject + helping verb + main verb

can
could
may
Hank might come to school.
must
should
will

Ex.
Could you please open the window?
Michelle can play the piano very well.

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helping verb meaning example

Helping Verbs (Modal Auxiliaries)


ability I can dance.
can
polite question Can you pass me the water?

past ability I couldn't go to school yesterday.


could
polite question Could you please help me?

possibility She may come tomorrow.


may
polite question May I help you?

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might possibility It might rain.9


8
10 2
3

4
7 5
6

necessity
must You must get some sleep.
need
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10 2

9 3
8 4

You should go 7
6 5

should advice
to bed now.

future I will go to school


will
happening with you tomorrow.
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2
9
3
8
4
7
5 6
Would you please
would polite question
open the window?

be able to ability I am able to sing.

future
be going to I am going to sing in the class.
happening

necessity
has / have to I have to finish my homework.
need

past necessity I had to finish my homework


had to
past need last night.
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Put the words in the correct boxes.

[Example] rain / might / tomorrow. / It

It might rain tomorrow.


subject helping verb main verb
(modal auxiliary)

1 study / Joanna / harder. / should

subject helping verb main verb


Comment
ca va?

2 Doris / speak / can / French. Comment


ca va?

subject helping verb main verb


Comment
ca va?

3 can / close / You / the / door.

subject helping verb main verb

4 later. / snow / It / might

subject helping verb main verb

Comment
ca va?
Unscramble the words to create sentences.

Helping Verbs (Modal Auxiliaries)


Comment
ca va?

[Example] (must / Luc / see / doctor / a / today.) Luc must see a doctor today.

Comment
1 he / come / tomorrow? / Could / hereca va? 1

2
2 Benny / practice / should / everyday.
Comment
ca va?

3 You / not / the hallway. / must / in / run


3

Comment
ca va?

4 She / go / next / week. / will / surfing


4

Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

might / might / can / do / can't / must / should / has to / would

1 The chef bake cakes, but she write poems.

2 I go to the library, or I go to the market.


2
3 Shawn was not at school yesterday. 3

He have been sick yesterday.


5
4 I go to the party tonight. 4

5 you like some more cheese?

6 Mr. Anderson work right now. 1

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Helping Verbs (Modal Auxiliaries)
Write 10 sentences using helping verbs.

1 (can)

2 (should)

3 (will)

4 (would)

5 (be able to)

6 (be going to)

7 (had to)

8 (might)

9 (could)

10 (have to)
Causative &
Sensory V erbs

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Causative Verbs
● Used to show comments or make people do something or
cause something to happen

subject + causative V + object + to verb

Ex.
Jessica gets her sister to go to school on time.
My mother allows me to play video games.

subject + causative V + object + verb

Ex.
He makes me laugh
Teacher has us read picture books
every day.
Sensory Verbs

Causative & Sensory Verbs


look at hear

see listen to

watch smell

feel notice

Ex.
I saw Daniel walking on the street alone.
Owen likes listening to music at night.
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Choose the correct causative verbs.

1 Please don't ___________ me say good-bye.


(A) have to (B) let (C) take (D) get

2 Mr. Morris ___________ Luc to buy breakfast for him.


(A) got (B) take (C) make (D) get

3 Mrs. Harris ___________ Flora wear her raincoat yesterday.


(A) had (B) letting (C) make (D) making

4 This story ___________ me cry.


(A) had (B) let (C) made (D) got

5 Doris is cooking. She ___________ Flora taste her new sauce.


(A) makes (B) allows (C) getting (D) making
Causative & Sensory Verbs
Read and choose the correct sensory verbs.

1 She is ___________ Gordon's turtle.


(A) look at (B) see (C) looking at (D) feel

2 She likes to ___________ movies.


(A) look (B) watch (C) looking at (D) feeling

3 Q : How do you ___________ ? A : I ___________ great!


(A) notice (B) see (C) look at (D) feel

4 Can you ___________ our dinner? It's almost ready.


(A) notice (B) smell (C) make (D) feel

5 I can ___________ the sounds from the street.


(A) notice (B) smell (C) see (D) hear
T r y M o r e
Answer the questions using sensory verbs.

[Example] Q What did you do last night? (watch)


A I watched a movie last night.

1 Q : How do you feel? (excited)


A:

2 Q : What did you see? (a turtle)


A:

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3 Q : What are you looking at? (an old lady)


A:

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4 Q : Did you see anything? (a cookie)


A: p16

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5 Q : What can the dog hear? (cars on the street)


A:

6 Q : What can you smell? (perfume) p-13

A:
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Causative & Sensory Verbs
Oral practice
Use the words to ask and answer questions.

1 see
[Example]
2 look at
3 watching Q : How do you feel?
4 hear A : I feel sad because I didn't pass the exam.
5 listened to
6 smell
7 feeling
8 noticed

Read and choose


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the correct answer.
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This morning, my father (got / decide / appear)
my brother to buy breakfast for him.
p11 I (used / made / to have) my father drive us to school.
After breakfast,
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In the afternoon, our teacher had us (write / to write / writing)
a letter to our parents. During our break time, our teacher didn't allow us
(play / to play / playing) outside because it was raining
and that made us (to feel / feel / feeling) so bored.

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Qualitative &
Quan titative Adjectives

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Qualitative Adjective - to describe the quality of things or people

tall
short
appearance fat My friend is young
of the body beautiful and beautiful.
old
young...etc.

happy
sad
feelings worry Doris is nervous,
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or emotions nervous and so am I.
angry 4
excited...etc.

large
long
shape or size triangle
The box is big 4
oval and long.
star...etc. 4

red
blue
colors white The sky is blue.
purple
yellow...etc.

hot
weather conditions windy It's rainy and chilly today.
chilly...etc.
Quantitative Adjective - to describe the amount of things or people

Qualitative & Quantitative Adjectives


one
two I have
exact amounts three six cakes.
four...etc.

first
second
ordinal numbers third I am the first one.
fourth
fifth...etc.

Countable
all
any How many friends
many
few
do you have?
some
a few
uncertain number
of things Uncountable
all
much
any Is there any coffee? 05

4
little
a little
a lot of
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Change the adjectives to their qualitative form
to write sentences.

[Example] ( fun / outgoing ) My brother is funny and outgoing.

1 good / bad

2 new / interesting

3 handsome / beautiful

4 tall / thin

5 warm / sunny

Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

some / a lot of / third / a little

1 Joanna ate cakes.

2 He is my patient today.

3 Yesterday was terrible.


I only had bit of luck yesterday.

4 She has ketchup in the kitchen.


She doesn't need to buy any more for a while.
T r y M o r e

Qualitative & Quantitative Adjectives


Read and choose the correct words.

1 Q : ________ does Sue look like? A : She is beautiful and young.

(A) How (B) What (C) When (D) Where

2 Shawn's grandfather is ___________ .

(A) young (B) old (C) heavy (D) new

3 Joanna is my ___________ child. She has an older brother named Shawn.

(A) first (B) second (C) old (D) young

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4 Gordon has too ___________ basketballs.

(A) much (B) many (C) some (D) little

5 Mr. Anderson doesn't have ___________ time. `


(A) much (B) many (C) some (D) little

Write down your own sentences using the given words.

1 some / friends

2 much / time

3 second / choice

4 five glasses of / milk

5 a lot of / cars
Comparative
Adjectives

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A B A B
A and B are the same. B is bigger than A.

old -▶ older
Short adjective + er
short -▶ shorter

late -▶ later
Adjective ends in 'e' +r
cute -▶ cuter

big -▶ bigger
Short adjective with short vowel,
+ er thin -▶ thinner
double the last letter
hot -▶ hotter

happy -▶ happier
Adjective ends in 'consonant+y' + ier
busy -▶ busier

comfortable -▶ more comfortable


3-syllable adjectives exciting -▶ more exciting
more + adj.
not ending in-y boring -▶ more boring
expensive -▶ more expensive

Shorter!

Heavier !

05

4
180

170

180

170

160

150

The Comparative : Using -ER and MORE


140
05

4
130

Comparative Adjectives
120

110
180
081
170
100
180
90
071
170
081
160

150 071
180
140
Shawn's father is taller than 05 my father.
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4
130
170
120 051
110
041
50 180
100

1704
90
031

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Flora
160 is more beautiful than Doris. 011

001
150 09

140

Irregular forms
4
130

120

110
good / well better
100
bad / ill worse
90
far farther / further
little less
many / much more
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Change each word to a comparative adjective.

[Example] small smaller

1 fast 4 cute

2 happy 5 exciting

3 slow

Complete each sentence with a comparative adjective.

expensive / smaller / shorter / thinner / longer / beautiful / smaller

1
1 The white ball is than
the basketball .
2
2 He is than the guy on the left.
3

3 She is than Mrs. Harris.

5
4 The dress is than the T-shirt.

5 I'm than you. 4

6 This dog is than your dog.


6 7
7 Her hair is than yours.
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Comparative Adjectives
Fill in the blanks using a comparative adjective.

1 Shawn's bag is _____________________ than Tom. (big)


2 Your bicycle is _____________________ than Luc's. (fast)
3 Today's weather is _____________________ than yesterday's weather. (sunny)
4 My dress is _____________________ than your dress. (pretty)
5 Math class is _____________________ than history class. (boring)
6 Turtles are _____________________ than rabbits. (slow)

Complete the sentences using comparative adjectives.

1 This chair is ___________________________ (comfortable) than Flora's chair.


2 This room is much ___________________________ (warm) than that room.
3 New York is ___________________________ (far) from LA than Seattle.
4 The red books are ___________________________ (heavy) than
the yellow book on the table.
5 Michelle's dress is ___________________________ (beautiful) than mine.

Oral practice
Choose the correct adjectives to describe things that
you can see.
Teacher : big
Student : This book is bigger than that book.
1 large 7 good
2 interesting 8 bad
3 small 9 cheap
4 heavy 10 thick
5 difficult 11 expensive
6 easy 12 brighter
Superlative
Adjectives

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A B C
C is the biggest of the three circles.

old -▶ oldest
Short adjective + est
short -▶ shortest

late -▶ latest
Adjective ends in 'e' + st
cute -▶ cutest

big -▶ biggest
Short adjective with short vowel,
+ est thin -▶ thinnest
double the last letter
hot -▶ hottest

happy -▶ happiest
Adjective ends in 'consonant+y' + iest
busy -▶ busiest

comfortable -▶ most comfortable


3-syllable adjectives exciting -▶ most exciting
most + adj.
not ending in-y boring -▶ most boring
expensive -▶ most expensive
Superlative Adjectives
A + be + the
I have the biggest ball
+ superlative
of the five.
+ of the three (four...)

A + verb
Among the stores,
+ superlative
this one has the lowest price.
+ object

There is no 'the other' New York is the biggest city


= only one in the States.

Jane is the tallest girl in my class.

= No other girls in my class are


With the others taller than Jane.
= Jane is taller than any other girl
in my class.
= Jane is taller than all the other girls
in my class.
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Write each word as a superlative adjective.

1 old 6 little

2 short 7 many

3 late

4 big

5 far

Fill in the blanks.


Use the superlative adjective form.

[Example] (tall) Gordon is the tallest boy in our class.

1 (large) Toronto is one of cities in Canada.

2 (long) The Nile river is river in the world.


4
3 (high) Mount Everest is known as
mountain in the world.

4 (fast) Gordon is runner of the three.


5
5 (good) Among the students,
Shawn gets grades. 5

6 (cute) Joanna is girl in the class.

1 2 3
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Comparative Adjectives
Choose the correct adjectives
to complete the sentences.

1 Of all the apples, this one is _________ .

(A) cuter (B) cute (C) the best

2 Gordon is the _________ of all three.

(A) happiest (B) best (C) tallest

3 Which is _________ , an airplane or a bus?

(A) fast (B) faster (C) the fastest

4 The Butchart Garden is _________ than all


the other gardens in Canada.
(A) beautiful (B) more beautiful (C) prettiest

5 February is _________ month of the year.

(A) short (B) shorter (C) the shortest


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Use adjectives to complete the sentences.

1 The white string is ______________________ the red string. (long)

2 John is ______________________ boy in his class. (tall)

3 This activity is ______________________ the next one.


This is one of ______________________ activities in the book.
(easy) / (interesting)

4 Asia is ______________________ continent in the world. (large)


Use the pattern

Comparative Adjectives
[one of the + superlative adjective + plural noun]
to make sentences with each phrase.

a beautiful person in our class


[Example]
Doris is one of the most beautiful girls in our class.

1 A big city in the United States.

2 A nice park in our town.

3 An expensive car I've ever seen.

4 An interesting movie.

5 A great restaurant for dinner.


Mak ing Comparisons
with Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

● Most adverbs are formed


by adding the -ly to the end of the adjective.

adjective adverb adjective adverb

careful carefully happy happily


slow slowly angry angrily
quick quickly easy easily
sad sadly
full fully
possible possibly dull dully
simple simply
able ably good well

fast fast
hard hard
nnie
early early Mr. O carefully.
late late drives

true truly
● Adverbs that end in -ly, use more for the comparative

Making Comparisons with Adverbs


and most for the superlative.

● In general, comparative and superlative forms of adverbs


are the same as for adjectives:
add -er or -est to short adverbs

Comparative Superlative Sentences

more slowly the most slowly Hank speaks more slowly than Owen.
more quickly the most quickly Hank speaks the most slowly of all.

harder the hardest Tom studied harder than Shawn.

faster the fastest


earlier the earliest

later the latest Tom studied the hardest of all.

Doris dances better than I do.


better the best
Doris dances the best of all.
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Rewrite each adjective as an adverb.

1 lucky

2 busy

3 sweet

4 late

5 nervous

6 good

Fill in the correct adverb form(comparative or superlative)


of the adjectives in brackets.

[Example] I speak English (fluent) more fluently now than last year.

1 He looked (angry) than I thought.


1
2 She greeted me (polite) of all.

3 Shawn reads (careful) of all.

4 We can see 3

the mountains (clear) .

4
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Making Comparisons with Adverbs


Rewrite the sentences from comparative
adverbial form to superlative adverbial form.

[Example] Penny walks more slowly than Benny.


Penny walks the most slowly of all.

1 Gordon plays harder than I do.

2 Joanna sings better than us.

3 Shawn comes to school earlier than any of us.

4 Doris speaks more fluently than Gordon.

5 Shawn writes more quickly than Joanna does.


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Complete each sentence using adverbs.

[Example] (late) Joanna got home later than Shawn.

1 (quickly) I finished my homework

______________________ Doris.

2 (beautifully) Michelle sings

______________________ Doris.

3 (carefully) He cooks

______________________ than I.

4 (early) The Andersons arrived

at the party ______________________ of all.

5 (slowly) A snail moves

______________________ a crab.
Making Comparisons with Adverbs
Oral practice
In groups, ask and answer question using the adverbs
in the box.

easily / quickly / badly / fast

A What are you good at?


B I read really fast.
Other
Com parisons

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Comparing things in common

positive I am as big as my brother.


as + adjective + as
negative My cat is not as big as your cat.

positive I can run as fast as my father.


as + adverb + as
negative Owen doesn't run as fast as Gordon.

positive I have as many books as Doris.


as + many
+ countable noun + as
negative I don't have as many dresses as Flora.

positive I drink as much milk


as much
as Jessica everyday.
+ uncountable noun
+ as negative I do not eat as much ice cream as Amy.
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Comparing two things that are different

Other Comparisons
less + adjective + than = (not so + adjective + as)

Tom is less lazy than his brother.


Tom is not so lazy as his brother.

She is less heavy than I am.


She is not so heavy as I am.

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Read and make a sentence according
to the pattern : as + adjective + as + noun of reference/comparison

[Example] (old/Flora/Doris) Flora is as old as Doris.

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170

160
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1 (tall / Shawn / Luc) 150

140

130

120

110

100

90

80

70

2
2 (sweet / oranges / grapes)

3
3 (expensive / dress / shirt)
Complete the sentences by using much or many.

Other Comparisons
1
[Example] She has as many books as Shawn.

1 I eat as rice as my brother.


2

2 Penny doesn't have as pins as Flora.


3

3 Gordon doesn't have as toys as Luc.

4 I have as homework as Shawn.

5 Doris has as photos 5

as her mother. 4

Choose the correct adjectives.

[Example] Japan is (C) than Canada.


(A) less small (B) less expensive (C) smaller

1 My nephew is ______ than my niece.


(A) less busy (B) less busier (C) less happy
1

2 A bee is ______ than a bird.


(A) as big (B) smaller (C) biggest
2

3 That melon is ______ than that one.


(A) as delicious (B) most delicious (C) less delicious 3

4 This mountain is ______ than that mountain.


(A) high (B) lower (C) highest
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T r y M o r e
Rewrite the sentences using comparisons.

[Example] This book is less expensive than that book.


This book is not so expensive than that book.

1 The elephant isn't as small as the ant.

2 Joanna isn't as old as Shawn.

Complete the sentences.

[Example] I'm taller than my sister.

1 I'm not as old ____________________________________________________ .


2 A monkey isn't as big _________________________________________ .
3 This lake is smaller than _____________________________________ .
4 This car is less fast ____________________________________________ .
5 I don't have as many __________________________________________ .
6 Gordon eats as much __________________________________________ .
Other Comparisons
Complete the sentences using the adjectives given.
Form : [as + adjective + as]

A I can run really fast.


B How fast?
A I can run _________________________ a leopard. (fast)
B That can't be true. Anyways, I have many toys.
A How many?
B I have _________________________ (many, toys) there are in a toy store.
A Wow!

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