PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 2 UNIT 11 GRAMMAR: PLUS

3 are / am / a / lot / than / grandparents / My / older / I

1 Rewrite the sentences with as in the correct place. .
1 Madrid is as beautiful Rome 4 famous / isn’t / his / as / dad / actor / as / This
Madrid is as beautiful as Rome.
.
2 Ice cream isn’t as popular chocolate. 5 bus / cheaper / is / train / The / than / the
.
3 Our house is large as our neighbour’s. 6 yours / meal / not / My / expensive / as / as / was
.
4 My best friend isn’t tall as I am.
5 Complete the sentences with the adjectives in
brackets in the correct form and add as or than.
5 I’m late but I’m not late as my parents.
1 I am taller than my younger brother. (tall)
6 Siberia is as cold the North Pole. 2 I am not as
all my friends. (intelligent)
7 I think water sports are as exciting athletics. 3 The desert is
the North Pole. (hot)

4 Fresh food is
2 Complete the sentences with the short adjectives in
the box in their comparative form.
fast food. (healthy)
5 Pasta is more
rice in Italy. (popular)
busy  
easy  fast  fat  healthy  hot  tall 6 Trains are as
buses. (comfortable)
1 I think history is easier than English.
2 Rome is than Oslo in the summer. 6 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.
3 My mum is than my dad at work. 1 My burger is very bigger. It’s enormous. big
4 My sister is 1 m 75. She’s than me. 2 I was luckier as my friends. I passed
5 A hippo is than a giraffe. all my exams.
6 Vegetables are than cakes. 3 Trains are fast than cars.
7 Planes are than trains. 4 Juan’s car wasn’t as expensive than
Pablo’s.
3 Complete the sentences with the long adjectives in
the box in their comparative form.
5 Bring some colder food when you
come, like a salad.
6 My pancakes were easiest to make
beautiful complicated exciting than yours.
interesting popular
7 Maria’s clothes are more moderner
than her friends.
1 Badminton is boring. I think football is more exciting.
2 My mum’s bike was
than mine. It cost a lot of money.
7 Complete Dora’s food blog with the adjectives in the
box in the comparative form.
3 Paris is a very attractive city. I think it is
than Dublin! easy  healthy  hot  interesting  long  
4 Surfing the internet is quick  tasty
than reading books. Reading books is boring.
Welcome to my food blog! I have a 1 healthier diet
5 Flying a plane is very difficult. It’s
than driving a car. than a lot of my friends. I think fruit and vegetables are
6 Football is a delicious and as 2 as other food. Meat is
sport than chess. A lot more people play football.
3
to buy where I live than fish. In summer,
it is 4 than winter so we drink a lot of soft
4 Put the words in order to make sentences. drinks but I think mineral water is as 5
1 complicated / are / pizza / legs / Chicken / than / as other drinks. I don’t like eating fast. I think my meals
eat / to / more take 6 than other people’s. During the
Chicken legs are more complicated to eat than pizza. week, I often cook pasta because it is easier and 7
2 healthier / a / meat / are / lot / of / than / Vegetables to make than other food.
.

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PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 2 UNIT 11 GRAMMAR: PLUS ANSWER KEY

1 6
2 Ice cream isn’t as popular as chocolate. 2 than
3 Our house is as large as our neighbour’s. 3 faster
4 My best friend isn’t as tall as I am. 4 as
5 I’m late but I’m not as late as my parents. 5 cold
6 Siberia is as cold as the North Pole. 6 easier
7 I think water sports are as exciting as athletics. 7 modern

2 7
2 hotter 2 tasty
3 busier 3 easier
4 taller 4 hotter
5 fatter 5 interesting
6 healthier 6 longer
7 faster 7 quicker

3
2 more expensive
3 more beautiful
4 more interesting
5 more complicated
6 more popular

4
2 Vegetables are healthier than a lot of meat.
3 My grandparents are a lot older than I am.
4 This actor isn’t as famous as his dad.
5 The bus is cheaper than the train.
6 My meal was not as expensive as yours.

5
2 intelligent as
3 hotter than
4 healthier than
5 popular than
6 comfortable as

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