Unit 104

104.1

2 stronger 3 smaller

4 more expensive

5 warmer

6 more interesting

7 more difficult

8 better 9 worse

10 longer

11 more quietly

12 more often

13 further

14 happier/more cheerful

104.2

3 more serious than

4 thinner 5 bigger

6 more interested

7 more important than

8 simpler/more simple

9 more crowded than

10 more peaceful than

11 more easily

12 higher than

104.3

2 It takes longer by train than by car.

3 I ran further than Dave.

4 Joe did worse than Chris.

5 My friends arrived earlier than I expected.

6 The buses run more often than the trains. or... run more frequently than the trains. or The buses are more frequent than the trains.

7 We were busier than usual at work today. or We were busier at work today than usual.

UNIT 105

105.1

2 much bigger

3 much more complicated than

4 a bit happier

5 far more interesting than

6 a bit more slowly

7 a lot easier

8 slightly older

105.2

2 any earlier

3 no more expensive than

4 any further

5 no worse than

105.3

2 bigger and bigger

3 heavier and heavier

4 more and more nervous

5 worse and worse

6 more and more expensive

7 better and better

8 more and more talkative

105.4

2 the more I liked him or the more I got to like him

3 the more your profit (will be) or the higher your profit (will be) or the more profit you will make

4 the harder it is to concentrate

5 the more impatient she became

105.5

2 older

3 older or elder

4 older

UNIT 106

106.1

2 as high as yours.

3 You don't know as much about cars as me. or... as I do.

4 It isn't as cold today as it was yesterday.

5 I don't feel as tired today as I felt yesterday. or... as I did.

6 They haven't lived here as long as us. or... as we have.

7 I wasn't as nervous before the interview as I usually am. or... as usual.

106.2

3 The station wasn't as far as I thought.

4 The meal cost less than I expected./... was cheaper than I expected./... wasn't as expensive as I expected.

5 I don't go out as much as I used to./... as often as I used to.

6 She used to have longer hair.

7 You don't know them as well as me. or... as I do.

8 There weren't as many people at this meeting as at the last one.

106.3

2 as well as

3 as long as

4 as soon as

5 as often as

6 as quietly as

7 just as comfortable as

8 just as well-qualified as

9 just as bad as

106.4

2 Your hair is the same colour as mine.

3 I arrived at the same time as you (did).

4 My birthday is (on) the same day as Tom's. or My birthday is the same as Torn's.

106.5

2 than him/than he does

3 as me/as I do

4 than us/than we were

5 than her/than she is

6 as them/as they have been