11. Choose the correct form, a, b or c, to complete the text.

When you look into the night sky, you may not be able to tell the difference between stars and planets, but planets are …0… to Earth. However, they are still very far away, and a journey to Mars would be about nine months, …1… than a journey to the Moon (about three days). Even if your future space ship was …2… the simple space probes we have now, it would still take you a couple of years to get to Jupiter, which is …3… Earth – more than 1,300 times, in fact, and it’s more than 300 times …4… . Jupiter is a giant ball of gas and the atmospheric pressure is …5… it is on Earth. If you could land there, you would be …6… – more than twice as much. The whole planet is …7… Earth as well, and scientists think that the centre of the planet may be as hot as 10,000 degrees C. Interestingly, the day on Jupiter is …8…, and only lasts about ten hours, but a year on Jupiter lasts for 11 Earth years. So when you came back, you would be …9… when you set out!

0. A a lot nearer B nearer than C less near than

1. A more longer B as long as C much longer

2. A more fast B a lot faster than C not as fast as

3. A very much bigger than B as big as C less big than

4. A as dense as B more dense C less dense than

5. A a lot greater than B just as great C less great

6. A more than heavy B less heavy C much heavier

7. A as hot as B a lot hotter than C hotter

8. A a lot shoter B shorter than C less short

9. A more old B older C much older than

12. Only two of these comparative sentences are correct. Correct the mistakes where necessary.

e.g. He got up more early than she did. He got up earlier than she did.

1. My computer is moderner than yours. 5. He paid less than you for the ticket.

2. Jack is a more good player than me. 6. Ann’s headache is badder today.

3. Is it more interesting as his last book? 7. She lives much more far away now.

4. My aunt is the same age like my uncle. 8. It’s a bit hotter today.

13. Use the word(s) in brackets in the correct form to complete the sentences.

e.g. I like warm weather. The warmer the weather, the better I feel. (feel)

1. I didn’t really like him when we first met. But the more I got to know him, …….. . (like)

2. If you’re in business, you want to make a profit. The more goods you sell, ……… . (profit)

3. It’s hard to concentrate when you’re tired. The more tired you are, …….. .(hard)

4. She had to wait a very long time. The longer she waited, …… . (impatient/become)

14. Rewrite the underlined part of the sentence, using a comparative form of an adverb in the box.

easy fast hard heavy long often slow well

e.g. When you tell a lie, your brain has to work more. - harder

1. If you cut your hair a lot it won’t grow at an increased speed.

2. Acts of forgetting occur with increased frequency as people get older.

3. Some crystals grow at a lower speed in space.

4. Goat’s milk is digested with less difficulty than cow’s milk.

5. People may live for a greater number of years by eating less.

6. People drive with more skill along tree-lined streets.

7. As a low weather front approaches, it starts to drizzle and then rains a lot as a warm front approaches.