Unit 4 Home, 4B Grammar, Comparison, page 41
Exercise 1
2 more and more popular
3 taller and taller
4 more and more expensive
5 more and more confident
6 sillier and sillier
Exercise 2
1 The journey was longer than I thought.
2 The flat was more spacious than it appeared.
3 The weather here is hotter than it was in Greece.
4 The house is much more dilapidated than it used to be.
5 My grandad is shorter now than he was as a young man.
6 This area isn’t as popular as it was five years ago.
Exercise 3
1 longer; e more tired
2 more spacious; a more expensive
3 faster; d more likely
4 more carefully; c fewer
5 longer; b more impatient
Exercise 4
2 This is the remotest region of the UK I’ve ever visited.
3 Those are the most expensive jeans I’ve ever bought.
4 That is the most charming cottage I’ve ever stayed in.
5 This is the liveliest area of town I’ve ever lived in.
6 That is the prettiest flowerbed I’ve ever seen.
Exercise 5
1 the least
2 less
3 the fewest
4 less
5 the least
6 the least
7 fewer
8 less
Exercise 6
1 slower, the slowest
2 harder, the hardest
3 more fluently, the most fluently
4 faster, the fastest
5 better, the best