CONPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE

V/ Rewrite the following sentences so that their meanings stay the same.
1. Bob is not as talkative as Jack
Jack
2. Tokyo is not as expensive as Hanoi
Hanoi
3. Jill is not as talented as Bill
Bill
4. Cats are not as friendly as dogs
dogs
5. Star War is not as interesting as The Matrix.
The Matrix
6. My homework is worse than yours.
Your homework is
7. Maths is more difficult than English.
English is
8. My house to school is nearer than yours to school.
Your house
9. Ho chi Minh city is bigger than Hanoi
Hanoi is
10. Houses in the city are more expensive than those in the country
Houses in the country are
11. No other country in the world is as populous as China
China
12. No subjects I have ever learnt are as easy as English
English
13. Nobody in the world is as rich as Bill Gates
Bill Gates
14. no other students are as intelligent as Billy
Billy
15. Very few cities in the world are as expensive as Tokyo.
Tokyo is one of the
17. Murder is the most serious of all crimes
No
18. This is the most difficult person I have ever met.
No
19. No place in the world is as exciting as Las Vegas
Las Vegas
20. Among 4 skills, Listening is the most difficult one
No
21. I think saying is easier than doing
I think
22. Environmental pollution is even more fatal than war
War is not

23. Diving the most wonderful sport that Ive ever tried.
No
24. Africa is the most mysterious and attractive continent in the world
No
25. Canada is more populous than America
America

MODAL VERBS
Rewrite the following sentences so that their meanings stay the same.
1. You are not allowed to smoke in the hospital.
You
2. Students arent allowed to use mobile phones during the test
Students
3. You arent allowed to pass the red lights
You
4. You arent allowed to tell lies to your parents
You
5. Children arent allowed to drive
Children
6. Perhaps it will rain tonight
It
7. Perhaps my cousins wont come to my party
My cousins
8. Perhaps he wont study abroad
He
9. Perhaps I will pass my English test
I
10. Perhaps our teacher will let us go home early today
Our teacher
11. She is able to talk for three hours nonstop.
She
12. Computers are not able to think. It is only able to do what people tell them.
Computers

13. My sister was able to ride a bike when she was 5 years old
My sister
14. My brother wasnt able to talk until he was 3.
My brother
15. When I was a student, I was able to walk 10 km a day.
When
16. My father knows how to play guitar
My father
17. Billy knew how to use the computer when he was 6
Bill
18. All members in my family know how to drive
All
19. All ordinary people in the world know how to speak at least one language.
All
20. I know how to ride a motorbike, but I dont know how to fix it.
I
21. She doesnt know how to make square cakes, but she likes eating them very much.
She
22. My father didnt know how to use the Internet until last year
My father
23. I dont know how to pronounce some sounds in English.
I
24. A lot of people dont know how to express their love to their beloved ones.
A lot of

ACTIVE PASSIVE
I. Change the following sentences into PASSIVE
1. People grow a lot of coffee in Vietnam.
2. They publish The Times newspaper in London.
3. People use a lot of paper every day.
4. They dont often transport oranges from Valencia to Germany in special crates.
5. People speak English as a second language in many countries in the world
6. The milkman brings the milk to my door but the postman leaves the letters in the hall.
7. The postman clears this box three times a day. He last cleared it at 2.30
8. I dont often drink 2 cans of coke a day
9. My brother always gives me a book on my birthday
10. my sister writes 2 letters to me a week
11. The shark attacked the man in the swimsuit yesterday
12. The police took him away 5 minutes ago.
13. They didn't punish him for what he did.
14. Graham Bell invented the telephone in the 19th century
15. the police found him in the forest last night
16. My aunt gave me a cookbook on my twentieth birthday.
17. I didnt buy my sister any present on her birthday and she was very sad

18. Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door.

19. Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
20. they didnt tell me the truth