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2 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives

Use the information to make comparative sentences.

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Length 1 The Golden Gate bridge is Speed
shorter than the Akashi‑Kaikyo
the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge (Japan) bridge.
12,831 ft human 27.79 mph
the Golden Gate bridge (US) horse 47.50 mph
2
8,980 ft
short slow

3 4
Inventions 3
Size
Blu-ray technology 1998 Russia 6,592,800 sq mi
4
MP3 technology 1989 Canada 3,854,085 sq mi

new big
5 6
Price 5 People per sq mi
Cartier watch $5,170 Shanghai 9,400
Swatch watch $115 6 Istanbul 6,530

expensive crowded
7 8
Average summer 7 Risk
temperature deaths per year worldwide traveling
by car approx. 1.2 million
London 75.2°F 8 deaths per year worldwide traveling
New York City 83°F
by plane approx. 600
hot dangerous
9 10
Vitamin C 9 Height
Burj Khalifa tower (Dubai)
oranges: approx. 70 mg per orange 2,717 ft
apples: approx. 9 mg per apple 10 Empire State Building (New York)
1,454 ft
healthy tall
11 12
Annual rainfall 11 Weather
Paris (France) average hours
Buenos Aires 38.7 inches sunlight per day 4.9
Rome 23 inches Stockholm (Sweden) average hours
12
sunlight per day 5.4
dry sunny