1. Half as many people came as last year.

a) Twice as ______________________________________________________________
b) Twice the _____________________________________________________________
c) Double _______________________________________________________________
2. There are half as many boys as girls.
There is __________________________________________________________ to boys.
3. Prices now are three times higher than then.
Prices then _______________________________________________________________
Prices have risen _________________________________________________________
4.The new place is more of a bar than a café.
The new place is less ______________________________________________________
The new place is not ______________________________________________________
5. My brother skis much better than I do.
I’m not such a ____________________________________________________________
6. The value of this property is four times higher than when we bought it.
The value of this property when we bought it ___________________________________
The value of this property has risen ___________________________________________
7. You can’t buy more than three.
Three ___________________________________________________________________
8. You won’t earn less than $ 150 a week.
$ 150 a week is ___________________________________________________________
9. At least 50% of the forest was destroyed.
No ______________________________________________________________________
10. At least twenty people applied for the post.
No ______________________________________________________________________

SPECIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
1. More people are out of work than ever before.
Never before _____________________________________________________________
2. You’ll never meet a nicer person than Bob.
Bob is ___________________________________________________________________
3. It’s three degrees warmer today than yesterday.
The temperature __________________________________________________________
4. He’s not only intelligent, he’s amusing as well.
He’s as __________________________________________________________________
5. You paid far more than you should have for that.
You paid much ____________________________________________________________
6. At least let me pay half.
The least I _______________________________________________________________
7. There are five times more of them than us.
They outnumber _________________________________________________________
8. Most people know that the planet is in danger.
It’s _____________________________________________________________________
9. What I love / hate most is cleaning my room.
There is nothing __________________________________________________________
10. He’s not enough of a man to own up to the crime.
He’s too _________________________________________________________________
11. He compared / likened the Miss World beauty contest to a cattle market.
He drew ________________________________________________________________
12. You can’t compare the two.
There’s __________________________________________________________________
13. There is no similarity between the twins.
The twins are _____________________________________________________________
14. This is without equal.
This is beyond ___________________________________________________________
15. UFOs do not exist.
There is _________________________________________________________________
16. Your book’s not the same as mine.
Your book is different _____________________________________________________
17. That’s the best film I’ve ever seen.
I’ve yet _________________________________________________________________
18. Twice as many people lived here in 1980.
Today the population here is ________________________________________________
Today the population here has ______________________________________________

19. The old machine was by far more efficient than the new one.
a) The new machine is ___________________________________________________NEARLY
b) The new machine is __________________________________________________NOTHING
c) The new machine is _________________________________________________NOWHERE

REMEMBER! nothing _________

nowhere _________ as expensive as
_________ nearly

REMEMBER!

I like coffee better than tea.

I prefer ______________________________.
I would prefer ________________________________.
I would sooner _________________________________.
I would rather _________________________________.

BUT! I can drink either tea or coffee.

I would _____________________________.