COMPARISONS

A. Write sentences using the following information. Identify the type of comparison you are using.
1. Flight attendant / travel / waiter
A flight attendant travels more than a waiter
2. Politician / money / bus driver
A politician earns more money than a bus driver. verbs
3. Sales managers / hours / nurses
Sales managers have better hours than nurses
4. Park ranger / dangerous / bank teller
Working as a Park ranger is more dangerous than working as a bank teller
5. Camp counselor / responsibilities / dog walker
A camp counselor has more responsibilities than a dog walker._
6. Doctors / trained / technicians
Doctors are better trained than technicians._______________________

B. Rewrite the sentences using the comparisons in parenthesis to express the same ideas.
1. This chicken weighs 4 pounds. That cat weighs 10 pounds. (verb)
The cat weighs more than the chicken________________________
2. The temperature in Guayaquil is 25ºC. Quito is around 16ºC. (adjective)
The temperature in Guayaquil is hotter than the temperature in Quito.
3. Our Mathematics exam was difficult. The Science exam was difficult, too. (adjective)
Our mathematics exam was as difficult as the science exam
4. Tom studied 5 years to obtain his degree. Ron studied 10 semesters to get his degree. (past
participle)
Tom is as well educated as Ron.
5. Surgeons have shifts of almost 24 hours. A secretary works 8 hours in an office. (noun)
Surgeons work more hours than secretaries __
6. This class has 20 students. Josh has a class of 10 students. (noun)
This class have more students than Josh´s class