III. Sentence rewriting
1 I have more money than my sister /
My sister ..............
2 They’ve lived here for quite a long time but we’ve lived here long /
They haven’t .................
3 I still feel a bit tired but I felt a lot more tired yesterday /
I don’t ...................
4 No city in the world is noisier than New York /
New York is ........................................./
No city in the world is ............
5 This is the cheapest restaurant in town /
No other .............
6 Have you got a bigger shirt than this?
Is this ................................?
7 Eric is a better and more careful typist than Robert /
Robert can’t .......................
9 Janet is the best tennis player in the club /
Nobody in her club..............
10 I’ve never worn such expensive shoes /
They are ....................
11 I don’t like cooking food very much but I like eating it /
I enjoy ............
12 This is the prettiest flower display the judge has ever seen /
The judge has never ..........................................
13 Susan is better at chemistry than Liz / Liz doesn’t ................
14 My written English is better than my spoken English /
I’m ................
15 She knows a lot more about it than I do /
I don’t ................
16 I’ve never seen a dirtier looking dog.
This is ................
17 Very few cities are as expensive as Tokyo /
Tokyo is ................
18 I don’t have a bigger problem than pronunciation/
My .............
19 Is this the cheapest watch you’ve got?
Have you got ...........................?
20 He travels far; he becomes tired/
The .........
21 It’s difficult to concentrate when you’re tired.
The ...........
22 She had to wait for a long time and she became impatient.
The ..............
23 We cut a lot of trees. We need much wood.
The ............
1)It’s still cold, but it was colder yesterday
->It isn’t as cold as/so it was yesterday.
2) They’ve lived here for a long time, but we’ve lived here longer
->They haven’t lived here as/so long as we've.
3) Jack is younger than he looks
->Jack isn’t as/so old as he looks.
4) The station was nearer than I thought
->The station wasn’t as/so far as I thought.
5) I know them better than you do
->You don’t know them as/so well as me.