Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning, beginning as available
Exercise 6: Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning, beginning as available.
1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it's only six degrees.
It is
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes
3. We were very busy at work today. We are not as busy as that every day.
We
4. Jane cooks better than her sister.
Jane's
5. Tom is the best football player in this team.
Nobody in this team
6. They understand more than we do.
We
7. It is much more difficult to speak English than to speak French.
To speak
8. My interview lasted longer than yours.
Your interview
9. When I was younger, I used to go climbing more than 1 do now.
Now
10. Your coffee is not as good as mine.
My coffee
Exercise 7: Underline the mistake in each sentence.
1. Richard feels good than several days ago.
2. Mary and Daisy are both intelligent students. Mary is so intelligent as Daisy.
3. I found the conversation as most interesting and I was glad to practice my English.
4. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is largest than any other lakes in the world.
5. He drives the car more dangerous than his brother does.
6. It was the most biggest building that I had ever seen.
7. I wish my house were so large as John's.
8. The Mekong is one of the longer rivers in the world.
9. She can play the piano more good than her sister.
10. Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.
Exercise 8: Underline the mistake in each sentence.
1. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings well than most professionals.
2. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in Rapid City, South Dakota last year.
3. Lan is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play.
4. This telephone isn't as cheap so the other one, but it work much better.
5. Stories are the most good way of teaching moral lessons to young people.
6. This exercise is much more easier than the others.
7. London is much more exciting as I expected.
8. That brown chair is most comfortable than this one.
9. Lan is the most pretty of all the girls.
10. Does your country have worse weather as this?
1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it's only six degrees.
It is
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes
3. We were very busy at work today. We are not as busy as that every day.
We
4. Jane cooks better than her sister.
Jane's
5. Tom is the best football player in this team.
Nobody in this team
6. They understand more than we do.
We
7. It is much more difficult to speak English than to speak French.
To speak
8. My interview lasted longer than yours.
Your interview
9. When I was younger, I used to go climbing more than 1 do now.
Now
10. Your coffee is not as good as mine.
My coffee
Exercise 7: Underline the mistake in each sentence.
1. Richard feels good than several days ago.
2. Mary and Daisy are both intelligent students. Mary is so intelligent as Daisy.
3. I found the conversation as most interesting and I was glad to practice my English.
4. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is largest than any other lakes in the world.
5. He drives the car more dangerous than his brother does.
6. It was the most biggest building that I had ever seen.
7. I wish my house were so large as John's.
8. The Mekong is one of the longer rivers in the world.
9. She can play the piano more good than her sister.
10. Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.
Exercise 8: Underline the mistake in each sentence.
1. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings well than most professionals.
2. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in Rapid City, South Dakota last year.
3. Lan is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play.
4. This telephone isn't as cheap so the other one, but it work much better.
5. Stories are the most good way of teaching moral lessons to young people.
6. This exercise is much more easier than the others.
7. London is much more exciting as I expected.
8. That brown chair is most comfortable than this one.
9. Lan is the most pretty of all the girls.
10. Does your country have worse weather as this?