1 A The recent tsunami was not nearly as strong as the one in 2015.
B The 2015 tsunami was a little stronger / far stronger than the recent one.
2 A April was a good deal hotter than March.
B March was slightly colder / far colder than April.
3 A Canada is almost as cold as Siberia at this time of year.
B Siberia is a bit colder / a great deal colder than Canada at this time of year.
4 A Last week’s tornado was easily the most destructive in Texas ever.
B Last week’s tornado was possibly / by far the most destructive in Texas ever.
5 A Statistically earthquakes are a bit more dangerous than wildfires.
B Statistically wildfires are not nearly / nearly as dangerous as earthquakes.
2 far colder
3 a bit colder
4 by far
5 nearly
1 I’m not quite / almost / far as fast as I used to be.
2 Chicago is windier as / that / than London.
3 It’s slightly / almost / far as cold as it was yesterday.
4 This year’s wildfires are a good deal worse / worst / bad.
5 The longer / longest / long the river, the more water it carries.
6 The tornado was a greater / great / greatest deal more powerful than predicted.
7 I’m not slightly / nearly / easily as tall as my brother.
2 than
3 almost
4 worse
5 longer
6 great
7 nearly
1 This September was by far …F…
2 The sea is far
3 The Sahara is easily the
4 The longer a wildfire lasts,
5 The volcano is a good
6 France is not nearly as
A more powerful than we realise.
B quite cooler in the past.
C deal more active now than it used to be.
D prone to earthquakes as Japan.
E largest non-polar desert.
F the wettest in India’s history.
G the more dangerous it becomes.
2 A
3 E
4 G
5 C
6 D
Not needed: B
1 The film was far better that I expected.
……The film was far better than I expected. ……
2 Brazil is almost so big as the USA.
3 It is healthier, cheaper and far more safer than driving a car.
4 The Earth is a bit of wider around the equator.
5 Reptiles can run almost as fast than lions.
6 The larger the volcano, the most dangerous it is.
2 Brazil is almost as big as the USA.
3 It is healthier, cheaper and far safer than driving a car.
4 The Earth is a bit wider around the equator.
5 Reptiles can run almost as fast as lions.
6 The larger the volcano, the more dangerous it is.
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isn’t nearly the more a great not by far slightly |
deal more populated the tallest it melts faster as green as as cold as |
The Arctic and Antarctic are poles apart! The Arctic is 1……not as cold as…… the Antarctic, mostly due to differences in height. The Antarctic is 2……………………. continent on Earth with an average height of 2,300 m! Because of its climate, Antarctica 3……………………. the north: only two flowering plants grow there, compared to 900 in the Arctic. What about people? Well the Arctic is 4…………………….: 4 million inhabitants, compared to Antarctica’s 45,000 summer visitors. And in the race to the Poles, who reached them first? In the north it was either Frederick Cook in 1908 or Robert Peary in 1909. They were 5……………………. than Roald Amundsen, who arrived in Antarctica in 1911. The Arctic is in fact just a sheet of ice and 6……………………., the less heat gets reflected, so the planet warms. Scientists are very worried about this.
2 by far the tallest
3 isn’t nearly as green as
4 a great deal more populated
5 slightly faster
6 the more it melts
| Chuyên mục | Số đề |
|---|---|
| Ngữ pháp A1 | 80 |
| Ngữ pháp A2 | 100 |
| Ngữ pháp B1 | 94 |
| Ngữ pháp B2 | 101 |
| Ngữ pháp C1 | 59 |