EXERCISES ON COMPARATIVES (CSAF)

1. Complete the following sentences:

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2.
3.
4.

Some emotions are easier to express than others.

I find it easier to express some emotions than others.
Women are better at recognizing some emotions than men are.
It is easier for me to recognize some emotions than to express them.

2. Finish the second sentence without changing the meaning:

1. It is easier to express fear and anger than disgust and contempt.
Fear and anger are easier to be expressed than disgust and contempt.
2. Disgust and contempt are more difficult for most people to express than
fear and anger.
Most people find it more difficult to express disgust and contempt than
fear and anger.
3. Older people interpret body language better than younger people do.
Older people are better at interpreting body language than younger
people are.
4. It is easier for my husband to conceal his emotions than to express
them.
My husband find it easier to conceal his emotions than to express them.
5. He finds it easier to talk about work than to do it.
It is easier for him to talk about work than to do it.
6. Criticizing is easier than making good suggestions.
It is easier to criticize than to make good suggestions.
7. It is easier for you to criticize than to make good suggestions.
You find it easier to criticize than to make good suggestions.
8. I find it easier to understand English than to speak it.
It is easier for me to understand English than to speak it.
9. Was this exercise more difficult to do than the last one?
Did you find this exercise more difficult to do than the last one?

3. Study the following pairs of sentences. Is there a difference?

1. a) Adam was younger than Jane had expected.
b) Jane had expected Adam to be older.
2. a) This job is more difficult than I thought it would be.
b) I didn't think this job would be so difficult.
3. a) I arrived later than I had planned.
b) I had planned to arrive earlier.
4. Finish the second sentence without changing the meaning:
1. Everybody expected the weather to be colder.
The weather is hotter than everybody had expected
2. Adam was more attractive than Jane had expected.
Jane hadn't expected that Adam was so attractive
3. Prices here are higher than I thought they would be.
I didn't think prices were so higher than they are.
4. I got here earlier than I had planned.
I had planned to get here later.
5. We had planned the meeting to end earlier.
The meeting ended later than we had planned.
6. You are more beautiful than I thought you would be.
I didn't think you was so beautiful.
7. The meal cost us far more than we thought it would.
We didn't think that the meal cost us so expensive

8. I hadn't expected this exercise to be so difficult.

This exercise is more difficult than I had expect.