1. Complete the table with the comparative forms.

2. Complete the fact file. Use the comparative form of the words in brackets.

FACT FILE: COMETS AND ASTEROIDS

●   Comets are made of ice and pieces of rock. Asteroids are made of rock and metal, and are (1)__________________ (heavy).

●   Most comets are much (2)__________________ (big) than most asteroids.

●   You can find asteroids (3)__________________ (close) to the sun than comets. If comets get too close to the sun, they melt. So you can only find comets much (4)__________________ (far) from the sun, where it is (5)__________________ (cold) and ice doesn’t melt.

●   Comets are (6)__________________ (bright) than asteroids because they have long, white tails.

●   Comets are (7)__________________ (rare) than asteroids. There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our solar system, but far (8)__________________  (few) comets – only about 4,000. For this reason, asteroids are (9)__________________ (dangerous), as one of them is (10)__________________ (likely) to hit the Earth.

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3. Compare the weather in the two cities. Write sentences with as … as and not as … as.

 

1. Edinburgh isn’t as sunny as London. (sunny)

2. __________________ __________________ (warm)

3. __________________ __________________ (cloudy)

4. __________________ __________________ (bright)

5. __________________ __________________ (wet)

6. __________________ __________________ (windy)

7. __________________ __________________ (dry)

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4. Complete the sentences with as, more, much or than.

1. Mist isn’t as thick __________________ fog.

2. The weather today is __________________ wetter __________________ yesterday.

3. ‘Is a hurricane __________________ powerful than a thunderstorm?’ ‘Yes, it’s __________________ stronger.’

4. The moon isn’t __________________ bright __________________ the sun.

5. Are hurricanes more dangerous __________________ tornadoes?

6. ‘I think maths is much __________________ interesting __________________ geography.’

     ‘Do you? I don’t think it’s __________________ interesting as geography, but it’s __________________ more useful.’

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