Exercise 04: Write a comparative sentence using the information and the word in brackets.
1. The average rainfall in Arica, Chile is 0.76mm per year. The average rainfall in the Libyan Sahara
Desert is less than 15mm per year. (dry)
Arica, Chile ________________________________________________________________
2. Henry arrived at the meeting at 7 o’clock. I arrived at 6:45. (soon)
I _________________________________________________________________________
3. It costs 100 million dong to build a concrete bridge, but only 50 million dong to build a steel
bridge. (expensive)
Building a concrete bridge _____________________________________________________
4. It takes Linh 45 minutes to load hay onto the cart, but his father needs only 30 minutes. (slowly)
Linh ______________________________________________________________________
5. His house’s yard is about 100 square meters while your house’s yard is about 50 square meters.
(large)
His house’s yard_____________________________________________________________
6. It was very difficult to travel to the town 5 years ago. Now people can drive a car or take a bus to
the town. (easily)
People can travel ____________________________________________________________
7. I do yoga three times a week, but my sister does it almost every day. (frequently)
My sister___________________________________________________________________
8. The Australian athlete jumped 8.78m. The American athlete jumped 8.59m. (far)
The Australian athlete ________________________________________________________
9. Red River is 1.149 km long. Mekong River is 4.350km long, (long)
Mekong River ______________________________________________________________
10. A horse can run 80km/h while a dog can run 50km/h. (fast)
A horse ____________________________________________________________________
