Write a comparative sentence using the information and the word in brackets.

1. The average rainfall in Arica, Chile is 0.76 mm per year. The average rainfall in the Libyan Sahara Desert is less than 15mm per year. (dry)

Arica, Chile is drier than Libyan Sahara Desert.

2. Henry arrived at the meeting at 7 o’clock. I arrived at 6:45. (soon)

I arrived at the meeting sooner than Henry did.

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 is more expensive than building a steel bridge.

4. It takes Linh 45 minutes to load hay onto the cart, but his father needs only 30 minutes. (slowly)

Linh loads hay onto the cart slowlier than her father does.

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 is larger than yours.

Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:
1. My house is bigger than your house. 
→Your house is smaller than mine
2. The black car is cheaper than the red car. 
→The red car more expensive than the black one.
3, This film is more interesting than that one. 
→That film is not so interesting as this one
4. My kitchen is smaller than yours. 
→ Your kitchen is bigger than mine.
5, My grandmother is older than every one in my family.
→ My grandmother is the oldest person in my family.
6. No one in my class is as tall as Tam. 
→ Tam is the the tallest student in my class.
7. I can’t cook as well as my mother. 
→ My mother can cook better than I.
8. He does not play tennis as well as Jack. 
→ Jack can play tennis better than him
9, I did not spend as much money as you. 
→ You spent more money than I.
10, I don’t think this book is expensive as it is. 
→ This book is not as cheap as I think.
11. He is the tallest boy in his class.
→ No one in in his class is taller than him
12. This is the most interesting film of all.
→ No other films are more intersting than this one.
13.No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones. 
=>Japanese cars is the most expensive car in the world.
14. This exercise is easier than that one.
→ That exercise is not as easy as than this one.
15. He drives more carefully than Jack does. 
→ Jack does not drive as carefully as him.
16. No one in the group plays better than he. 
→ He can play better than anyone in the group.
17. No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this. 
→ This hotel is the the most comfortable in the city.
18. Other oceans in the world aren’t as large as the Pacific one.
→ The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.