The south of Australia is ______________ (far south) the south of Chile.
The south of Australia is not as far south as the south of Chile. It is, however, further south than the north of Chile!
Top basketball players are ______________ (well paid) top footballers.
Basketballers are not as well paid as footballers. In 2015, footballers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo earned more than top basketball players LeBron James
England is ______________ (wet) Holland.
England is not as wet as Holland. Holland is much wetter. Amsterdam gets over 80 centimetres of rain every year.
A Ferrari is ______________ (expensive) a Rolls Royce.
A Ferrari is as expensive as a Rolls Royce. There are a lot of different prices you can get, but the price of both cars starts at about $250,000 when they are n
The Statue of Liberty is ______________ (high) the Eiffel Tower.
The Statue of Liberty is not as high as the Eiffel Tower. The Statue of Liberty in New York is 93 metres high. The Eiffel Tower is much higher at 301 metres.
Cricket is ______________ (popular) baseball.
Cricket is more popular than baseball. It’s true! Mostly because it is very popular in India (1.25 billion people, remember!).
Drivers under thirty are ______________ (dangerous) drivers over seventy.
Insurance company statistics show that drivers under thirty are much more dangerous than drivers over seventy. People over 70 make up nine per cent of drivers,
India’s population is ______________ (big) China’s.
India’s population is not as big as China’s. India’s population is 1.25 billion, but China’s is 1.35 billion.
Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is______________ (cold) Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is colder than Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Ottawa’s lowest temperature is -37C, but Nuuk’s lowest is -29.5.
F1 cars now are ______________ (slow) they were ten years ago.
F1 cars are slower now than they were ten years ago. This is true. They are 4-8 seconds slower than in the mid to late 2000s.
The Atlantic is ______________ (deep) the Pacific. (110,000m)
The Atlantic is not as deep as the Pacific. At one point, the Pacific is 110,00 metres deep.
There are buildings in China that are ______________ (tall) any buildings in the USA.
There are buildings in China that are taller than any buildings in the USA. There are four, in fact. China’s highest building, the Shanghai Tower, is 632 metres
