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Making comparisons

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As students get closer to their exams they become more nervous. (the....more)

The closer students get to their exams, the more nervous they become.

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The lecture was very boring. As a result, I fell asleep. (so....that)

The lecture was so boring that I fell asleep.

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The tickets sold out within days because the concert was so well publicised. (such....that)

It was such a well- publicised concert that the tickets sold out within days.

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The wording of the document is very complicated. It is incomprehensible. (so......as to)

.....is so complicated as to be incomprehensible.

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I couldn't find my contact lens because it was very dark. (too)

It was too dark (for me) to find my contact lens.

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My friends claimed that the exhibition was interesting but I found it pretty dull. (exhibition) It wasn't.......

It wasn't as interesting an exhibition as my friends claimed.

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She's slightly angry but she's very disappointed. (than)

She's more disappointed than angry.

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As dogs get older, they become less aggressive. (the less)

The older dogs get, the less aggressive they become.

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My son can't get a place at a kindergarten because he is too young. (enough)

My son isn't old enough to get a place at a kindergarten.

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Their remarks were only slightly insulting, but they were extremely inaccurate. (not so much)

.......were not so much insulting as they were inaccurate.

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Buenos Aires is much hotter than London. NOWHERE London______________

is nowhere near as hot as Buenos Aires.

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It's much easier than everyone makes out. NOTHING It's ______________as everyone makes out.

nothing like as easy as .......

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Her dress is just as nice as mine. BIT Her dress is _______________mine.

every bit as nice as

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When you lose someone you love everything else seems pointless. PALES When you lose someone you love ____________________.

everything else pales in comparison

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His latest film is not nearly as good as his earlier ones. PATCH His latest film ______________ones.

is not a patch on his earlier

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He is a much better swimmer than the others. STREETS As a swimmer, _________________others.

he is streets ahead of the

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