The classroom was so crowded that we had to turn people away.
### FIT ###
There were ............................. in the classroom.
There were TOO MANY PEOPLE TO FIT in the classroom.
Andrea and Silvio have been close friends since university.
### WHEN ###
Andrea and Silvio’s friendship ............................. students.
Andrea and Silvio’s friendship STARTED / BEGAN WHEN THEY WERE students.
I was too late to buy any tickets for the film.
### ALREADY ###
The box office .......................... all the tickets by the time I got to the cinema.
The box office HAD ALREADY SOLD all the tickets by the time I got to the cinema.
Sanjay wasn’t at work on time for the meeting.
### SO ###
Sanjay was ......................... that he missed the
meeting
Sanjay was SO LATE GETTING TO WORK that he missed the meeting.
His confi dence is higher than it was at the start of the
course.
### NERVOUS ###
He doesn’t seem .................................... he did at the start of the course.
He doesn’t seem AS NERVOUS AS he did at the start of the course.
That was the most boring speech I have ever heard.
### NEVER ###
I have .............................. boring speech in my life.
I have NEVER HEARD A MORE / SUCH A boring speech in my life.
The company went out of business after months of losses.
### LOSING ###
The company went out of business because it ...................... for months.
The company went out of business because it HAD BEEN LOSING MONEY for months
I went abroad for the fi rst time when I started this job.
### NEVER ###
I ................................. abroad before I started this job.
I’D HAD NEVER BEEN / TRAVELLED abroad before I started this job.
Sam stopped playing football when he left school.
### USED ###
Sam ................. a lot when he was at school.
Sam USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL a lot when he was at school.
It is easier to travel around the city by bicycle than by
bus or car.
### ONE ###
Going by bicycle is ..................... ways to travel round the city.
Going by bicycle is ONE OF THE EASIEST ways to travel round the city
I should have drunk less coffee before I went to bed last night.
### TOO ### I couldn’t sleep because ...................... coffee
last night.
I couldn’t sleep because I DRANK / HAD DRUNK TOO MUCH coffee last night.
The train ticket home was too expensive.
### ENOUGH ###
We didn’t ............................... the train ticket home.
We didn’t HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY / GET / FOR the train ticket home.
My old laptop cost half the price of my new one.
### TWICE ###
My new laptop has ............................... my old one.
My new laptop has COST TWICE AS MUCH AS my old one.
I’m the least musical person I know.
### ANYONE ###
I don’t .................................. me.
I don’t KNOW ANYONE LESS MUSICAL THAN me.
Who told you that the schedule had changed?
### KNOW ###
How ................................... the changes to the schedule?
How DID YOU KNOW ABOUT the changes to the schedule?
He doesn’t like tennis as much as football.
MORE
He likes ......................................... tennis
He likes FOOTBALL MORE THAN tennis.
This is the worst film I’ve ever seen.
### BAD ###
I have ........................... film before.
I have NEVER SEEN SUCH A BAD film before
The day was so lovely that everybody went to the beach instead
of going to school.
### SUCH ###
Nobody went to school because .......................... a lovely day
Nobody went to school because IT WAS SUCH a lovely day.
Food is often cheaper in supermarkets than in small
shops.
#### LESS ####
Often, food in supermarkets ................................. in small shops.
Often, food in supermarkets IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN in small shops.
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