Key to Comparing Quantity Exercises
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KEY TO COMPARING QUANTITY EXERCISES
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- In this house there are fewer rooms than in mine.
- I like cooking, so I have quite a lot of cookery books.
- Would you like some sweets? They are really good!
- He speaks too much. He should be careful with what he says.
- Susan has as many friends as I, but he goes out less often than me.
- You have put too much flour in the cake, so it hasn’t risen so much as it should.
- Vince eats a lot, but he does quite a lot of exercise.
2. a) In Madrid there are more inhabitants than in Ciudad Real. // In Ciudad Real there are fewer inhabitants than in Madrid. b) In 1º Bachillerato there are as many lessons a week as in 2º Bachillerato. c) Sangría has less alcohol than wine. // Wine has more alcohol than sangria. d) An apple has fewer calories than a piece of chocolate cake. // A piece of chocolate cake has more calories than an apple. e) In primary school I had more / fewer friends than I have in secondary school. f) At the cinema in Ciudad Real you can see more foreign than Spanish films.
3. a) Charles has fewer CDs than Julian b) – Laura works more hours a week than Norah
- Norah doesn’t work as many hours a week as Laura c) Peter has read the most books. d) Ana ate the least. e) – Paul didn’t drink as much beer / as many pints of beer as Terry
- Paul drank less beer / fewer pints of beer than Terry.
- Terry drank more beer / more pints of beer than Paul. f) – Helen speaks more languages than Brenda.
- Brenda doesn’t speak as many languages as Helen.
- Brenda speaks fewer languages than Helen. g)- I don’t sleep as much as everybody else.
- I sleep less than everybody else.