Activity Box Comparisons with SO/AS AS

1. Choose the most appropriate adjective to place in the middle of the as-as construction. expensive a. b. c. d. quick flashy entertaining embarrassed crowded I prefer living in a small village because its not as ______________ as a big city. I decided to travel to Paris by train because its not as ______________ as flying. You can tell that Ronald earns more than me. My car is nothing like as ______________ as his! We went karting yesterday. I had never been before and so I wasnt as ______________ as the others. e. The show was funny, but it wasnt as ______________ as the show we saw last week. f. John has always been a little shy, but hes grown up a bit and doesnt get as easily ______________ as he used to get. 2. In the following exercise, you are given a situation in which you have to compare two people, measurements or things. Write a sentence with the as-as construction in negative or positive. a. Dave is very short. Hes only one metre tall. Robert is enormous. Hes over two metres tall. _________________________________________________________________________________ b. Andrew loses his temper very quickly and often gets angry for no reason. Beth is much calmer and more pensive. _________________________________________________________________________________ c. Julia always says hello and seems pleased to see me, but Greg hardly ever says anything to me. _________________________________________________________________________________ d. Andrew is hilarious. Hes always telling funny jokes, but Jack just sits there and hardly says a thing. ____________________________________________________________________________ e. I cant stand this flat-pack furniture. It always falls apart after a few months, whereas my old furniture is still in one piece after all these years. ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ f. My favourite airline is Aeroflyer. They always arrive promptly and treat their passengers well. I used to fly with Ocean Air, but they werent very reliable. _________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Answer the following questions. a. In your opinion, what are the best years of your life? Are your 30s as good as your 20s? b. Do you think your native language is as easy or as difficult to learn as English? c. Do you think your school education was as good as it could have been?
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