Answer — Exercise 4
7.3 - Perfect pets?·New Total English Advanced - Students' Book
Question
- Read rule A in the Active grammar box. Find three examples of as + adjective + as in the article (lines 9, 51 and 61). Which meaning (1 or 2) does each example have?
- Look at phrases a-h and answer the questions.
Answer
a)
- bought and sold for as little as a few hundred dollars there are as few as 150,000 left
- buying wildlife online is as damaging as killing it yourself
- (The first two examples show surprise about a statement. The last example means the two things are equal.)
b)
1
- as much as - as little as
- well under - well over
- not very much - a great deal
- a tiny minority - a large majority
- virtually all - virtually none
- precisely - approximately
- as many as - as few as
- a minimum - a maximum
2
- not very much
- a great deal
- a tiny minority
- a large majority
- virtually all
- virtually none
- a minimum
- a maximum
3
- as much as
- as little as
- well under
- well over
- precisely
- approximately
- as many as
- as few as
- a minimum
- a maximum
4
- as much as
- as little as
- not very much
- a great deal