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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Time to upgrade for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Look at these sentences from the conversation. Answer the questions below.

Answer

  1. It has more syllables so the comparative form uses more; the comparative form of two-syllable adjectives ending in -y is -ier: easy > easier.
  2. much
  3. a bit
  4. a small difference: slightly, a little, a tiny bit; a big difference: a lot, far, way (If students suggest very check later that they understand this is wrong!)
  5. c – isn’t as good
  6. d) the + noun + of; e) as + adjective + as