Expressing large and small differences

Expressing large and small differences

Grammar

1. Answer these questions relating to comparisons in the two sample answers on previous slides.

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1 Which adverb is used to emphasise different in the first sample answer?

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2 What are the two opposites of more? which is used with countable nouns?

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3 Which adverbs are used to emphasise higher in the second sample answer?

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4 Which two adverbs are used with fewer and smaller in the second sample answer?

Which adverb expresses a big difference, and which one expresses a small difference?

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5 What phrase does the writer use to compare the incidence of illness in the two groups?

2 Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning, using the words in brackets. Emphasise the adjectives where necessary.

Example:

My brother eats less food than I do. (quantity)

 

 My brother eats a smaller quantity of food than I do.

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2. Some people's sleep patterns are not at all the same as mine. (different)

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3 There are nowhere near as many injuries among pedestrians now. (fewer)

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4 A much greater number of people are choosing alternative medical treatment in my country. (popular)

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5 Now that I'm seeing a physiotherapist, I don't have nearly as much pain. (less)

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6 Inoculations have resulted in fewer childhood illnesses. (incidence)

3 IELTS candidate often make mistakes making comparisons. Choose the correct alternative in italics in each of these sentences.

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1 Group A's statistics are much more / very different from the others.

• much more

• very

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2 The number of working women is much less / lower than it used to be.

• much less

• lower

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3 Men need to consume twice as many / greater calories a day as women.

• many

• greater

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4 The gap between the different cultures is growing less and less / smaller and smaller.

• less and less

• smaller and smaller

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5 Living for a long time is not nearly as important as / than staying healthy.

• as

• than