Lesson 14 - Comparatives

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

Multiple Choice

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、

僕にはお手上げだった。

The more deeply I thought about the problem, the more ______________. Finally, I gave up trying to solve it.

• difficult it seemed to me

• it seemed to me difficult

• to be difficult it seemed

Multiple Choice

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、

僕にはお手上げだった。

The _____ I thought about the problem,

the more difficult. Finally, I gave up trying to solve it.

• long

• longer

• more longer

Multiple Choice

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、

僕にはお手上げだった。

The ______ I spent thinking about the problem, the _____ I found it. I ended up giving up trying to solve it.

• more time - more difficult

• less time - more difficult

• more difficult - longer

Multiple Choice

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、

僕にはお手上げだった。

As I thought ____ about the problem, it became more _____. Finally, I was not able to solve it.

• more - less difficult

• more - difficult

• more difficult - longer

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

Multiple Choice

外国語を身につけようとするとき,開始年齢が 早ければ早いほど、

その上達は早い。

When you try to learn a foreign language,

the ________ your skills improve.

• fast

• more easily

• early

• more easy

Multiple Choice

外国語を身につけようとするとき,開始年齢が 早ければ早いほど、その上達は早い。

If you try to learn other languages, the ________ you are when you start, the more _____ you improve.

• younger-rapidly

• younger - rapid

• younger-rapider

• young-rapidly

Multiple Choice

外国語を身につけようとするとき,開始年齢が 早ければ早いほど、

その上達は早い。

When you try to learn a foreign language,

the ________ your skills improve.

• faster

• more easy

• early

• more easier

Multiple Choice

年をとればとるほど、英語の勉強は困難になる。

Multiple Choice

外国語を身につけようとするとき,開始年齢が 早ければ早いほど、その上達は早い。

When you try to learn another language, the ______ you begin to study it, the ______ your progress is.

• early-faster

• earlier-fast

• earlier-quicker

• earlier-quick

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best expresses the idea of the picture and the Japanese sentence below.

成功すればするほど、幸せさは薄れていった。

• The more successful he became, the less happy he felt.

• The more successful he became, the less he felt happy.

• The less successful he became, the more happy he felt.

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

Multiple Choice

図書館は思ったより混んでいたが、何とか空いた席を見つけることがで

The library was _______________, but I managed to find an empty seat.

• more crowd than I expected

• more crowded than I expect

• more crowded than I expected

Multiple Choice

図書館は思ったより混んでいたが、何とか空いた席を見つけることが

I found out there were ________, than I _____, but I managed to find a place to sit.

• as many more as people - expected

• more people - had expected

• less people - had expected

Multiple Choice

去年の冬、長い休暇をとってロサンゼルスに行 きましたが、期待していたほど暖かくはありま せんでした。

Last winter, I took a long vacation and went to Los Angeles . However, it was ___________ expected.

• not as warm as I

• as not warm as I

• not warm as I

Multiple Choice

去年の冬、長い休暇をとってロサンゼルスに行 きましたが、期待していたほど暖かくはありま せんでした。

Last winter, when I took a long vacation, I ________ Los Angeles. The city was not as warm as I expected.

• visit

• visited

• visiting

Multiple Choice

携帯電話で話しながら運転する人は、運転に集 中している人よりも事故を起こす可能性が約4 倍高いと言われている。

People say that if you are talking on the phone while at the wheel, you are about ________________ to have a traffic accident as when you are concentrating on driving.