Comparative as...as

Study the patterns:

half as + ADJECTIVE + as

twice as + ADJECTIVE + as

three times as + ADJECTIVE + as

four times as + ADJECTIVE + as

This house is half as expensive as mine.

That flat is twice as cheap as yours.

These rooms are three times as big as your ones.

Those flatmates are four times as funny as my old ones.

This room is half as _____ as mine.

• wide

• wider

That front room is twice as _____ as this one.

• bright

• brighter

My kitchen is three times as _____ as your one.

• dirtier

• dirty

Your bedrooms are four times as _____ as mine.

• more compact

• compact

Their bathroom is twice _____ ours.

• as smaller as

• as small

• as small as

• as smaller

This hall is three times _____ that one.

• as cramped

• as more cramped as

• as more cramped

• as cramped as

This wood floor is (в два раза старее) as our previous one.

Our back garden is (втрое просторнее) as yours.