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English Grammar Exercises for B2 – Comparison (2)

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Practice B2 (Upper-Intermediate) English grammar with "English Grammar Exercises for B2 – Comparison (2)". 6 interactive exercises with instant answers. Free, no signup.

1. Order the words to make sentences.

  • 1)
    better / today / feeling / far / I’m
  • I’m .
  • 2)
    as / nowhere / Chinese / difficult / as / is / English / near
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  • 3)
    much / at chess / my brother / am / better / I / than
  • 4)
    than / even / this winter / colder / is / last winter
  • 5)
    nothing / too much coffee / as / too much alcohol / as / for you / bad / like / is

2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    The I work, the I feel. (hard / tired)
  • 2)
    The you drive, the you are to have an accident. (fast / likely)
  • 3)
    The you practise the piano, the you’ll become. (often / good)
  • 4)
    The you work, the mistakes you will make. (slow / few)
  • 5)
    The the weather, the I feel. (cold / depressed)

3. Complete the sentences with the double comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

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  • 1)
    Summers in Britain seem to be getting wetter and wetter(wet)
  • 2)
    Electricity and gas are becoming (expensive)
  • 3)
    My school grades are getting (good)
  • 4)
    It’s getting to find good babysitters. (hard)
  • 5)
    Inner cities are becoming (dangerous)
  • 6)
    Galaxies in the universe are moving apart from one another. (far)

4. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

  • 1)
    It’s hot today. It was the same yesterday.
  • It’s no hotter today than it was yesterday
  • 2)
    I used to be argumentative. I’m less so now.
  • I’m less .
  • 3)
    People think I’m confident, but I’m not really.
  • I’m .
  • 4)
    I thought this exercise would be more difficult.
  • This exercise is .
  • 5)
    You said you’d arrive earlier.
  • You didn’t .

5. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning. Use clauses with as.

  • 1)
    My maths result and my physics result were terrible.
  • My maths result was terrible, as was my physics result.
  • 2)
    My brother and I both have a lot in common with my dad.
  • 3)
    Today is sunny and yesterday was too.
  • 4)
    Harry and I would both like to study maths at university.
  • 5)
    My mum and my dad are calm and reasonable most of the time.
  • 6)
    Kate and Liam can both concentrate for long periods of time.

6. Challenge!

  • Challenge!
  • Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
  • 1)
    , as is Harry.
  • 2)
    , as must I.
  • 3)
    , as do we all.
  • 4)
    , as did Jake.

How to Practice

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  2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
  3. 3Click 'Show Answer' to check your work
  4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
  5. 5Move to the next exercise when ready

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