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    The document contains a series of sentence transformations exercises. For each item, the second sentence must be rewritten using the word in brackets to have the same meaning as the first sentence. The key provides the correct transformations. There are 15 items that transform sentences to have comparative meanings using words like "as", "than", "more", "less", and others.

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    SENTENCE TRANSFORMATIONS 10

    Complete the second sentence using the word in brackets so that it has the same meaning as the first one .

    1 Tom can swim much faster than Mary.


    Mary can’t swim _________________________________________________________________. (AS)

    2 My pen isn't as good as yours.


    Your pen _______________________________________________________________________ (THAN).

    3 My salary isn't as high as you think.


    My salary ______________________________________________________________________. (THAN)

    4 Prison food isn't as bad as I expected.


    Prison food _____________________________________________________________________ (THAN).

    5 Mary isn't as reliable as she used to be.


    Mary _________________________________________________________________________. (MORE)

    6 I'm not as heavy as I used to be.


    I ___________________________________________________________________________. (LIGHTER)

    7 You are more polite than Tom.


    You __________________________________________________________________________. (RUDE)

    8 Tom and Mary aren't as young as they say they are.


    Tom and Mary ____________________________________________________ they say they are. (THAN)

    9 The fracture wasn't as serious as we thought.


    The fracture ____________________________________________________________________. (LESS)

    10 Tom is a bit shorter than Mary.


    Mary _________________________________________________________________________. (LITTLE)

    11 Tom said doing that was more difficult than he expected.


    Tom said doing that ______________________________________________________________. (LESS)

    12 I was richer than my neighbours.


    I wasn't ________________________________________________________________________. (POOR)

    13 This book is as small as that one.


    This book ______________________________________________________________ that one. (BIGGER)

    14 Tom ordered the cheapest item on the menu.


    Tom ordered ______________________________________________________________. (EXPENSIVE)

    15 My suitcase isn't as heavy as Tom's.


    Tom's suitcase _________________________________________________________________. (THAN)

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    KEY

    1 Tom can swim much faster than Mary.


    Mary can’t swim AS FAST AS TOM.

    2 My pen isn't as good as yours.


    Your pen IS BETTER THAN MINE.

    3 My salary isn't as high as you think.


    My salary IS LOWER THAN YOU THINK.

    4 Prison food isn't as bad as I expected.


    Prison food IS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.

    5 Mary isn't as reliable as she used to be.


    Mary IS MORE RELIABLE THAN SHE USED TO BE.

    6 I'm not as heavy as I used to be.


    I AM LIGHTER THAN I USED TO BE.

    7 You are more polite than Tom.


    You ARE NOT AS RUDE AS TOM.

    8 Tom and Mary aren't as young as they say they are.


    Tom and Mary ARE OLDER THAN they say they are.

    9 The fracture wasn't as serious as we thought.


    The fracture WAS LESS SERIOUS THAN WE THOUGHT.

    10 Tom is a bit shorter than Mary.


    Mary IS A LITTLE TALLER THAN TOM.

    11 Tom said doing that was more difficult than he expected.


    Tom said doing that WAS LESS EASY THAN HE EXPECTED.

    12 I was richer than my neighbours.


    I wasn't AS POOR AS MY NEIGHBOURS.

    13 This book is as small as that one.


    This book ISN'T BIGGER THAN that one.

    14 Tom ordered the cheapest item on the menu.


    Tom ordered THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ITEM ON THE MENU.

    15 My suitcase isn't as heavy as Tom's.


    Tom's suitcase IS HEAVIER THAN MINE / IS HEAVIER THAN MY SUITCASE.

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