1.- Study the examples: analyse the differences and decide why they are different.
2.- Reply to the prompts as in the examples.
3.- Check your answer dragging the mouse over the hidden answer to the right of each prompt.
EXAMPLES:
a)
PROMPT:
January / long / short / February
ANSWER:
January's longer than February.
Yes, February's much shorter.
b)
PROMPT:
April and June / short / long / May
ANSWER:
April and June are shorter than May.
Yes, May's a bit longer.
PROMPTS:
1.- A butterfly / beautiful / ugly / a cockroach
{ A butterfly is more beautiful than a cockroach.
Yes, a cockroach is much uglier.}
2.- A bird's chick / beautiful / ugly / a cat's kitten
{ A bird's chick is uglier than a cat's kitten.
Yes, a cat's kitten's more beautiful. }
3.- Almonds / hard / soft / grapes
{ Almonds are harder than grapes.
Yes, grapes are much softer.}
4.- A hippopotamus / big / small / an elephant
{ A hippopotamus is smaller than an elephant.
Yes, an elephant's a bit bigger.}
5.- Gorillas / strong / weak / chimpanzees
{ Gorillas are stronger than chimpanzees.
Yes, chimpanzees are much weaker.}
6.- Zebras / tall / short / giraffes
{ Zebras are shorter than giraffes.
Yes, giraffes are much taller.}
7.- A basketball player / tall / short / a jockey
{ A basketball player's taller than a jockey.
Yes, a jockey's much shorter. }
8.- Spanish people / tall / short / Swedish people.
{ Spanish people are shorter than Swedish people.
Yes, Swedish people are much taller. }
9.- A dictionary / thick / thin / a notebook
{ A dictionary's thicker than a notebook.
Yes, a notebook's much thinner. }
10.- Paper and poster card / thick / thin / plywood.
{ Paper and poster card are thinner than plywood.
Yes, plywood's much thicker. }
11.- The Everest / high / low / the Mont Blanc
{ The Everest's higher than the Mont Blanc.
Yes, the Mont Blanc's much lower.}
12.- Mexico / rich / poor / the USA
{ Mexico's poorer than the USA.
Yes, the USA is much richer.}
13.- Saturn / big / small / Venus and Mars
{ Saturn's bigger than Venus.
Yes, Venus and Mars are much smaller.}
14.- The Equator / hot / cold / the Poles
{ The Equator's hotter than the Poles.
Yes, the Poles are much colder. }
15.- A motorcycle / fast / slow / bicycle
{ A motorcycle's faster than a bicycle.
Yes, a bicycle's much slower.}