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Year 9 English — Comparison structures

Compare with as … as, than, twice as … as and the more … the more, and build each of them into a whole sentence.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Complete with one word: "The bus grew fuller and ____ as we neared the city."

  2. 2.This rope is twice ____ long as that one.

    • a) than
    • b) as
    • c) more
    • d) so

  3. 3.Sort each phrase by whether it weighs two things against each other or picks one out of a whole group.

    Groups: Weighs two against each other · Picks one out of many

    • the least crowded
    • less crowded than
    • as tall as
    • by far the busiest
    • taller than
    • the tallest

  4. 4.Which sentence says the difference was very large indeed?

    • a) It was by far the best film of the year.
    • b) It was as good as the others.
    • c) It was the best film of the year.
    • d) It was a better film than most.

  5. 5.Ravi is ____ tall as his brother.

    • a) more
    • b) as
    • c) than
    • d) so

  6. 6.Match each comparison to what it tells you.

    • as fast as the bus
    • not as fast as the bus
    • twice as fast as the bus
    • faster and faster
    • by far the fastest
    • slower than the bus
    • getting quicker all the time
    • two times the speed of the bus
    • the quickest of all, and easily so
    • exactly the same speed as the bus

  7. 7.Complete with the two missing words: "The more you read, ____ ____ you know."

  8. 8.Which sentence is correct?

    • a) More it rains, greener the fields become.
    • b) More it rains, the greener the fields become.
    • c) The more it rains, the greener the fields become.
    • d) The more it rains, greener become the fields.

Answer key — Year 9 English — Comparison structures

  1. 1. fuller
  2. 2. b) as
  3. 3. taller than → Weighs two against each other; as tall as → Weighs two against each other; less crowded than → Weighs two against each other; the tallest → Picks one out of many; the least crowded → Picks one out of many; by far the busiest → Picks one out of many
  4. 4. a) It was by far the best film of the year.
  5. 5. b) as
  6. 6. as fast as the bus → exactly the same speed as the bus; not as fast as the bus → slower than the bus; twice as fast as the bus → two times the speed of the bus; faster and faster → getting quicker all the time; by far the fastest → the quickest of all, and easily so
  7. 7. the more
  8. 8. c) The more it rains, the greener the fields become.