Comparison with adjectives


A   Write two sentences from each situation, one with ENOUGHand the other SUFFICIENTLY.
 1. The problem isn’t important. It won’t cause us concern.

...........The problem isn’t important enough to cause us concern.

...........The problem isn’t sufficiently important to cause us concern.
 2. Young adults aren’t informed about politics. They shouldn’t vote.

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 3. The company felt confident aobut its new product. It took on over 100 new employees.

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 4. The gas leak was serious. The police evacuated the building.

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B   Complete these sentences in any appropriate way using the pattern “the sooner, the better”.
 5. The later the general election,
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 6. The higher the temperature,
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 7. ..............................................................................................,
the more expensive it becomes.
 8. The bigger the European Union gets,
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 9. ............................................................................., the more
difficult it is to get up in the morning.


C   Complete the sentences with as much/many/little/few.
 1. I used to smoke ...........................60 cigarettes a day.
 2. He doesn’t play golf now .............................he used to.
 3. It was disappointing that .................................. 200 delegates came to the
conference.
 4. It’s still possible to pay ................................ $10 for a good meal at some
restaurants down town.
 5. At the busiest times, ......................... 50 planes land at the airport every hour.
 6. I sometimes have to spend ................ $30 a day on rail fares.
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KEY:

A: 2. aren’t informed enough/sufficiently informed to vote.

3. confident enough/suff.confident (for it) to take...

4. serious enough/sufficiently conf. for the police to


C: 1 as many as     2 as much as    3 as few as       4 as little as      5 as many as    6 as much
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