• Key to exercises on p 156:

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Convers. 1: 1 bit/little   2 far   3 better   4 much   5 rather   6 the   7 slightly

Convers. 2: 1 much/far   2 nearly   3 as   4 lot   5 than   6 whole   7 than   8 more

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1 The older people get/are, the more forgetful they get/become.   2 The hotter the liquid gets, the more volatile it gets/becomes.   3 The stronger the wind(s), the more dangerous flying is.   4 The more radical the idea, the more resistant people are (to it).    5 The more you eat, the hungrier you get. / the more your stomach expands, the hungrier you get.  6 The riper, the better.

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1   1 go   2 me to cook   3 not have

2   1 snowboarding   2 skiing   3 spend

3   1 to call   2 did   3 to wait

• Extra practice on comparison

• Extra practice on expressing preferences