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Exercise 1 page 39
2 more and more popular 3 taller and taller
4 more and more expensive 5 more and more confident
6 sillier and sillier
Exercise 2 page 39
1 The journey was longer than I thought.
2 The flat was more spacious than it appeared.
3 The weather here is hotter than it was in Greece.
4 The house is much more dilapidated than it used to be.
5 My grandad is shorter now than he was as a young man.
6 This area isn’t as popular as it was five years ago.
Exercise 3 page 39
1 longer; e more tired 2 more spacious; a more expensive
3 faster; d more likely 4 more carefully; c fewer
5 longer; b more impatient
Exercise 4 page 39
2 This is the remotest region of the UK I’ve ever visited.
3 Those are the most expensive jeans I’ve ever bought.
4 That is the most charming cottage I’ve ever stayed in.
5 This is the liveliest area of town I’ve ever lived in.
6 That is the prettiest flowerbed I’ve ever seen.
Exercise 5 page 39
1 the least 2 less 3 the fewest 4 less 5 the least
6 the least 7 fewer 8 less
Exercise 6 page 39
1 slower, the slowest 2 harder, the hardest
3 more fluently, the most fluently 4 faster, the fastest
5 better, the best