Sonnet 11 les regrets du bellay
1.Old : older
2. Strong : stronger
3. Happy : happier
4. Modern : more modern
5. Important : more important
6. Good : better
7. Large : larger
8. Serious : more serious
9. Pretty : prettier
10. Crowled : more crowled
Exercice 86.4
3. You're not very tall. Youre brother is taller.
4. David doesn't work very hard. I work harder.
5. My chair isn't very comfortable. Yours is more comfortable.
6.Your idea isn't very good. My idea is better.
7. These flowers aren't very nice. The blue ones are nicer.
8.My bag isn't very heavy. Your bag is heavier.
9. I'm not very interested in art. I'm more interested in history.
10. It isn't very warm today. It was warmer yesterday.
11. These tomatoes don't taste very good. The other ones tasted better.
12. Britain isn't very big. France is bigger.
13. London isn't very beautiful. Paris is more beautiful.
14. This knife isn't very sharp. Have you got a sharper one?
15. People today aren't very polite. In the past they were more polite.
16. The weather isn't too bad today. Often it is much worse. Exercice 87.1
Liz is taller than Ben.
Liz starts works earler than Ben.
Ben works harder than Liz.
Ben has got more money than Liz.
Liz is a better driver than Ben.
Ben is more patient than Liz. Ben is a better dancer than Liz. Liz is more intelligent than Ben. Liz speaks french better than Ben; Ben goes to the cinema more than Liz.
Exercice 88.3
Athen is older than Rome.
I don't watch TV as much as you.
You eat more than me.
I'm more tired today than I was yesterday.
Joe isn't as intelligent as he thinks.
Belgium is smaller than Switzerland.
Brazil isn't as big as Canada.
I can't wait longer than an hour.
Exercice 89.1
Long/Short
(C/A) C is longer than A. (D) D is the longest. (B) B is the shortest.
Young/Old (D/C) D is younger than C.
(B) is the youngest.
C is the oldest.
Expensive/Cheap
(D/A) D is more expensive than A.
C is the most