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III. Grammar

bine each pair of the sentences after the model using the words and expressions below.

1) The boy fell off his bike and broke his leg.

2) It rained all day yesterday, so we got nothing done in the fields.

3) The man was so tired that he could hardly put one foot before the other.

4) The old man walked 50 fast that his children found it hard to keep up with him.

5) The man was so badly injured that they took him straight to the hospital.

Or: The man was badly injured and was taken straight to the hospital.

6) I don't think he is so stupid as to give up his present position when jobs are hard to obtain.

7) The professor spoke very fast, 50 (that) none of the students could take complete notes. Or: The professor spoke so fast that none of the students could take complete notes.

8) We found so much to talk about that it was late at night when we remembered the time.

9) Mr. Hu repeated his remarks in English and French, so that nobody misunderstood

what he said.

10) The man went to meet a girlfriend he had got to know on the Web, but only to find she was his own wife.

11) As it's something urgent, the sooner you finish it, the better.

Or: As it's something urgent, please finish it as soon as possible.

12) The medical team must set out immediately, because the sooner they arrive, the more victims they will be able to save.

2. Rewrite the sentences as shown in the examples.

1) Using "as ...as"

(1) Adults love Hans Christian Andersen's stories as much as children (do).

(2) In China, New Concept English is almost as popular as Professor Xu's textbook

English.

(3) Sometimes a journalist's job is as dangerous as that of a policeman.

(4) A society needs farmers and factory workers as much as it needs scientists and

economists.

(5) At 60, he is as eager to learn as he was 40 years ago when he was a college student.

(6) The film wasn't as good as we expected. It was just so-so.

(7) He is not doing as well as his parents want him to.

(8) The boys find life at college is not as exciting as they used to think.

(9) The guard spoke as politely as if the boy were a welcome guest.

(10) In old age, a man's life is as calm and peaceful as a river running through a vast plain.

2) Using "more ... than"

(1) Prices have been rising faster than incomes.

(2) Relations between the two countries are better than they were 10 years ago.

(3) Since the end of World War II, the world has been changing faster than before the war.

(4) Today a high school student knows more about the personal computer than scientists did 50 years ago.

(5) The world has become more crowded than it was 50 years ago.

(6) On the whole, people are living a better life than they did 30 years ago.

(7) The sooner you learn from your mistakes, the more you will improve.

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