Part 1
small Spain is ____ than France.
True or False?
True.
Spain is 505,000 square kilometres and France is 547,000.
expensive Taxis in Tokyo are _____ than taxis in New York.
True.
A 3 km trip in Tokyo costs approximately $16, but in New York it costs $12.
old The Great Wall of China is ___ than the pyramids in Egypt.
False.
The pyramids are about 4,500 years old, but the Great Wall of China was only finished 600 years ago.
popular In the UK coffee is ____ than tea.
False.
On average, the British drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day and 70,000,000 cups of coffee.
What's ___ building? (old)
What's the oldest building?
cold Alaska is ______ than Greenland.
False.
The minimum temperature in Alaska is -62 degrees Celsius, but in Greenland it can be -66 Celsius.
dry The Sahara Desert is ____ than the Atacama Desert.
False.
In the Sahara Desert the average rainfall is 25 mm and in the Atacama Desert it's 0.1 mm.
small Monaco is ___ than San Marino.
True.
Monaco is 2 km2, but San Marino is 61 km2.
large A gigabyte is ____ than a megabyte.
True.
A megabyte is 1,024 kilobytes and a gigabyte is 1,024 megabytes.
What's ___ place to go for a day trip? (nice)
What's the nicest place to go for a day trip?
old Oxford University is ___ than Cambridge University.
True.
Oxford University was founded in about 1170 and Cambridge 40 years later, in 1209.
far New Zealand is ____ south than Australia.
True.
It's about 2,000 km southeast of Australia.
high The mountains on Earth are ___ than the mountains on Mars.
False.
Olympus Mons on Mars is about 24 km high, but Everest is only about 9km high.
warm The Mediterranean Sea is ___ than the Red Sea.
False.
The average temperature of the Mediterranean Sea is 19-20 degrees Celsius, but the average temperature of the Red Sea is 26-30 degrees Celsius.
What's ____ place to go to with children? (good)
What's the best place to go to with children?
short The English alphabet is ____ than the Arabic alphabet
True.
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet.
hot The Earth is _____ than the moon.
False.
The temperature of the moon during the day can be 123 degrees Celsius, but the maximum temperature of the Earth is about 60 degrees Celsius.
big China is ____ than Canada.
False.
Canada is 10,000,000 km2 and China is about 9,600,000 km2
busy Heathrow Airport in London is than Atlanta Airport in the USA.
False.
100 million people a year travel through Atlanta, but only 70 million go through Heathrow.
What's ____ souvenir you can bring from your country? (typical)
What's the most typical souvenir you can bring from your country?