Comparatives and superlatives
Staying at a campsite costs the same as staying at a hostel.
Campsites ________ (cheap) hostels.
Campsites ARE AS CHEAP AS hostels.
Astronauts have to train a lot of years.
If you _______________ (BE) of years.
If you WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, YOU HAVE TO TRAIN A LOT of years.
Has the new lab been used yet?
_____________________ (SCIENTISTS) lab yet?
HAVE SCIENTISTS USED THE NEW lab yet?
It’s a pity I missed your party.
I _________________________ (NOT) your party.
I WISH I HAD NOT MISSED your party.
Not many people had very big houses in the past.
In the past, a ________________ (PEOPLE) big houses.
In the past, a FEW PEOPLE HAD VERY big houses.
The supermarket is four blocks away from home but the bank is just around the corner.
The ___________________ (THAN) bank.
The SUPERMARKET IS FARTHER/FURTHER THAN THE bank.
Nobody visits this monument because it is not in good conditions. The government has to repair it.
If ______________________ (PEOPLE) visit it.
If THE GOVERNMENT REPAIRED THIS MONUMENT, PEOPLE WOULD visit it.
Global warming will affect specific regions in different ways.
Specific _______________ (BY) global warming in different ways.
Specific REGIONGS WILL BE AFFECTED BY global warming in different ways.
I would be a lot happier if I didn’t have classes tomorrow.
If ____________________ (HAVE) classes tomorrow.
If ONLY I DID NOT HAVE classes tomorrow.
The majority of the football players in the French national team are not from France.
__________________ (IN) French national team are not from France.
MOST OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE French national team are not from France.
There are a lot of people here. We cannot take a good photo.
It is _____________ (CROWDED) good photos here.
It is TOO CROWDED TO TAKE good photos here.
I did not do what the teacher told me so I failed the exam.
If _______________________ (PASSED) exam.
If I HAD DONE WHAT THE TEACHER TOLD ME, I WOULD HAVE PASSED THE exam.
The teacher has taught the children ways to improve their communication skills.
The children _________________ (BEEN) ways to improve their communication skills.
The children HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ways to improve their communication skills.
My car broke down, so I couldn’t take him to the airport.
I wish ______________________ (CAR) -I couldn’t take him to the airport because of that.
I wish MY CAR HAD NOT BROKEN DOWN -I couldn’t take him to the airport because of that.
Grandma gave a kiss to all of her grandchildren.
___________________ (RECEIVED) from their grandmother.
EVERY/EACH GRANDCHILDREN RECEIVED A KISS from their grandmother.
Travelling to Copenhagen costs US$ 100 but travelling to Barcelona costs US$90.
Travelling ________________ (EXPENSIVE) to Copenhagen.
Travelling TO BARCELONA IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TRAVELLING to Copenhagen.
Time travelling is impossible but...
If ____________________ (WHERE) travel to?
If TIME TRAVELLING WAS POSSIBLE, WHERE WOULD YOU travel to?
Where did the doctors take the patient?
Where _________________ (WAS) to?
Where WAS THE PATIENT TAKEN to?
Our teacher gives us a lot of homework, which is really annoying.
We wish our _______________________ (NOT) so much homework.
We wish our TEACHER HAD NOT GIVEN US so much homework.
When I was younger, I did not have enough time to play with my friends.
I ___________________ (HAD) with my friends when I was younger.
I HAD LITTLE TIME TO PLAY with my friends when I was younger.
We have plenty of space in this tent for four people.
There ________________ (for) in this tent.
There IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR FOUR PEOPLE in this tent.
Do not let the baby play with the computer. He is likely to break it.
If _____________________ (HE) it.
If YOU LET THE BABY PLAY WITH THE COMPUTER, HE WILL BREAK it.
If a stranger gives you a hug in the street, what do you do?
If __________________ (YOU) a stranger in the street, what do you do?
If YOU WERE GIVEN A HUG BY a stranger in the street, what do you do?
Julia regrets not having an older brother.
Julia __________________ (AN) brother.
Julia WISHES SHE HAD AN OLDER brother.
Did colour films exist in the 1920s?
____________________ (THERE) in the 1920's?
WERE THERE ANY COLOUR FILMS in the 1920's?