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She doesn't work as hard/hardly as me.
She doesn't work as hard as me.
People don't travel on this bus ____ often ___ they did last month.
as, such, as
People don't travel on this bus as often as they did last month.
I'd love ___ speak Russian well.
not to be able to, succed in, to be able to
I'd love to be able to speak Russian well.
He was probably ___ writer of all.
the better, the greatest
He was probably the greatest writer of all.
She speaks faster/more fast than anybody else I know.
She speaks faster than anybody else I know.
Shy people ___ outgoing ___ confident people.
as, are not as, are not
Shy people are not as outgoing as confident people.
I love ___ try new things.
not being able to, to be able to, being able to
I love being able to try new things.
___ laptop I bought is very fast.
The, An
The laptop I bought is very fast.
The sunnier it is, it gets hotter/the hotter it gets.
The sunnier it is, the hotter it gets.
Usually children ___ patient ___ adults.
as, are not so, are so not
Usually children are not so patient as adults.
I ___ tie my shoelaces when I was five years old.
can, be able to, could
I could tie my shoelaces when I was five years old.
She designed a statue of ___.
[-] man, a man
She designed a statue of a man.
The sooner she finishes her work, the earlier/earliest she can get home.
The sooner she finishes her work, the earlier she can get home.
Introverts are ____ in large groups _____ extroverts.
most comfortable, than, less comfortable
Introverts are less comfortable in large groups than extroverts.
Yesterday she ___ handing her chemistry project in on time.
can succeeded in, succeeded in, was able to
Yesterday she succeeded in handing her chemistry project in on time.
My aunt is very passionate about ___.
[-] art, the art
My aunt is very passionate about [-] art.
When you write your composition, do it more careful/carefully than the last one you did.
When you write your composition, do it more carefully than the last one you did.
As she got ___, she became ___ she had made the right choice.
more and more convinced, more and most convinced, older and older
As she got older and older, she became more and more convinced she had made the right choice.
I ___ do the washing up and sweep the floor in an hour if I plan my time carefully.
to be able to, can, manage
I can do the washing up and sweep the floor in an hour if I plan my time carefully.
The finished building ___ last month.
a new bridge, the new bridge
The finished building the new bridge last month.