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Put one of these phrases in each gap in the
passage.
Grammar
friendly as diff erent from
Comparisons the same as as quiet as
(2)
as narrow as
(not) as … as the same as diff erent from

- as + adjective + as to show that two
things are similar
- not as + adjective + as to mean
something is 'more' or 'less' than
something else.
- the same as … to show similarity.
- diff erent from to show that two or
more things are not similar.

Examples:

Classical music is not as exciting as rock and roll.
The price of food is the same as it was last year.
City life is quite diff erent from life in the country.

Put as, or from in the gaps.

1. The music festival this year is as good ______ it
was last year.
2. The concert will be broadcast 'live': that means
it comes on TV at the same time ______ it is
performed.
3. This camera is not as expensive ______ I thought MY HOMETOWN TODAY
at fi rst.
My hometown has changed a lot – it’s defi nitely not
4. Your taste in art is quite diff erent ______ mine. (1) ____________________ it was before. It’s not (2)
5. Some people say that Spiderman 2 is as boring ________________ it was 5 years ago. It’s much more
__________ Spiderman 1. noisy, but I prefer it now. There are more shops and
6. My mother is always as busy ______ a bee. restaurants. The restaurants are (3) _____________
the ones we had before. Now we can eat many
diff erent kinds of food – Italian, French, and even
Mexican!
There have been so many changes. Even the streets
are not (4) ____________ they were before. They are
wider now to make space for the extra traffi c.
One thing hasn’t changed though. The people here
are as warm and (5) _______________ before. That’s
one thing that’s (6) ___________ it was before.

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