Intensifiers + comparative adjectives
a little
a bit
 more
less
 expensive
complex
hard
rather
much
a lot
far
These pears are a little more expensive than the apples.
The potatoes are a bit cheaper if you buy a big bag.
Jupiter is rather bigger than Saturn.
Today TV is much less interesting than the Internet.
A tiger is a lot bigger than a cat.
It is far more difficult to write in Chinese than in Latin.
Intensifiers + TOO + adj. / + TOO + MUCH/MANY + noun
a little
a bit 		too expensive
complex
hard
rather
much
way
far
 much
 noise
many
 people
This screw is a little too big. Is there a smaller one?
These maths problems are a bit too complex for me.
There is rather too much noise outside, I can't sleep.
This steak is much too hard, I really can't eat it.
An elephant is way too big to fit inside a car.
There are far too many people in here, I need some air.



Exercise 1
  1. The sun is much bigger than the Earth. (big)
  2. The Earth's climate is much too complex a system to understand exactly how it works. (complex)
  3. Jupiter's moons are much too cold to sustain life. (cold)
  4. Two degrees above zero is a little too warm for water to turn to ice in a lake. (warm)
  5. A Bengal tiger can weigh more than 300 kg., so it is a little larger than most lions, which do not usually weigh more than 250 kg. (large)
  6. I need to cut two centimetres from this skirt; it is a little too long, I think. (long)
  7. Emperor penguins live in the South Pole, but it is much too cold for most animals. (cold)
  8. Moscow is much farther than London from Paris. (far)
  9. A marathon is 42 km long, so a forty-kilometer race is a little too short to be considered a marathon. (short)
  10. Giraffes aremuch taller than zebras. (tall)
  11. This computer costs £460, and you've only got three hundred pounds; it is rather too expensive for you.
  12. Tokyo, where there are 6,224 inhabitants per km², is rather less densely populated than New York, with 11,000 inhabitants per km². (densely populated)
  13. Although they look peaceful, hippos are rather deadlier than crocodiles for African people. (deadly)
  14. A witch is much uglier than a forest fairy. (ugly)
  15. The desert is much too dry for most trees to live in. (dry)
  16. A car is rather less dangerous than a motorcycle. (dangerous)
  17. Hugh Grant is much more handsome than Donald Trump. (handsome)
  18. Atoms are much too small to see, even with a microscope. (small)
  19. Gold is rather heavier than iron. (heavy)
  20. The river is three metres wide, and I can only jump two metres, so it is rather too wide for me. (wide)

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