Close-up p 36. Comparison. Key Word Transformations

 

 1. The smell was not nearly as bad as people thought it would be

NOTHING

The smell was ___________________________________ to be.

KEY

The smell was nothing like as bad as it was thought to be.

 

 

2. Stella knows a great deal more about cars than me.

NEAR

I know _____________________________ Stella does. 

KEY

I know nowhere near as much about cars as Stella does. 

 

 

3.  Tickets are slightly cheaper this year.

QUITE 

Tickets _____________________________ as last year

 

 

KEY

Tickets are not quite as expensive as last year