II. Put in the comparative or superlative forms.

1 Our prices are a lot (high) than theirs.

2 It's not just another good product — it's (good) product on the market.

3 Our customers are (young) and (rich) than our competitors’ customers.

4 It's (difficult) to break into export markets than into home markets.

5 The country is now (big) market for some car manufactures.

6 Sales are not going up. We need to find a (good) way of entering that market.

7 The rate of unemployment was (bad) last year than this year.

8 Daimler Chrysler is (profitable) company in Europe.

9 Our market share is (low) than it was last year.

10 The arts are (important) economic activity: their contribution to Britain's GDP was reported, to be nearly 6 million pounds in 1990.

III. Fill in more, most, less and least

1 Most of successful people art the ones who do _______listening than talking.

2 The outcome is usually _______ important than the doing,

3 In advertising as in the case of promotion the ________ important quality is the gift of persuasion.

4 Our new range is a lot _____ successful than the previous one.
5 ________ people have been found to choose to stay unemployed in countries with the very high rate.

6 In a situation of full employment, the supply of ________ goods and services will be inelastic.

7 Excess supply is a situation in which, at a certain price, the ________ quantity of a good demanded by buyers is _________ than the quantity supplied by producers.

8 Of the three companies, Vodafone has _________ customers.

IV. Complete the sentences with more, less, much, many or fewer (comparing countable / uncountable nouns):

1 Eurotunnel had to spend ________ money than it had expected to deal with the unforeseen problem of illegal immigrants.

2 Because of ATMs, banks don't have as _______ branches as used to.

3 They made 2.000 staff redundant, so now they employ _______ people than they did last year.

4 Now that I'm in management, I don't spend as ________ time at home as I would like.

5 Thanks to the new ring road, there is much _______ traffic in the town centre.

V. Answer the questions comparing the present with the last year. Use more than, less than, fewer than, not as much as, or not as many as in your answers:

Example: Do you do a lot of work at the weekend? I don't do as much as I used to.

1. Do you have a lot of free time?
2. Do you go on many training courses?
3. Do you get a lot of sleep?
4. Do you buy a lot of books?
5. Do you often visit your friend?

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