Big and Small differences

1. Match the sentences on the left with a picture below. Underline the phrases used for showing big and small differences.

(A) Y X

(B) Y X

(C) Y X X is slightly higher than Y.

X is much higher than Y.

X is a little higher than Y.

X is a lot higher than Y.

X is far, far higher than Y.

2. Look at the information below and complete the gaps in the sentences with a suitable phrase (you can use phrases more than once).

by far the biggest one of the biggest the biggest … of all the second biggestthe third biggest one of the least populated

Area PopulationRussia 17 million km² 143 millionCanada 10 million km² 32.8 millionChina 9.6 million km² 1, 306 million

a. In area, Russia is ________________________ country in the world.

b. Canada is _________________________ country / countries in area, but it is

_______________________ countries in the world.

c. China has _________________________ population, and is __________________

________________ country in area.

3. Use the phrases to write sentences about: the Amazon Monaco New York Tokyo-Yokohama