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Comparative Adjectives: Practice 2 - Answers

1. New York is _bigger_ (big) than London, but London is _older_ (old).

2. The Empire State Building is _taller_ (tall) than New York's Chrysler Building, but the Chrysler Building is one year _newer_ (new).

3. The U.S. House of Representatives is _larger_ (large) than the Senate, but the Senate is _more powerful_ (powerful).

4. Montana is _more spacious_ (spacious) than Massachusetts, but Massachusetts has a _denser_ (dense) population.

5. Harvard University is _more prestigious_ (prestigious) than the State University of New York at Albany, but the SUNY campus is much _less expensive_ (expensive).

6. Americans in cities have _higher_ (high) salaries than Americans in small towns, but rural American have _more relaxed_ (relaxed) lives.

7. Lake Erie is _longer_ (long) than Lake Ontario, but Lake Ontario is much _deeper_ (deep).

8. Motorcycle racing is _more exciting_ (exciting) than playing golf and it's also _more dangerous_ (dangerous).

9. MS DOS computers (IBM-type) are _more common_ (common) than Apple Macintoshes, but Apples are said to be _better_ (good) for composing music or creating graphics.

10. Los Angeles is _bigger_ (big) than New York, but New York has a _larger_ (large) population and a _higher_ (high) per capita income.

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