Ways to Compare Experiences

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1. Question 1 · Multiple choice

   Choose all the correct answers.

   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You started living here five years ago and still live here.

   1. I've lived here for five years.
   2. I've been living here for five years.
   3. I lived here five years ago and moved away.
   4. I have lived here since five years.
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   Answer

   I've lived here for five years.; I've been living here for five years.

   Both perfect forms describe continuing residence over the duration.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. This is the best meal you have ever eaten.

   1. I've never eaten a better meal.
   2. I've never eaten a meal as bad as this.
   3. I've ever eaten a best meal.
   4. No meal I've eaten has been better than this one.
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   Answer

   I've never eaten a better meal.; No meal I've eaten has been better than this one.

   Both correct options preserve the maximum in the speaker's experience.

3. Question 3 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Your bag is lighter than mine.

   1. Your bag is the heaviest of our two.
   2. My bag is heavier than yours.
   3. Your bag isn't as heavy as mine.
   4. My bag is as light than yours.
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   Answer

   My bag is heavier than yours.; Your bag isn't as heavy as mine.

   The reversed comparative and negative equality preserve the relationship.

4. Question 4 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You have never visited Paris before today.

   1. I've never went to Paris before today.
   2. I've never been to Paris before today.
   3. I visited Paris for the first yesterday.
   4. This is my first visit to Paris.
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   Answer

   I've never been to Paris before today.; This is my first visit to Paris.

   Both correct options identify the first visit today.

5. Question 5 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You and Sam have exactly the same height.

   1. Sam and I are equally tall.
   2. Sam is less taller than me.
   3. I'm taller as Sam.
   4. I'm as tall as Sam.
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   Answer

   Sam and I are equally tall.; I'm as tall as Sam.

   As tall as and equally tall express equality.

6. Question 6 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. The film was less interesting than the book.

   1. The film was more interesting than the book.
   2. The film wasn't as interesting as the book.
   3. The book was more interesting than the film.
   4. The book was least interesting of the two.
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   Answer

   The film wasn't as interesting as the book.; The book was more interesting than the film.

   Both correct comparisons keep the book ahead in interest.

7. Question 7 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You last spoke to Lina in May and have not spoken since.

   1. I haven't spoken to Lina since May.
   2. I didn't speak to Lina for tomorrow.
   3. The last time I spoke to Lina was in May.
   4. I haven't spoke to Lina since May.
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   Answer

   I haven't spoken to Lina since May.; The last time I spoke to Lina was in May.

   The perfect negative and last-time clause describe the same time relation.

8. Question 8 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Your new journey takes twenty minutes; the old one took forty.

   1. My old journey took twice as long.
   2. My new journey takes half as long.
   3. My old journey took half as longer.
   4. My new journey is twice as long.
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   Answer

   My old journey took twice as long.; My new journey takes half as long.

   Half and twice express the given twenty-to-forty relationship.

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