This version is much ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: better
Completed sentence: This version is much better. Use much/far/a lot to emphasise comparative difference and slightly/a little/a bit to reduce it. Even can mark a further difference. Very normally modifies a plain adjective, not a comparative. No better means not better; not nearly as ... as marks a large shortfall.
The new room is slightly ___ than the old one.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: larger
Completed sentence: The new room is slightly larger than the old one. Use much/far/a lot to emphasise comparative difference and slightly/a little/a bit to reduce it. Even can mark a further difference. Very normally modifies a plain adjective, not a comparative. No better means not better; not nearly as ... as marks a large shortfall.
It is ___ more expensive than expected. (large difference)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: far
Completed sentence: It is far more expensive than expected. (large difference) Use much/far/a lot to emphasise comparative difference and slightly/a little/a bit to reduce it. Even can mark a further difference. Very normally modifies a plain adjective, not a comparative. No better means not better; not nearly as ... as marks a large shortfall.
This is no ___ than before.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: better
Completed sentence: This is no better than before. Use much/far/a lot to emphasise comparative difference and slightly/a little/a bit to reduce it. Even can mark a further difference. Very normally modifies a plain adjective, not a comparative. No better means not better; not nearly as ... as marks a large shortfall.
It isn't nearly as difficult ___ I expected.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: as
Completed sentence: It isn't nearly as difficult as I expected. Use much/far/a lot to emphasise comparative difference and slightly/a little/a bit to reduce it. Even can mark a further difference. Very normally modifies a plain adjective, not a comparative. No better means not better; not nearly as ... as marks a large shortfall.
