Same meaning: She can speak French, but not quite as well as she can speak Italian.

Her Italian is a little bit better than her French.

Reformulation: Kate is nearly as tall as her dad.

Kate is only slightly shorter than her dad.

Choose a sentence that means the same: I'm nothing like as patient as I used to be.

I used to have a lot more patience.

Choose a sentence that means the same: A tennis ball isn't nearly as heavy as a cannonball

A tennis ball is a lot lighter than a cannonball.

Choose a sentence that means the same: Helen earns nearly as much money as her boss.

Helen's boss earns a little more than she does.

Choose a sentence that means the same: There are just as many cafés in London as in Paris.

There are about the same number of cafés in Paris and London

Reformulate: It's not quite as warm as it was yesterday.

It is a bit cooler than it was yesterday.

Reformulate: Sumo wrestlers are a great deal heavier than ballet dancers.

Ballet dancers are nowhere near as heavy as sumo wrestlers.

Reformulate: Writing English is just as easy as speaking it.

Writing English is no more difficult than speaking it.

Choose a sentence that means the same: Russian is nowhere near as difficult as German.

German is a lot more difficult than Russian.

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1
Same meaning: She can speak French, but not quite as well as she can speak Italian.
Her French is a little better than her Italian.
Her French is much better than her Italian.
Her Italian is a little bit better than her French.
Her Italian is much better than her French.
2
Reformulation: Kate is nearly as tall as her dad.
Kate is not as tall as her dad.
Kate is only slightly shorter than her dad.
Kate is a lot shorter than her dad.
Kate is a bit taller than her dad.
3
Choose a sentence that means the same: I'm nothing like as patient as I used to be.
I am more patient now than I was.
I used to have a lot more patience.
I didn't use to be patient at all.
I used to have a little more patience.
4
Choose a sentence that means the same: A tennis ball isn't nearly as heavy as a cannonball
A cannonball is a bit heavier than a tennis ball.
A tennis ball is a lot lighter than a cannonball.
A tennis ball is heavier than a cannonball.
A cannon ball is a lot lighter than a tennis ball.
5
Choose a sentence that means the same: Helen earns nearly as much money as her boss.
Helen earns more money than her boss.
Helen's boss earns a little more than she does.
Helen earns much less money than her boss.
Helen's boss earns quite a bit more than she does.
6
Choose a sentence that means the same: There are just as many cafés in London as in Paris.
There are about the same number of cafés in Paris and London
There are more cafés in London.
There are more cafés in Paris.
There aren't as many cafés in Paris.
7
Reformulate: It's not quite as warm as it was yesterday.
It is not nearly as cool as it was yesterday.
It is only slightly cooler than it was yesterday.
It is a bit cooler than it was yesterday.
It is not as cool as it was yesterday.
8
Reformulate: Sumo wrestlers are a great deal heavier than ballet dancers.
Ballet dancers are a bit heavier than sumo wrestlers.
Ballet dancers are just as heavy as sumo wrestlers.
Ballet dancers are nowhere near as heavy as sumo wrestlers.
Ballet dancers are slightly heavier than sumo wrestlers.
9
Reformulate: Writing English is just as easy as speaking it.
Writing English is quite difficult compared to speaking.
Writing English is only easier than speaking it.
Writing English is a bit easier than speaking it.
Writing English is no more difficult than speaking it.
10
Choose a sentence that means the same: Russian is nowhere near as difficult as German.
German is a lot more easier than Russian.
German is a bit easier than Russian.
German is a lot more difficult than Russian.
There isn't much difference between Russian and German.

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