comparison

A. COMPLETING A COMPARISON
 (a). I am older than...
my brother is
 (b). I am older than my brother.
 (c). I am older than he is
 (d). I am older than he
 (e). I am older than him. (very informal).
 (f). My apartment is larger than Tom's
       My apartment is larger than his.
 (g). He works harder than I do
        He works harder than I work.
 (h). He can type faster than she can.
        He can type faster than she can type.

EXERCISE : Use a pronoun in completing the following

1. He was late. I got there earlier than ________he/he did.
2. Their house is large. Our house is smaller than ____theirs/their house.
3. My sister is only ten. She is younger than _________
4. She lives two miles away from school. I live closer to school than ______
5. You speak English very well, but I don't. Your English is much better than ___________