Speech patterns

1. Alaska is nearly 400 times the size of Rhode Island, which is the smallest state.

1. The firm underestimated the size of the market for their new product.

2. I saw a spider the size of my hand in the backyard.

3. He’s quite a big dog, but he’s still not full size yet.

4. I hadn’t realized the size of the problem until now.

5. The American states vary enormously in size, from very large to very small.

2. The land variesfrom heavy forests covering 2,104 million hectares to barren deserts, from high-picked mountains to deep canyons.

1. The heights of the plants vary from 8 cm to 20 cm.

2. Medical treatment varies greatly from state to state.

3. Cooking times may vary slightly, depending on your oven.

4. Quentin's mood seems to vary according to the weather.

5. “What do you wear when you go out?” “Well, it varies ”.

3. A canal south of Chicago joins one of the tributaries of the Mississippi to the five Great Lakes – making it the world’s largest inland water transportation route and the biggest body of fresh water in the world.

1. We walked along by the side of the canal.

2. Sniffing alone or in dangerous places, such as railway embankments and by canals, can be more risky.

3. The passageway to the cordoned-off Alsbach canal was wet and dark, and I was glad to have a flashlight.

4. Today, the National Park Service offers boat tours along the canals, narrow quiet canyons between imperious five-story brick buildings.

5. Many of them followed only one stock, in rails, or canals, or petroleum, or banks.

4. The St. Lawrence seaboard, which the United States shares with Canada, connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

1. Everybody brings a dish to share with everyone else.

2. I share your concern about this.

3. Learning to share is a difficult process for toddlers.

4. None of us are close friends but we all share an interest in sport.

5. They share an interest in 16^th century architecture.

5. As America expanded westward, so did its farmers and ranchers cultivating the grasslands of the Great Plains, and finally the fertile valleys of the Pacific coast.

1. Gradually it was found more profitable to cultivate vines and olives rather than grain.

2. Her marriage allowed her to cultivate friendships with the Paris literary elite.

3. Population growth is causing people to clear more woodland so that they can cultivate the land.

4. Not all of the losses of moorland and rough grassland to agricultural development are the result of surface cultivation and grass seeding.

5. You can use cultivated mushrooms, but a few wild ones add a better taste.

6. Underground, a wealth of minerals provides a solid base for American industry.

1. The purpose of industry is to create wealth.

2. The market economic game has to begin with an initial distribution of income and wealth.

3. They invest it in creating more wealth.

4. This chapter is concerned with the study of the unequal distribution of power, prestige and wealth in society.

5. She comes from a wealthy family, who own houses in London and Paris.