NAME: DATE: GRAMMAR WORKSHEET AS ... AS (Comparisons with Adjectives) ] T * ALSO: | am as busy as Michael is: © Re-write the sentences using ‘as .. as’ comparisons. Use ‘not’ when necessary. 4. My brother is twenty years old. Patrick is twenty-five years old. My_brother isn’t as old_as Patrick. _ 2. Australia is big. Canada is bigger. bwstiol 4 ap be 3. 1am very tired. Kevin is also very tired. Tam _as Dud as Keun 4. Iceland is colder than England. Enofong anit an odd ag Icelond 5. This chair is expensive. That chair is also expensive hin choir pao wipwpu on tot have 6. Andrew is lazier than Wendy. Wendy pont ap lary as finda 7. Carol and David are both ten years old. Coro!_to ao old ao Daud 8. | think action movies are more interesting than comedies. THhunk comedies quntt ao nliusling ae ation morn Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © www althingsprammmar.comComparison: 9 SS enciish Grammar COMPARISON: as...a5 USE & FORM We use as ... as fo say that two people, things, etc are the same in some way. Judy is as tall as Martin. Lam as old as you are. The exam was as difficult as we expected. After nof, we con use GS .., @S or SO ... as. Judy isn ‘tas tall as Carla. Judy isnt so tall as Carla. Today isn ‘t as cold as yesterday. Today isn ‘t so cold as yesterday. EXERCISE - Complete 0. Sweeden is bigger than Britain. Britain isn ‘t os big as Sweeden. 1. The other students learn more quickly than me. Pra not 02 quar ckly Hoon pra Hus in 2. You ‘re very angry and I’m very angry also. Fm. and} ar yoo 3.- The seats at the front are more expensive than the seats at the back. The seats at the back 42mn't 4 uxpemsi ¢ ay the seats af Fru front 4.-Central Park in New York is bigger than Hyde Park in London. Central Park in London.t3n't a bug as Cudyal Rusk, un al ew Yori 5.- Her last film was very good and her new film is also very good. Her new film. 23 ood as htr Lost film 6. The other students work harder than him. He.oanlt wrk on hadas te offer students Alfonso Lépez Rodriguez wwwalfonsolopezesComparison of adjectives with as ... as— Exercise Advertisements Task No. 1031 Use either as ... as or not as... as in the sentences below. he ple Do you need help? Sentences with comparisons in English 1 Thebluecaris, go fasta __ theredcar. (fast) 2 Peteris ot as tallas Fred: (not/eal) 3. Theviolinis polaolow a ‘the cello. (not/low) tiseopyis| Gb bodes the other one. (bad) 5 Oliveris acoplurustc ao. Peter. (optimistic) & Todayit's not a> wondy ao yesterday: (not/windy) 7 Thetomatoscupwes | ae dulicios ao themushroom soup, (delicious) 4 Grapefruttjuce's | not ao sweet ar _| lemonade. (not/sweet) 9 Nickis) oo brove a> _| Kevin. (brove) 10 silverts (not 00 haa aa | gold. (not/heavy) pn angiachtifen delervexarcseslegectvs,adversladjecives,comparsan_as_ea.him nipell a aeQUIZ: Using As... As and Less |. Make new sentences with the same meaning using as... as with the ADJECTIVE in parentheses 1. Jaros talr thon Federico. (af) Fedarico san't ov fall aa Jaro Worksheet 4 was more diffcut tan Worksheet 3. (easy) Worksheet 4 won't! oo easy ar Waksut > 3. Silvia is 10 years old. Paula is 10 years old too. (young) Sima is @ Younqas Ruta 4. Apark bench is less comfortable than a couch, (comfortable) A pork beuch anita conkrtabk os a couch 5. My giades were worse before than they are now. (good) MY Guodio won't ar good as Huy aenow |i. Make new sentences with the same meaning using less, if possible. f not possible, write "NO CHANGE’. 1. Renault fs cheaper than a BMW. acu panties ss upesix aso mnaull 2, Halo Ilis more dificult than Hato. Halle Masn't ou lus ohffudt ao Halb i 3. Social Studies aren't as interesting as Science. Soe! Medina Jus sulrootung as Yueuce 4. A.dolphin is more intelligent than a shark. (0 shock: Siss wtilloat than o dol plan 1'rx shorter than my father. my Pathur 16 diss phint then me ‘Quiz: Using As... As and Less... Than Page 1 of 1 Contributed by Keith Pluas, Colegio La Quinta del Puente