CHAPTER 3:

COMPARATIVE

1. exact comparison
The same as and the same have the same meaning, but the same as is used between the
two nouns compared, and the same is used after the two nouns or a plural noun.

noun The same as Noun

This coat Is the same as that one

Noun Noun the same

This coat and that one Are the same

Noun (plural) the same

These coats are the same

Avoid using like instead of as. Avoid using the same between the two nouns compared.

2. general similarity and general difference

The words like and alike have the same meaning, but like is used between the two nouns
compared, and alike is used after the two nouns or a plural noun. And avoid using as
instead of like and avoid using like after the two nouns compared.

noun Be like noun

This coat is like that one

Noun be noun alike

This coat and that one Are alike

noun (plural) be alike

These coats are Alike

noun Be different from noun

This coat is different from that one

3. comparative estimate

subject +verb multiple as many/ many as noun/clause

Fresh fruit twice as much as canned fruit
costs
We have Half as many as we need

subject +verb more (less) than Number noun/clause

Steve has more than a thousand Coins in his
 collections

subject/verb as many as Number noun

We should have as many as five hundred applications

4. degrees of comparison

subject + Verb more(less) adjective (two than noun

syllables)
adjectives-er (one syllables)
adjective –er (two syllables
ending in –y)
An essay test is more difficult than an objective test
harder
easier

subject +verb The most(least) adjective(two syllables

adjectives –est (one syllables)

An essay test is the most difficult

hardest

5. double comparison

the Comparativ S V the Comparative S V

e
The Hotter it is the the more miserable I feel

Exercise:

A. State whether the sentences below are correct or incorrect.

1. The car is almost the same like mine

2. The watch in the window is a little different than this one.
3. This one is better, but it costs three times as much as the other one.
4. This field is larger than the other one.
5. She is most prettiest of all the girls in our class.

B. Choose the correct answer!

1. Although we often use “speed” and “velocity” interchangeably, in technical sense,
“speed” is not always _______”velocity”
a. alike c. the same as
b. similar d. as

1. Although they are smaller, chipmunks are_______ most other ground squirrels.
a. like to c. like with
 b. like as d. like

2. A nursery school is ______ a day care center.

a. different from c. different than
b. different d. different as

3. The rent at College Apartment is only half ________ you pay here.
a. than c. as many as
b. as much as d. from

4. The main library has_______ one millions volumes.

a. more as c. more than
b. most than d. least than

5. There are ______fifteen thousand students attending summer school.

a. as many as c. as many
b. as much as d. as much

6. The bill which we received was________ than the estimate.

a. more higher c. higher
b. the higher d. more higher

7. The Disney amusement park in Japan is _______Florida or California.

a. the largest than the ones in c. larger than the ones in
b. larger the ones in d. the largest of the ones

8. The greater the demand, _______the price.

a. higher c. high
b. the higher d. the high

10. The teacher gave Mike a failing grade on her term paper because it was______
Ardian’s.
a. the same as c. the same with
b. same like d. the same with

C. Choose the letter of the underlined word that is not correct

1. When two products are basically the same as, advertising can influence the public’s
A B C D
choice.

2. The first living structure to appear on earth thousands of years ago were alike
A B C D
viruses.

3. Although business practices have been applied successfully to agriculture, farming

A B C
is different other industries.
D
4. With American prices for sugar at three times as much the world price,
A
manufacturers are beginning to use fructose blended with pure sugar, or sucrose.
B C D

5. It is generally accepted that the common cold is caused by as much as forty strains
A B C
of viruses that may be present in the air at all times.
D

6. The diesel engine that runs on oil is efficient than most other engines because it
A B C
converts the useful energy stored up in the fuel.
D

7. The books for my engineering course are expensive than the books for my other
A B C
courses.
D

8. The more important theorem of all in plane geometry is the Pythagorean Theorem.
A B C D

9. Although there are a number of interesting findings, a most significant results are in
A B C D
the abstract.

10. The climate here is more milder than that of New England.
A B C D