COMPARISON OF EQUALITY PRACTICE 1. Use either “as ... as” or “not as ... as” in the sentences below. The blue car a0 fast « the red car. (fast) Fred. (not/tall) peter isnot 06 dull as The violins not ae (om) 19 the cello. (not/low) the other one. (bad) Tis copy is a bad as Oliver is_ GS cptim hic QS Peter. (optimistic) roday ts oc} as windy as yesterday. (not/windy) The tomato soup was as_delicicus 4S the mushroom soup. (delicious) Grapetrult juice Is NOL ag ove C{ cs ___lemonade. (not/sweet) Nick is_a% brave ao Kevin. (brave) siver is_pot_ as heavy ae gold. (not/heavy) 2. Fill In the blank with the comparative of equality Mike is Fred. (pretty) o yours. (expensive) My boat is more. expense {han This flower is more bear: Pol Lhon that one. (beautiful) This song Is belles (han __ the previous one. (good) Jurassic Park Is MOVE Loh lening tho (_Star Wars. (frightening) my brother is ludies Yh __ my sister. (lazy) My girtfriend is_ aller thao. that girl. (tall) 3. Write the comparison of equality for the sentences below. Follow the example: colier bon Example 1 John Is 32 years old. Dave is 32 years old. (is/old) cominJohn does not work as hard Seville is 40°C in summer. Cordova is 40°C in summer. (is/hot) sevite (> ao hel a Cordova John is not very elever. Mary is cleverer, (Is/clever) 2 / Jorn ss Pad a> clever a Mary The biue car ts not expensive, The red car 1s more expensive. (is/expensive) The blue car (6 NOt ay expensive as the red car Mrs. Jones talks very quietly. Mrs, Smith talks more loudly. (talk/loudly) mrs. Jones Aves p01 1alk as loudly a5 mrs. Smitn ‘The brown house is 100 years old. The green house is 100 years old. (16/016) The brown house 15 7 0/d aS _ ____ the green house. The impala runs 90km per hour. The cheetah runs 120km per hour. (run/fast) The impata_do©S not wn as fast os the cheetah. ‘The first exam was difficult, The second exam was difficult too. (was/ difficult) Jas the second exam. ‘The first exam s AS Aliftt Ciudad Real is not very beautiful. Seville Is more beautiful. (is/beautiful) Ciudad Real _1S_0{ eo uti as Seville. 4, Fill In the spaces with the appropriate comperative adjective. The light shines as —radinal as the sun. The apple Is as yer. as 2 fire truck. ‘The giraffe is as Yall as the tree. That clock is ws_O\d as my grandfather. as thunder. His voice wasThe truck was as _by as a house. Your book bag is nord asa rock. 4. Write two of you own sentences which show an equal comparison. a) She 16 as beavliluhas ever ay the eon is a4 hol as atlec cite mee jefe) NMS a rae