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Comparisons

Adjectives
More/less … than (comfortable, important, beautiful)
Adjective +er … than (big, small, short, hard)
Is not as + adj as
1 2

House 1 is more modern than house 2.


House 1 is bigger than house 2.
House 1 is more expensive than house 2.
House 2 is not as expensive as house 1.
Nouns
Has better /worse … than good-better /bad-worse
Has more … than
Is not as much work as

An electric car has better technology than a gasoline car.


An electric car has longer life than a gasoline car.
An electric ca has higher price than a gasoline car
An EC has better batteries than a GC.
An GC has a higher consumption than a EC.
Verbs
eats more /less than A horse eats more than a donkey.
Runs faster / slower than
Makes as much as …
Doesn’t run as much as

A horse runs faster than a donkey.


A horse runs as much as a donkey.
A donkey makes more noise than a horse
A horse doesn’t work as much as a donkey
A horse expends more than a donkey
A doctor works longer hours than an engineer
pay- paid

Participle
better understood than An engineer is better paid than a Doctor.
Is as well educated as
Worse paid than

A doctor is better paid than an engineer.


A doctor is worst paid than an engineer.
A teacher is better educated than a mechanic.
A public teacher is better paid than a private one.
A pilot is more trained than a bus driver.
My friend Paul is worse organized than Tony.

Avoid I want to avoid eating late at night / avoid to eat.


Enjoy Sue enjoys driving her new car.
Admit Jason admitted kissing your sister.
Stop Carlos stopped running very late at night.
Quit Sarah quit playing volleyball at night.
*Like I like listening to music. (I like to listen)
*Hate Adriana hates working on weekends.
*Love Camila loves cooking beef.

Living / to live in DR is like living in paradise.


It is like living in paradise.

Driving / to drive a Lamborghini should be amazing.

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