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At the end of the sentence the auxiliary (am, is, are, do, does, did, have, has, had,

will, would, can could, shall,


should, etc.) is usually repeated with pronouns but not so frequently with n ouns, e.g.:
Mary plays the piano better than I do.
Mary plays the piano better than john (does).

COMPARSION OF EQUALYTI AS… AS… NEGATIVE COMPARSION OF EQUALITY: NOT


Example: she is as beautiful as a flower. AS/SO … AS… NOT QUITE SO/AS … AS
EXERCISE 1 EXAMPLE: I am not as rich as they are. You are not
1. Mary is fifteen. Janes is fifteen. quite so clever as mike.
Mary is as… EXERCISE 2
2. Betty could swim as well as Joan. 1. Your car is bigger than mine.
Joan … My car…
3. Peter is very handsome. You are very handsome too. 2. More people live in Warsaw than in Cracow.
Peters is … Not…
4. I play football very well. You play football very well.
3. We spent more money in January than in February.
You play … We didn´t spend…
5. He loves her very much. She loves him very much.4. We had expected ten guests but twenty arrived.
She loves … There were twice as….
5. George couldn´t swim as well as peter.
Peter…

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