[go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd
Upload
122 views2 pages

Comparative Language Guide

This document discusses different ways to compare things in English using comparative adjectives and adverbs. It explains the differences between using "as" and "like" for comparisons and when each is appropriate. The document also outlines the uses of "such" and "so" for comparisons and qualifying words and phrases used to indicate the degree of comparisons such as "far more", "just as much", and "slightly less". Finally, it provides examples of additional comparative patterns involving phrases like "not so much" and "the better".

Uploaded by

fw2000
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
122 views2 pages

Comparative Language Guide

This document discusses different ways to compare things in English using comparative adjectives and adverbs. It explains the differences between using "as" and "like" for comparisons and when each is appropriate. The document also outlines the uses of "such" and "so" for comparisons and qualifying words and phrases used to indicate the degree of comparisons such as "far more", "just as much", and "slightly less". Finally, it provides examples of additional comparative patterns involving phrases like "not so much" and "the better".

Uploaded by

fw2000
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Comparisons

Comparative is the name used when comparing two things. Comparative adjectives compare one
person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a
particular quality.

 As or like?
As and like are prepositions or conjunctions. Whereas as+noun means “in the role of”, like +noun
means “similar to” or “in the same way as”.
1. As your teacher, I’ll try to explain the topic the best way I can.
The speaker is the listener´s teacher.
2. Like your teacher, I’ll try to explain the topic the best way I can.
The speaker isn’t the teacher but wishes to act in a similar way to the teacher.
We use like to compare two things:
1. Her house looks a lot like mine.
2. Like me, she doesn’t like cheese.
As is used to talk about jobs
1. He works as an engineer.
Both as and like can be used with clauses to make comparisons, although like is more informal.
1. It looks like/as it’s going to rain.

 Such or so?
Both such and so can often mean “very” and “to this degree”.
1. She is such an intelligent girl.
2. She is so intelligent
We use such + noun phrase and so + adjective or adverb phrase:
1. He is such a tall person
2. That house is so creepy
3. The plane was moving so much we couldn’t sleep.
4. Why do you talk so loud?
So can also be used in front of much, many, little, few to add emphasis:
1. So little time we had to complete the essay.

 Qualifying comparisons
She is significantly/three times/slightly more involved in the project than him.
It isn’t nearly/half/quite as hot as it was last summer.
1. Far more…. than
Canada has far more population than Egypt.
2. A great deal less…than
The substitute teacher is a great deal less serious than our formal teacher.
3. Just as much…as
She is always shaming Peter for eating a lot but she eats just as much as him.
4. Slightly less than
Slightly less than half of the class owns a pet.
5. Much…to
It is much better to travel by subway.

 Further patterns
1. Not so much…but/as
They are not so much a couple but friends.
2. The better…the better
The better you look; the better people treat you.
3. The worst overall
The worst overall experience I had was when I got stuck in an elevator for 5 hours.
4. Sooner or later
Sooner or later he’s going to find out your secret.
5. No fewer than
No fewer than five thousand people attended the concert.
6. More than ever before
She now needs your help more than ever before.
7. So much the better: to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or
available
If you can come to the party tonight, so much the better.
8. Nothing like as
The food was nothing like as good as I’d been expecting
9. Nowhere near as
The apartment was nowhere near as big as the pictures shown online.
10. As
After the hike, I was really tired and as was my sister.
11. Very much the same
They aren’t related at all but look very much the same.
12. By a long way
You’re the best person I’ve met here by a long way.
13. Come a close second
Ally’s cake is really good, but Marta’s comes a close second.

You might also like