OTHER FORMS OF COMPARISON

OTHER FORMS OF COMPARISON

by Lina Camargo

​AS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + AS

​You use ‘as… as…’ to compare people or things that are similar in some way.You use ‘as’ and an adjective or adverb, followed by ‘as’ and a noun group, an adverbial, or a clause.

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You're as bad as your sister.

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The airport was as crowded as ever.

I am as good as she is.

​Negative comparison of equality

​You can make a negative comparison using ‘not as… as…’ or ‘not so… as…’.

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The food wasn't as good as yesterday.

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They are not as clever as they appear to be.

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He is not so old as I thought.

​Use the adverbs ‘almost’, ‘just’, ‘nearly’, or ‘quite’

​You can use the adverbs ‘almost’, ‘just’, ‘nearly’, or ‘quite’ in front of ‘as… as…’.

He was almost as fast as his brother.

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Mary was just as pale as before.

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She was nearly as tall as he was.

In a negative comparison, you can use ‘not nearly’ or ‘notquite’ before ‘as… as…’.

This is not nearly as complicated as it sounds.

The hotel was not quite as good as they expected.

Multiple Choice

You use as + adjective/adverb + as to compare inequality.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence...

• The exam was as difficult last semester.

• The exam was difficult as last semester.

• The exam was as difficult quite as last semester.

• The exam was quite as difficult as last semester.

The same as...​

​When you want to say that one thing is very similar to something else, you can use ‘the same as’ followed by a noun group, an adverbial, or a clause.

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Your bag is the same as mine.

I said the same as always.

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If people or things are very similar or identical, you can also say that they are ‘the same’.

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Teenage fashions are the same all over the world. The initial stage of learning English is the same for many students.

Some adverbs in front of ‘the same as’ or‘the same’.​

​almost -exactly-just- more or less-much -nearly-roughly- virtually

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​He did exactly the same as John did.

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You two look almost the same.

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You can use ‘the same’ in front of a noun group, with or without ‘as’ after the noun group.

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They reached almost the same height.

It was painted the same colour as the wall.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the best sentence...

• Your car is the same as mine.

• Your car is the same with mine.

• Your car is the same mine.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence

• My mother and I look almost as.

• My mother and I look almost same.

• My mother and I look almost the same.

​Comparing with 'like'

You can also compare people or things by using a link verb such as ‘be’, ‘feel’, ‘look’, or ‘seem’ and a phrase beginning with ‘like’.

It was like a dream.

He still feels like a child.

He looked like an actor.

The houses seemed like mansions.

You can use some adverbs in front of ‘like’.

AND...

​If the noun group after ‘as’ or ‘like’ in any of these structures is a pronoun, you use an object pronoun or possessive pronoun.

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Jane was as clever as him.

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His car is the same as mine.

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​You look just like me.

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

Of all his children, she was the one most like me.

• Correct

• Incorrect

You can use some adverbs in front of ‘like’.​

a bit -a little- exactly - just- least - less- more- most- quite - rather- somewhat - very

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​He looks just like a baby.

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Of all his children, she was the one most like me.

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​He sounds exactly like you

Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer:

Mum is the same              mother in English.

• than

•  that

•  as

• from

​Different from...

​The adjective different means ‘not the same’. When we compare two or more items, it is usually followed by from. We also use different to, especially in speaking.

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​Adam is so different from/to his brother.

This house is very different from/to your last one.

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​In American English it is also common to say different than:

This tea tastes very different than the one I usually drink. (or … very different from/to the one I usually drink)