Comparative Structures

We can qualify comparatives using:

• Far, much

• Much, even, no

• A little

• All of the answers

We can qualify comparatives with as...as using:

• Just, almost

• Just, almost/nearly or nowhere near/nothing like

• As soon as

Comparatives often have a verb after than.

• True

• False

We can use double comparative when:

• We want to talk about time

• When we want to mention when something stopped happening

• When we want to talk about changes

"The slower you eat the fuller you get." We can use this structure when:

• We want to emphasize one thing

• We are talking about one thing only

• Two things change together because they are connected

• We are mentioning a group of things