Comparisons C1

Comparatives are used to:

• to show that two things are changing or developing together

• show that the doer of the action becomes the subject

• to intensify and emphasise adjectives or adverbs

Use use LIKE (tick all possible answers)

• when we comapre to nouns

• when we mean: SIMILAR TO

• TO TALK ABOUT JOBS

We use AS (tick all possible answers):

• to talk about jobs. Example: She works as a social worker in an NGO

• To start a sentence.

  Example: As all of you know, I am not coming back to school till Friday

• To give examples.

  Example: Tenis players such as/like Nadal have played a great role model for young sportsmen/women

Tick the pair of sentence in which AS and LIKE have the same meaning:

• a.Like your father, I am a bit worried about your emotional state.

  b. As your father I am a bit worried about your emotional state.

• a. You need skillls such as time managment and organization

  b. You need skillls like time managment and organization.

.......we all know, there are a lot of charities out there. (Tick the right linker to start the sentence)

• AS

• LIKE

The cold bucket game has been...............more popular than other challenges in social networks. (Tick all possible answers)

• FAR

• FARTHEST

• MUCH

ALIKE means (tick all possible answers):

• adjective

  (of two or more people or things) similar to each other.

  "the brothers were very much alike"

• adverb

  in the same or a similar way.

  "they dressed alike in black trousers and jackets"

• preposition

  1.

  having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.

  "he used to have a car like mine"

Madrid is ..........one of the most metropolitan cities in Spain.

• farther

• by far

• far

They have started this new idea ....... a way to help more people in need

• AS

• LIKE

• FOR

The easier the spread of the news gets each day, the ........ it is to control and recognise which is fake news and which is not it, in social netwoks.

• more difficult

• much more difficult

• the most difficult