English World - TYPES OF COMPARISONS





  • as...(positive degree)...as

       not so/as...(positive degree)...as

       such a(n)/so....as


He isn't as handsome as everyone says he is!
►She isn't as tall as her sister.
Mrs Jones is not so friendly as she looks.

  • twice/three times etc/half as...(positive degree)...as

She puts four times as much sugar in her tea as me. 
If he was half as lucky as you, he'd be extremely rich

  • the same as

He has the same views as his father.



  • look, sound, smell, taste + like

►That dress looks like an old sack.

  • less...(positive degree)...than

      the least...(positive degree)...of/in

►This chocolate has less fat than that one but the Swiss chocolate has the least fat of all.

  • the + comparative ..., the + comparative

►The easier the exam, the higher your marks will be.
►The more people who uses buses, the better it is for the enviroment.

  • comparative + and + comparative

►It is getting colder and colder every day.

  • prefer + -ing form/noun + to + - ing form/ noun (general preference

►I prefer eating healthily to eathing junk food.
►Men usually prefer beer to milk.

      • would prefer + to-inf + rather than + inf without to ( specific preference)

►I would prefer to go swimming rather than watch television all day.

    •
would rather/sooner + inf without to + than + inf without to

►I would rather walk than drive.

   •
clause + whereas/while + clause (comparison by contrast) 

►This book says the battle was in 1066, whereas that book says it was in 1166.



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