UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGIAS

LANGUAGE MAJOR

STUDENTS’ NAMES:

MIRIAN QUIGLADIANA CHAVEZLIZETT VISTIN

Comparisons with as…..as One of the most common comparisons used is as......as.The paired expression as…as expresses that two parts of comparison are equal or the same in some way.

EXAMPLES: The apple is as light as the orange.  

To compare two things that are equal, we use the pattern:

as + adjective indicating quantity + (noun) + as

The quantity adjective you use depends if the noun in the comparison is countable or uncountable.

COUNTABLE NOUNS

Use as many and as few with countable nouns. Note that the noun may be omitted when it is understood from the context, as in the last example below.

EXAMPLESThey have  as many children as we do. as + adjective indicating quantity + (noun) + as

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Use as much or as little with uncountable nouns. Note that the noun may be omitted when it is understood from the context, as in the last example below.EXAMPLESJohn eats as much food as Peter.Jim has as little patience as Sam.

For the negative form just we must to use not before the comparison but also we can use quiet and nearly because both are used with the negative but the difference is the following:

EXAMPLE:

Not quiet as.....as = is used when there is a small

difference Ted is not quiet as old is Tina. Not nearly as.....as = is used when there is a big

difference.  Amy is not nearly as old as Tina. Just as…….as= this means exactly Sam is just as old as Tina.

 Tina Sam Ted Amy

AGE: 21 21 20 5

ACTIVITIES

Line A___________________Line B__________________________Line C______________Line D___________Line E___________Compare the lengths of the lines.

1.-Line D is as long as Line

2.-Line A is not as long as Line

3.-Line D is just as long as line E

BE

not nearly as old as just as old as

 just as old as not quiet as old as

 

WITH THE COMPARISON IN THE BOX FILL CORRECTLY THE BLANK SPACES:

Tina Sam Ted Amy 21 21 20 5

4.-Tina is Sam 5.-Ted is not Tina 6.-Ted is Tina 7.-Sam is just Tina.8.-Amy is Tina.

as old as

not as old as

not quiteas old asjust as old as

not nearly as old as

not quiet as big as not quiet as big as

 not nearly as big as just as big as

 

A B C D E

9.-Box B is Box A10.-Box E is box A11.-Box C is Box B12.-Box E is Box D

not quiet as big asnot nearly as big as

just as big as

not quite as big as

1 2 3 4

13.-Glass 4 is glass 214.-Glass 3 is glass 215.-Glass 1 is glass 2

not nearly as full as

as full asnot quiet as full as

 

not quiet as full as

not nearly as full as

as full as

Thank you