Activities: “How to use ‘as’ in comparisons in English?”

• My car is four years old. Your car is four years old too.

  e.g. My car is as old as yours (is) / My car is as old as your car (is).

• Einstein was a great scientist. Curie was a great scientist as well.

  e.g. Einstein was as great a scientist as Curie (was).

• I vacuum every week. So does my mom.

  e.g. I vacuum as often/rarely as my mom (does).

• Megan has four sisters. John has four sisters too.

  e.g. Megan has as many sisters as John (does).

• “Titanic” is 3h 14min long. “Schindler’s list” is 3h 15min long.

  e.g. “Titanic” is as long as “Schindler’s list.”

Part 2: Follow the pattern below.

Bananas cost 60 cents a pound. Apples cost 90 cents a pound.

Bananas do not cost as much as apples (do).

• Harry has 150 paintings in his collection. Judy has 420 paintings in her collection.

  e.g. Harry doesn’t have as many paintings in his collection as Judy (does) / Harry’s collection is not as big/large as Judy’s.

• The Ohio river is 981 miles long. The Mississippi river is 2,340 miles long.

  e.g. The Ohio river is not as long as the Mississippi.

• Dr. Williams is a very experienced surgeon; he’s been operating for over 30 years. Dr. Miller has been operating for four years.

  Dr. Miller is not as experienced as Dr. Williams.

• Usually, on this road I drive at 45 miles per hour. Today, because of road construction, I am driving at 35 miles per hour.

  e.g. Today I am not driving as fast/quickly as usual.

• The English alphabet has 26 letters. The Czech alphabet has 42 letters.

  e.g. The English alphabet doesn’t have as many letters as the Czech one (does).

• Ted caught a tiny fish yesterday. Jerry caught a huge fish yesterday.

  The fish Ted caught wasn’t nearly as big as the one Jerry caught.
  Ted’s fish was nowhere near as big as Jerry’s.

• Rachel exercises five times a week. Jacqueline exercises four times a week.

  Jacqueline exercises almost/nearly as often as Rachel (does).

• Smoke weighs 12 pounds. His neighbor Spotty weighs 12 pounds too.

  Smoky weighs exactly/just as much as Spotty (does).
  Smoky is exactly/just as heavy as Spotty.

• The construction of the U.S. Capitol Building started in 1793.
  The construction of the White House started in 1792.

  The U.S. Capitol Building is almost as old as the White House.
  
  The Capitol Building wasn’t built quite as long ago as the White House (was).

• Emma doesn’t like reading; she read two books last summer. Zoe loves reading; she read 12 books last summer.

  Emma didn’t read nearly as many books last summer as Zoe did.
  
  Emma doesn’t love reading anywhere near as much as Zoe (does).