CONSTRUCTIONS WITH COMPARISON

CONSTRUCTIONS WITH THE POSITIVE DEGREE

1 As … as, Stay as long as you like.(adv)
not so … as She didn’t run as fast as I did.(adv)
She is as beautiful as her mother is (adj).
2 Neither … nor … It’s neither large nor small.
3 Twice / three times This book is twice as thick as that.
as … as
4 Rather… than … He is rather old than young.
CONSTRUCTIONS WITH THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE
5 Comparative + than James is taller than Peter.
Jane is more intelligent than Peter.
6 Bare comparative I like both hamburgers and hot dogs but hot dogs are
cheaper.
7 Intensifier Cheeseburgers are much more expensive than hot dogs.
+comparative+ than
8 Downtowner + Hot dogs are slightly cheaper than hamburgers.
comparative + than

9 ‘more’ (for positive My father is more impatient than my mother.

comparisons) My brother is less intelligent than me.
‘less’ (for negative
comparisons) + than
10 Comparative and Is time passing faster and faster as we grow older?(adv)
comparative He could feel his heart beating slower and slower.(adv)
The weather is getting colder and colder . (adj)
11 The comparative… , The earlier we start the sooner we will finish. (adv)
the comparative The harder you work the better you will be. (adv)
The older we are, the wiser we become. (adj)
12 More … than … He is more difficult to deal with than easy.
CONSTRUCTIONS WITH THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
13 the most/least… in/of My father is the least patient man I know.
He is the most / the least intelligent boy in the group.
CONSTRUCTIONS WITH THE NOUN
14 As much/many as+N I earn as much money as you.
Alice has as many children as Mary.
15 Half + noun This article is half the size of that.

16 The same … as + N He is of the same age as Jane.