SEBASTIAN LOPEZ MELENDEZ 15/09/2023

NAME: DATE:
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
AS … AS (Comparisons with Adjectives)
I am
You are
He is
She is (not) as busy as Michael.*
It is
We are
They are

* ALSO: l am as busy as Michael is.

⚫ Re-write the sentences using 8as & as9 comparisons. Use 8not9 when necessary.

1. My brother is twenty years old. Patrick is twenty-five years old.

2. Australia is big. Canada is bigger.

Australia isn’t as big as Canadá

3. I am very tired. Kevin is also very tired.

I am as tired as kevin

4. Iceland is colder than England.

Iceland isn’t as cold as England

5. This chair is expensive. That chair is also expensive.

This chair is as expensive as chair

6. Andrew is lazier than Wendy.

Wendy isn’t as lazy as Andrew

7. Carol and David are both ten years old.

Carol is ten years as old as David

8. I think action movies are more interesting than comedies.

The comedies movies aren’t as interesting as action

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 When we compare two things or
Tobby people we add –ER THAN to a
Susie short adjective.

Example: short + er
Tim Mary
Gina Luke is short.
Luke is shorter than Tim.

When we compare two things or

people we add MORE + ADJ +
THAN to a long adjective.

Example: intelligent
Susie is intelligent.
Susie is more intelligent than
Luke
Luke.

Look at the picture and write sentences using the adjectives from the box.

Example: Tobby is taller than Luke. tall – short – thin – fat – happy -
intelligent- pretty – handsome

1. Gina is shorter than Susie

2. Tim is more intelligent than Mary
3. Mary is prettier than Susie
4. Luke is more handsome than Tim
5. Mary is happier than Gina
6. Tobby is thinner than Tim
7. Luke is fatter than Tobby

Read and Write A dolphin is more intelligent than a seal.

A cat is faster than a mouse. More careful

A seal is ............................................ ( careful) than a
hippo.
An elephant is .........................
bigger (big) than a
A hippo is.....................................
More peaceful (peaceful) than a
tiger.
tiger.
A tiger is ........................
taller (tall) than a cat.
thinner A tiger is ......................................... (intelligent) than a
A cat is ....................... (thin) than a hippo. More intelligent
lizard.
A hippo is ....................
fatter (fat) than a lizard.
A lizard is ......................................... (beautiful) than a
A lizard is .......................
longer (long) than a dog. More beautiful
shorter mouse.
A dog is ............................. (short) than an
A mouse is ....................................... (horrible) than a
elephant. More horrible
lizard.
 IRREGULAR
good better little less
bad worse much more

Write sentences comparing the following things or person.

2 Taller than
. Bilding 2 is ……………………………… bilding 3. (tall)
1
shorter than
. Bilding 3 is ……………………………… bilding 1. (short)
3

Richer than
. Sam is ………………………………… Tom. (rich)

poorer than
. Tom is ………………………………… Sam. (poor)

. Blancanieves is ………………………………
More beautiful than the wish. (beautiful)

Uglier than
. The wish is …………………………………. Blancanieves. (ugly)

. Sara is ………………………………………
Better student than Nelson. (good student)

Worse student than

. Nelson is ………………………………….. Sara. (bad student)

Thinner than
. Mrs. Brown is …………………………………. Mr. Brown. (thin)

Fatter than
. Mr. Brown is ………………………………….. Mrs. Brown. (fat)