Lesson XV: Explicite Comparisons

Exercise: A.2.2. Practice Comparisons with MANY and MUCH Use the expression of comparison … AS MANY/MUCH + Object-Expression + AS GEORGE … to rephrase the statements given. For example: Bob bought five books , and George did too. BOB BOUGHT AS MANY BOOKS AS GEORGE . Bob had a lot of coffee , and George did too. BOB HAD AS MUCH COFFEE AS GEORGE . 1. Bob has two dogs and George does too. 2. Bob drank a lot and George did too. 3. Bob ate three sandwiches and George did too. 4. Bob has four bicycles. George has four bicycles too. 5. Bob drinks a glass of milk every day, and George does too. 6. Bob bought two shirts and George did too. 7. Bob talked to two students and George did too. 8. Bob ate three hamburgers. George ate three hamburgers too. 9. Bob charges his mobile twice a day and George does too. 10. Bob visits more than 10 portals every day and George does too. 11. Bob wants a dish of ice cream and George does too. 12. Bob sent three messages and George did too. Exercise: A.2.3. Practice Equality Produce a statement to indicate equality of the words written italic . For example: The color of your suit is blue . The color of mine is blue too. YOUR SUIT IS THE SAME COLOR AS MINE . Your stories are interesting and mine are too. YOUR STORIES ARE AS INTERESTING AS MINE . John writes carefully and Mary does too. JOHN WRITES AS CAREFULLY AS MARY. 1. Mary speaks clearly and John does too. 2. John's height is 190 cm. Paul's height is 190 cm too. 3. John's weight is 85 kg. Paul's weight is 85 kg too. 4. John's age is twenty-four. Paul's age is twenty-four too. 5. John speaks rapidly . Paul speaks rapidly . 6. The color of John's hat is gray. The color of Paul's is gray too. 7. Mary is nineteen years old . Jane is nineteen years old too. 8. The price of the grammar book is $3. The price of the vocabulary one is $3 too. 9. John is big . Paul is big too. 10. Mary is beautiful . Jane is beautiful too. 11. John works slowly . Paul works slowly too. 12. The quality of this shirt is excellent. The quality of that one is excellent too.