Grammar worksheet

NAME: ________________________               DATE: _______________________  

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET  

AS … AS  (Comparisons with Adjectives) 

* ALSO: I 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.  ____________________________________________________________________  [pic 2]

  2.  Australia is big.  Canada is bigger.

  4.  ____________________________________________________________________ Australia isn`t as bigger as canada

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

  6.  ____________________________________________________________________ I'm as tired as Kevin

  4.  Iceland is colder than England.

  8.  ____________________________________________________________________ Iceland is as more colder than England

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

10.  ____________________________________________________________________ this chair is as expensive as that chair

  6.  Andrew is lazier than Wendy.

12.  ____________________________________________________________________ Andrew is as lazier than Wendy

  7.  Carol and David are both ten years old.

14.  ____________________________________________________________________ Carol is as young as david

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

14.  ____________________________________________________________________ I think action movies are as more interesting than comedies

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          Tobby         When we compare two things or people we add –ER THAN to a Susie          short adjective.  [pic 3]

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

 Read and Write 

 A cat is faster than a mouse. 

   An elephant is ……………….bigger        .(big) than a  tiger.

 A tiger is …………………(tall) than a cat.taller         

 A cat is ……………..thiner ..(thin) than a hippo.

 A hippo is ………….….(fat) than a lizard.fatter         

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