Comparatives And Superlatives Worksheet With Answer Key Page 13
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285. A smartphone / send messages / quickly / a laptop
6. My mother / speak English / well / my father
7. Gabi / go shopping / often / Linda
8. Trains / be / comfortable / airplanes
Comparison with Less and Not As . . . As
8.5
Less + Adjective or Adverb + Than
Less
Adjective/Adverb
Than
This phone is
less
expensive
than
that one.
This old fan works
less
efficiently
than
the new fan.
Not As + Adjective or Adverb + As
Not As
Adjective/Adverb
As
expensive
not as
as
This phone is
that one.
good
efficiently
This old fan does
not work as
as
the new fan.
well
less efficient than
1. The opposite of more is less. Not as . . . as and
My old car was
my new car.
less have the same meaning.
My old car was
not as efficient as
my new car.
2. Use not as . . . as with one-syllable adjectives or
My apartment is
not as big as
yours.
adverbs.
Tom
doesn’t
run
as fast as
Steven.
3. Use less . . . than or not as . . . as with adjectives
My son visits
less frequently than
my daughter.
as frequently as
or adverbs that have two or more syllables. The
My son
doesn’t
visit
my daughter.
meaning is the same.
Remember:
4.
If the comparison is clear,
The food at Joe’s cafe
isn’t as good as
the food
the second part of the comparison is not
at Chez Claude, but it’s
less
expensive.
necessary.
The food at Joe’s cafe is
less expensive than
the
food at Chez Clause, but it
isn’t as
good.
See Chart 8.3 for more information completing comparisons.
6
Complete the conversations with less or not as . . . as and the words in parentheses. Do not
use not unless it is included in the parentheses. Use than and the second as only where
necessary.
aren’t as nice as
1. Anita:
The clothes in this store (1)
(not be / nice) they
used to be. Look at this coat! It’s much (2)
(fashionable)
the coat I bought here last year.
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