Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using as … as.
1 I’m tall, but you are taller. I’m not ……………………. .
2 My salary is high, but yours is higher. My salary isn’t ……………………. .
3 You know a bit about cars, but I know more.
You don’t ……………………. .
4 We are busy today, but we were busier yesterday.
We aren’t ……………………. .
5 I still feel bad, but I felt a lot worse earlier.
I don’t ……………………. .
6 Our neighbours have lived here for quite a long time, but we’ve lived here longer.
Our neighbours haven’t ……………………. .
7 I was a little nervous before the interview, but usually I’m a lot more nervous.
I wasn’t ……………………. .
Answers
1
1 I’m not as tall as you.
2 My salary isn’t as high as yours.
3 You don’t know as much about cars as me. or … as I do.
4 We aren’t as busy today as we were yesterday. or …. as yesterday.
5 I don’t feel as bad as I did earlier. or … as I felt earlier.
6 Our neighbours haven’t lived here as long as us. or … as we have.
7 I wasn’t as nervous (before the interview) as I usually am. or … as usual.
Exercise 2
Write a new sentence with the same meaning.
1 Jack is younger than he looks. Jack isn’t ……………………. .
2 I didn’t spend as much money as you. You ……………………. .
3 The station was nearer than I thought. The station wasn’t ……………………. .
4 The meal didn’t cost as much as I expected. The meal cost ……………………. .
5 I go out less than I used to. I don’t ……………………. .
6 Karen’s hair isn’t as long as it used to be. Karen used to ……………………. .
7 I know them better than you do. You don’t ……………………. .
8 There are fewer people at this meeting than at the last one.
There aren’t ……………………. .
Answers
2
1 as old as he looks
2 spent more money than me
3 The station wasn’t as far as I thought.
4 The meal cost less than I expected.
5 I don’t go out as much as I used to. or … as often as I used to.
6 Karen used to have longer hair.
7 You don’t know them as well as me. or … as I do.
8 There aren’t as many people at this meeting as at the last one.
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences using as … as+ the following:
bad comfortable fast hard long often quietly soon well
1 I’m sorry I’m late. I got here ……………………. I could.
2 It was a difficult question. I answered it ……………………. I could.
3 ‘How long can I stay with you?’ ‘You can stay ……………………. you like.’
4 I need the information quickly, so let me know ……………………. possible.
5 I like to keep fit, so I go swimming ……………………. I can.
6 I didn’t want to wake anybody, so I came in ……………………. I could.
In the following sentences use just as … as.
7 I’m going to sleep on the floor. It’s ……………………. the bed.
8 You always say how tiring your job is, but I work ……………………. you.
9 At first I thought he was nice, but really he’s ……………………. everybody else.
Answers
3
1 as fast as
2 as well as
3 as Long as
4 as soon as
5 as often as
6 as quietly as
7 just as comfortable as
8 just as hard as
9 just as bad as
Exercise 4
Write sentences using the same as.
1 David and James are both 22 years old. David ……………………. James.
2 You and I both have dark brown hair. Your hair ……………………. mine.
3 I arrived at 10.25 and so did you. I arrived ……………………. you.
4 My birthday is 5 April. It’s Tom’s birthday too. My birthday ……………………. Tom’s.
Answers
4
1 David is the same age as James
2 Your hair is the same colour as mine.
3 I arrived (at) the same time as you.
4 My birthday is (on) the same day as Tom ‘s. or My birthday is the same as Tom’s.
Exercise 5
Complete the sentences with than … or as … .
1 I can’t reach as high as you. You are taller ……………………. .
2 He doesn’t know much. I know more ……………………. .
3 I don’t work particularly hard. Most people work as hard ……………………. .
4 We were very surprised. Nobody was more surprised ……………………. .
5 She’s not a very good player. I’m a better player ……………………. .
6 They’ve been very lucky. I wish we were as lucky ……………………. .
Answers
5
1 than me
2 than him / than he does
3 as me / as I do
4 than us / than we were
5 than her / than she is
6 as them / as they have been
