grammar · neutral

As + adjective + as + noun/clause

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Structure to express equality: X is as ADJ as Y.

Examples

“She is as tall as her brother.”

“This year's budget is not as large as last year's.”

“The museum is as interesting as the guidebook promised.”

Band 8 sentence

“The coastline is as vulnerable to erosion as it was three decades ago.”

Collocations

  • as + adjective + as

Common mistakes

He is as tall like me.→He is as tall as me.

She is more as clever as her sister.→She is as clever as her sister.

Say it for a higher band

5like→6as ... as→7+as + adjective + as + noun/clause

Synonyms

like

Easily confused

More ... than

“He is more experienced than his colleague.”

Related words

By the time + clause, clauseWhether + clause (or not)So + adjective + that + clauseEven if + clause, clauseSuch + (a/an) + noun + that + clauseIf + past perfect, would have + past participleOn the one hand + clause; on the other hand + clauseGiven that + clause, + clause

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