grammar · neutral
as + adjective + as
Band 4-5speakingtask2
Express equality between two things using 'as ... as'.
Examples
“She is as tall as her older sister.”
“This task is as difficult as the last one.”
“I'm not as confident as I was last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“While the new model is as efficient as the old one, it consumes noticeably less power.”
Collocations
- as + adjective + as
Common mistakes
He is as tall like his brother.→He is as tall as his brother.
She is as taller as me.→She is as tall as me.
Say it for a higher band
5as + adjective + like (ví dụ: as tall like)→6as + adjective + as (đúng cơ bản)→7+as + adjective + as
Synonyms
the same + noun + as
Easily confused
as much as / as many as
“He can eat as much as I can.”
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