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Comparatives with As..asForms : Subject 1beasadjectiveasSubject 2Youngest Childrenarenot as**independentastheir older siblings.Iamascreativeasmy brother.verbadverbBettyexercises as frequentlyasher friend does.Small companies doesnt* makenearly asmuch profitasbig companies do.Making negative sentences with as..as** with adjectives, add NOT before as.as. * with verb + adverb, use a negative form of the verb ex. She runs . She doesnt run.Comparatives with As..asMeaning : To tell whether the 2 things/sets of things mentioned are similar or different in a certain way.

Use: To compare 2 things or 2 sets of things to show similarities or differences QuantifiersRefer to the handouts provided in class

Quantifiers: most, several, many of the, most of.., none of, a few., both, a great deal of., little, (significantly/substantially) fewer than, some. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives