Question

Por gentileza me ajudem pessoal COMPARATIVE DEGREE EQUALITY (Grau Comparativo) as---as (tão - quanto/como) Prejudice is as old as human beings. (O preconceito é tão velho quanto os seres humanos. Negative form: not --- so/as --- as He did not feel so/as hopeful as his wife. (Ele não se sentia tão esperançoso quanto sua esposa) I - Show equality 1.This joke (piada) isn’t ________ funny _________ the previous one.
2. My heart is not _______ good _______ yours.
3. This campaign is _______ efficient _________they previous one.
4. Their habits are not _______ healthy _______ they were a year ago.
5. That prisoner is ________ bad _______ the other.
6. That castle is _______ big _______ that one. INFERIORITY (inferioridade)  less ... than (menos .. (do) que) Your work is less satisfactory than your friends. (O seu trabalho está menos satisfatório que o de seu amigo.) II. Express inferiority.
1. Her games are _______ interesting __________his.
2. This information is _______ lively _______ the other one in the book.
3. Our circulatory system is _________ complicated _________ we think.
4. This football team is ________trained ________ that. NEGATIVE: NOT AS / SO + ADJ. + AS = LESS + ADJ. + THAN
3. Rewrite the sentences by using the Comparative of Inferiority.
a) Joe is not as studious as Martin.
b) They are not so thin as Anne.
c) Argentina isn’t as developed as Brazil.
4. Mark the INCORRECT sentence.
a) Is São Luís as hot as Teresina?
b) My house is less comfortable than yours.
c) You are so smart as your brother.
d) I’m not as lazy as you

Answer 1

Resposta:

I - Show equality

1.This joke (piada) isn’t as funny as the previous one.

2. My heart is not as good as yours.

3. This campaign is as efficient as they previous one.

4. Their habits are not as healthy as they were a year ago.

5. That prisoner is as bad as the other.

6. That castle is as big as that one.

II. Express inferiority.

1. Her games are less interesting than his.

2. This information is less lively than the other one in the book.

3. Our circulatory system is less complicated than we think.

4. This football team is less trained than that.

3. Rewrite the sentences by using the Comparative of Inferiority.

a) Joe is not as studious as Martin.

b) They are not so thin as Anne.

c) Argentina isn’t as developed as Brazil.

4. Mark the INCORRECT sentence.

a) Is São Luís as hot as Teresina?

b) My house is less comfortable than yours.

c) You are so smart as your brother.

d) I’m not as lazy as you

Explicação:

You are as smart as your brother - você é tão inteligente quanto seu irmão

You're not so smart as your brother - você não é tão inteligente quanto seu irmão.