E2 - U2 - Gramática 3.4 - Comparisons

Both English & Spanish use comparisons to talk about two people or things having a lesser, _____, or greater degree of quality.

Which two words are used to describe comparisons of inequality?

• más

• menos

• con

• mejor

Place the words in order to form a comparison of inequality.

• adjective / adverb / noun

• más

• que

¡Atención! Note that while English has a comparative form for short adjectives (taller), these don't exist in Spanish, you have to place what two in front of the adjective depending on the comparison?

• más

• por

• que

• menos

When comparing numbers or numerical expressions, what word is used in place of que?

• de

• con

• al

• en

When using verbs to to construct comparisons of inequality, what order does the sentence go in?

• [verb]

• que

• más / menos

Which construction is used to make comparisons of equality?

• más + [ adj. ] + como

• tan + [ adj. / adverb] + como

• tanto/a(s) + [noun] + como

• [verb] + tan como

¡Atención! Unlike tan, tanto acts as an adjectives and thus ______ in number & gender.

tan = ?

• so

• so much

• so many

tanto = ?

• so

• so much

• so many