25/2/2016 In/equality by Viv Quarry Expressing in/equality By Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com) Look at these sentences: Positive comparison → Negative comparison Sue's taller than John . → John isn't as tall as Sue Sue's more intelligent than John. → John isn't as intelligent as Sue Sue works harder than John. → John doesn't work as hard as Sue Sue's the same age as John. → John is as old as Sue Now make similar pairs of sentences from the following prompts: Sue / beautiful → Sue / good at maths → John / happy → John / short → Sue / hardworking → John / friendly For more practice exs see Murphy Essential Grammar in Use or English Grammar in Use Previous Back to grammar worksheets Home http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/comps2.html 1/2 25/2/2016 In/equality by Viv Quarry http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/comps2.html 2/2