Expressing Equality - ENGLISH4ALL

Notes to remember about expressing equality

Expressing equality means that, when you compare two things, you show that no one of them has a value that is less or more than the other. That is, they are the same or have the same characteristics.

To express equality we use the following sentence structure :

A/ ………… as+adjective+as ………….

The examples below are formed based on the information given in the table

Item	Value	Adjective
Jane and Mary	17/20	Intelligent
Omar’s and Ahmed’s house	120 meters	Big
My and your jackets	Size-40	Large
Mercedes and BMW	30 million Dhs	Expensive

Examples

Jane is as intelligent as Mary.
Omar’s house is as big as Ahmed’s.
My jacket is as large as yours.
Mercedes is as expensive as BMW.

B/ …………. as + noun + as …………….

Items	Values
Class N° 5 and class N° 6	30 students
The Browns family and the Dickens family	5 children
Jane and her brother, James	200 dollars
Catherine and Laura	1 kilo of beef

Examples

There are as many students in class N° 5 as in class N° 6.
The Browns family has as many children as the Dickens family.
Jane spends as many Dollars every week as James.
Catherine eats as much food as Laura.

C/ ………….. as + adverb + as ……………..

Items	Values
Leopards and tigers	fast
David and Tom	fluently
The blacks and the whites	equally
Frank and his sister	carefully

Examples

Leopards run as fast as tigers.
David speaks English as fluently as Tom.
The blacks should be treated as equally as the whites.
Frank drives as carefully as his sister.

D/ To express inequality, we just add “not” before the first as

Items	Values
Renault cars cost 20000 Dollars BMW cars cost 40000 Dollars	expensive
Andrew is 1.60 meters Pamella is 1.70 meters	tall
Alain gets always gets 17/20 at maths His brother always gets 19/20 at maths	intelligent
I weigh 90 kilos. My friend, Nadir, weighs 110 kilos	obese