O’zbekiston respublikasi ichki ishlar vazirligi akademiya m. A. Rustamov ingliz tili darslik

as ... as 
Henry is rich.
He is richer than Arthur.
But he isn't as rich as Joe. (= Joe is richer than he is) 
• Jack isn't as old as he looks. (= he looks older than he is.) 
• The city centre wasn't as crowded this morning as it usually is. 
(= it is usually more crowded) 
• Jim didn't do as well in his examination as he had hoped. (= he 
had hoped to do better) 
• “The weather's better today, isn't it?” “Yes, it's not as cold.” (= 
yesterday was colder) 
• I don't know as many people as you do. (= you know more 
people) 
“not so ... as” = “not as ... as”: 
• Henry isn't so rich as Joe. 
twice as ... as, three times as ... as etc. 
• Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. 

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• Their house is about three times as big as ours. 
the same as:
• Ann's salary is the same as mine. (or Ann gets the same salary 
as me.) 
• Tom is the same age as George. 
• “What would you like to drink?” “I'll have the same as last 
time.” 
EXERCISES 
 
12.11. Complete the sentences using as … as.
1. My salary is high but yours is higher. My salary isn’t 
as high 
as yours
. 
2. You now a bit about cars but I know more. You don’t ………. 
3. I still smoke but I used to smoke a lot more. I don’t …………. 
4. I still feel quite tired but I felt a lot more tired yesterday. I don’t 
…………… 
5. They’ve lived here for quite a long time but we’ve lived here 
longer. They haven’t …………………………. 
6. I was a bit nervous before the interview but usually I’m a lot 
more nervous ………………………………. 
7. The weather is still unpleasant today but yesterday it was worse. 
The weather isn’t ……………………………….