Haga los cuatro ejercicios seguidos. En el cuarto, oblíguese a usar las cuatro estructuras aunque le salga más fácil repetir «more… than»: quien solo usa el comparativo cuenta una lista, y quien alterna cuenta una persona.
1. Escuche la descripción entera y conteste a las seis preguntas.
- ¿Quién es la más organizada?
- ¿En qué se queda corta Sara?
- ¿Qué edad tienen?
- ¿Quién es más ambiciosa?
- ¿Y en el trabajo técnico?
- ¿Con quién iría a comer?
Ver soluciones
- Sara is by far the most organised
- She is not as easy-going as Nadia
- They are the same age
- Sara is more ambitious
- Nadia is nearly as good as Sara
- With Nadia
2. Complete con la estructura que falta.
- My sister is ___ more patient than I am.
- He is not ___ confident as he looks in meetings.
- We started work on ___ same day as each other.
- Her character is completely different ___ mine.
- This is ___ far the best team I have worked with.
- He is nearly ___ tall as his father now.
Ver soluciones
- far
- as
- the
- from
- by
- as
3. Corrija la frase. Todas tienen exactamente un error de comparación.
- She is more taller than her brother.
- This job is very better than the last one.
- He is the same age than me.
- My character is different than my sister's.
- She is not so patient than her colleague.
- He is best cook in the whole family.
Ver soluciones
- She is taller than her brother
- This job is much better than the last one
- He is the same age as me
- My character is different from my sister's
- She is not as patient as her colleague
- He is the best cook in the whole family
4. Hable en voz alta de dos personas que conozca bien. Grábese y compruebe que usa las cuatro estructuras.
- Describe the character of the first person
- Compare them with a comparative and than
- Say what they have in common using the same as
- Say what one of them is not as good at
- Say how different they are, and how much
- Say which of the two you take after, and why
Ver soluciones
- Su propia respuesta. Se esperan tres o cuatro adjetivos de carácter, no solo «nice» y «good».
- Su propia respuesta. Adjetivo corto con «-er», adjetivo largo con «more».
- Su propia respuesta. «The same age as», «the same job as», nunca «the same than».
- Su propia respuesta. Con «not as… as», que pone el defecto sin sonar duro.
- Su propia respuesta. «Completely different from», o «slightly different from» si la diferencia es pequeña.
- Su propia respuesta. «To take after somebody» es parecerse a un familiar mayor.
