Cấu trúc so sánh bằng trong tiếng Anh

Giới thiệu một số cấu trúc dùng để so sánh bằng trong tiếng Anh

So sánh là một điểm ngữ pháp rất thường dùng trong tiếng Anh từ tiếng Anh giao tiếp cho tới trong các kỳ thi IELTS hay TOEIC. Với tầm quan trọng như vậy, hôm nay, mình sẽ giới thiệu đến các bạn một số cấu trúc so sánh bằng

1. Subject + be (not) + as + adj + as +noun/ object pronoun/ subject + be
    Subject + ordinary verb  + as + adverb + as +noun/ object pronoun/ subject + auxiliary verb

Ex: She is as tall as me = She is as tall as I am
       Your house is not as large as mine
       Jane doesn't drive as carefully as Tom = Jane doesn't drive as carefully as Tom does

as adj as (Nguồn: Plusgoogle)
 

2. As many + plural noun + as/ as much + uncountable noun + as

Ex: London has twice as many banks as the rest of south - east England
      He spends as much money as me

3. As much as/ as few as + plural noun 
   As little as + uncountable noun

Ex: She earns at least as much as Mark, and probably more
      It was disappointing that as few as 200 delegates came to the conference
      It's still possible to pay as little á $5 for a good meal at some restaurants in the city

Biết được các cấu trúc so sánh bằng sẽ giúp ích cho các bạn rất nhiều không những trong giao tiếp mà còn trong các kì thi.

4. As (so) + adjective + a/an + noun + as

Ex: She was as patient a teacher as anyone could have had 
      It's not as/so quite a place as it used to be

as adj/adv as (Nguồn: eratable)
 

5. Twice/ three times as ... as

Ex: Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago

6. As + adjective/adverb as possible
    As + adjective/adverb as Subject can/could

Ex: Can you send me the money as soon as possible?

7. The same (noun) as

Ex: Ann's salary is the same as mine = Ann gets the same salary as me

So sánh bằng được sử dụng khi so sánh giữa hai người, hai vật, hai việc hoặc hai nhóm đối tượng cùng tính chất…Nghĩa là khi so sánh hai ngôi nhà, chúng ta phải so sánh dựa trên cùng đơn vị như về chiều cao hay kích thước,…chứ không thể so sánh giữa kích thước của ngôi nhà này với chiều cao của ngôi nhà kia được.

 

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