Là loại so sánh gấp r ỡi, gấp đôi, gấp 3. Nên nhớ rằng trong cấu trúc này không đ ợ c dùng so sánh hơn kém mà phải dùng so sánh bằng. much + noun + as + many pronoun noun Subject + verb + bội số + as + Ví dụ: This encyclopedia costs twice as much as the other one. At the clambake last week, Fred ate three times as many oysters as Barney. Jerome has half as many records now as I had last year. | I feel much better today than I did last week. The university is farther than the mall. He has less time now than he had before. Marjorie has more books than Sue. This magazine is better than that one. He acts worse now than ever before. further more. Ví dụ The distance from your house to school is farther than that of mine. He will come to the US for further education next year. So sánh đa bộ Là loại so sánh gấp rỡi gấp ôi gấp 3. Nên nhớ rằng trong cấu trúc này không ợc dùng so sánh hơn kém mà phải dùng so sánh bằng. Ví dụ This encyclopedia costs twice as much as the other one. At the clambake last week Fred ate three times as many oysters as Barney. Jerome has half as many records now as I had last year. Lu ý - Khi dùng so sánh loại này phải xác ịnh rõ danh từ ó là ếm ợc hay không đếm đợc vì đằng trớc chúng có much và many. - Các cấu trúc twice that many gấp đôi số đó chỉ đợc dùng trong văn nói tuyệt đối không đợc dùng trong văn viết. Ví dụ We had expected eighty people at the rally but twice that many showed up. văn nói We had expected eighty people at the rally but twice as many as that number showed up. văn viết So sánh kép càng .thì càng Những câu này bắt ầu bằng một cấu trúc so sánh hơn và do ó mệnh ề thứ 2 cũng phải bắt ầu bằng một cấu trúc so sánh hơn. The comparative subject verb the comparative subject verb Ví dụ T l . w u---------- -------UI. T me Hotter It is tne mme msei ie 1 teei. The higher we flew the worse Edna felt. The bigger they are the harder they fall. The sooner you take your medicine the better you will feel. The sooner you leave the earlier you will arrive at your destination. The more subject verb the comparative subject verb The more you study the smarter you will become. The more he rowed the boat the farther away he got. The more he slept the more irritable he became. No sooner. than vừa mới. thì chẳng bao lâu . thì Nếu thành ngữ no sooner xuất hiện ở đầu câu thì than phải đầu cho mệnh đề 2. Lu ý rằng trợ động từ phải .
