English grammar_ Adjective / adverb Level 3 - original sentence pattern

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1> as + positive + as, ==

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1.1> as tall as

He is as tall as I am.
He is as tall as me .

• He is tall. // he is very tall.
  He is as tall.
  He is as( equally ) tall as( image ) I am.
  He is as tall as me . // Pay attention to the order of Chinese and English ;
  first as： It's an adverb ;
  the second as： It's a conjunction ;

• as tall adverb as Modify adjectives tall;

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1.2> as young as

You look as young as you were ten years ago.
You look as young as ten years ago. // Omit a sentence
You look as young as you were ten years ago .

• You look young.
• were past tense ;

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1.3> as taugh and strong as

This car is taugh and strong.
this car is as taugh and strong as any other cars runnig on the street.
This car is as strong as any other car on the street .

• run -> runnig Now participles are used as adjectives ;

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1.4> as nice as

He is a nice person.
The man is as nice as his father is.
The person is as nice as his father is.
He is as nice a person as his father is.
He is as good a man as his father .

• final is Omission ;

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2> not as + positive + as, not so + positive + as ,！=

2.1> not as / so good as

The basketball player is not as good as you are.
The basketball player is not so good as you are.
He is not as good a basketball player as you are.
He is not as good a basketball player as you are.
He is not a basketball player as good as you .

• a basketball player countable noun , Show the singular and plural
• Decorate people
  good： A good man ; good boy, good driver;
  nice： affable ; nice doctor A friendly doctor ;
  nice： Beautiful ; nice girl, slick chick ;

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2.2> not as bad as

Things were not as bad as I had thought.
Things are not as bad as I thought .

• think - thought - thought

• through ： 【prep.】 Through the ;

• Analyze tense , You must draw a timeline ;

• pluperfect ：
  An action that has occurred or completed before a certain time or action in the past .

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2.3> as many as

There are not as many trees around here as there were two years ago.
There are not as many trees around here as two years ago.( Repetition may be omitted )
It's not like 2 There were so many trees years ago .

• There are not many trees around here.
• There are not as 【many trees around here】 as two years ago.
• as as There is not only one word in the middle ;

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2.4> as fast as

We must run as fast as we can.
We must run as fast as it is possible.
We must run as fast as possible.
We must run as fast as possible .

• as fast as we can, How fast is the ability , Just run as fast ;
• fast: Finger speed ;
  soon： Fast time ; as soon as possible : as soon as possible ;
  quick： Move fast , quick action, Act quickly ;

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3> as…as The phrase

as busy as a bee: I'm so busy ;

as bright as day : Bright as day ;

as cool as a cucumber: poised ;

as cold as ice : Cold as ice ;

as light as feather: be as light as a feather ;

as loud as thunder： Sound like thunder ;

as proud as a peacock: Very proud ;

as quick as lightning: As fast as lightning ;

as firm as a rock： be as solid as rocks ;

as white as snow ： White as snow ;

• day Countable , God ; It's uncountable , Day

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4> as many / much as As many as

As many as five thousand birds spend winter here.
As many as fivethousand birds spend the winter here .

I paid as much as 250$ for this sweater.
I bought this sweater for as much as 250$.
I paid up to 250 Dollars for this sweater .

• as much money as, money Replace 250$ , The total name of money is uncountable , use much;
• pay… for sth
• buy st for …
• buy - bought - bought
• think - thought - thought

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5> as many / much Just as much

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5.1> as many

The tour group visited five cities in as many days.
This tour group is 5 Visited within days 5 Cities .

• as many Avoid repetition ;

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5.2> as much

I’ll have 200 grams of ham salad and as much mashed potatoes
I would like to buy it 200 Gram's ham Sarah and 200 Gram of mashed potatoes .

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6> as good as almost , It's just , Adverb phrases

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6.1> as good as new

The car is as good as new.
This car looks like a new one .

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6.2> as good as promised

He as good as promised it.
He almost promised .

• promise 【vt.】 Promise, promise ;
  transitive verb , So there must be an object it.

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6.3> as good as gold

the kid is as good as gold.
The child is very good .