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Using Modifiers with Comparatives

🔍 Comparative Modifiers 

📌 To intensify or specify the degree of a comparison, use modifiers before the comparative phrase.
Pour intensifier ou préciser le degré d’une comparaison, utilisez des modificateurs avant la phrase comparative.

Look at these examples to see how comparisons can be modified.

He’s much shorter than his brother.

→ Il est bien plus petit que son frère.

Good-quality socks are almost as important as your running shoes.

→ Les chaussettes de qualité sont presque aussi importantes que tes chaussures de course.

Our hotel room was exactly the same as the photos showed.

→ Notre chambre d’hôtel était exactement la même que sur les photos.

Practice Tip: Do you know how to use phrases like much shorter than, almost as fit as and exactly the same as? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.