Comparison of Inequality

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-Comparison of Inequality in English
-Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
-Practice exercises
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Comparison of Inequality < or >
What is a comparison of Inequality in English?

• It’s when you compare two things.

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 Pez
Elefante

The elephant is bigger than the fish.

El elefante es más grande que el pez.

 Pez
Elefante

The fish is less big than the elephant.

El pez es menos grande que el elefante.
 perro
gato

The cat is calmer than the dog.

El gato es más tranquilo que el perro.
 perro
gato

The dog is less calm than the cat.

El perro es menos tranquilo que el gato.

Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
When you want to express more (er)…than in Spanish
you use the expression más...que.

Lance is taller than Felipe.

Lance es más alto que Felipe.

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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
When you want to express more (er)…than in Spanish
you use the expression más...que.

Ana is taller than Susana.

Ana es más alta que Susana.

alta
Remember that there needs to be
agreement when using adjectives.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
When you want to express less … than in Spanish
you use the expression menos...que.

Cats are less friendly than dogs.

Los gatos son menos amistosos que los perros.

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 Translate into Spanish

Fred is taller than Felipe.

que
más alto ________Felipe.
Fred es ______
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Susana and Ana are taller than Kevin.

que
más altas ________Kevin.
Susana y Ana son ______
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My brother is less intelligent than my brother.

menos inteligente que

Mi hermano es _____ ___mi hermano.
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Carmen Electra is prettier than Britney Spears.

que Britney
más bonita ___
Carmen Electra es _____
Spears.
Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
Both constructions, más…que and menos…que can be
used with nouns.

There are more cats than dogs.

Hay más gatos que perros.

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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
Both constructions, más…que and menos…que can be
used with nouns.

There are fewer pencils than pens.

Hay menos lápices que plumas.

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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish
Both constructions, más…que and menos…que can be
used with infinitives that function as nouns.

I like to swim more than to study.

Me gusta nadar más que estudiar.

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 Translate into Spanish

There are more boys than girls.

que
más chicos ________chicas.
Hay ______
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There are fewer teachers than students.

que
menos profesores ________estudiantes.
Hay ______
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There are fewer schools than jails.

que cárceles.
menos escuelas ________
Hay ______
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We want to swim more than to eat.

más _____
Queremos nadar ______ que comer.
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Fred is taller than Ana.

Fred es más alto que Ana.

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•There are fewer (less) books than
students.

•Hay menos libros que estudiantes.

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•Baseball is more fun than football.

•El béisbol es más divertido que el

fútbol.

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•Televisión es more interesting than school.

•La televisión es más interesante que

la escuela.

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•Felipe is sadder than Miguel.

•Felipe está más triste que Miguel.

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•María is less tired than Edweena.

•María está menos cansada que

Edweena.

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•She likes swimming less than running.

•Le gusta nadar menos que correr.

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•There are fewer cats than dogs.

•Hay menos gatos que perros.

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