AS + ADJECTIVE + AS

 

UsageTo compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference, use as + adjective + as:}

 

Examples· Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John.·

Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter.·

Ramona is as happy as Raphael.·

Einstein is as famous as Darwin.·

A tiger is as dangerous as a lion. ·

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As present participle

 

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

 

The Present Participle: The present participle of most verbs has the form base+ing and is used in the following ways:a. as part of the continuous form of a verb(See continuous tenses in VERB TENSES)

 

Example:·

 

I am working· 

 

he was singing·

 

they have been walking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 after verbs of movement/position in the pattern: verb + present participle  Example· She went shopping·

 

He lay looking up at the clouds

 

· She came running towards me

 

 

This construction is particularly useful with the verb 'to go', as in these common expressions

 

to go shopping

to go ski-ing

to go fishing

to go surfing

to go walking

to go swimming

to go running

to go dancingc

 

after verbs of perception in the pattern:     verb + object + present participle

 

Example· I heard someone singing.·

He saw his friend walking along the road.·

I can smell something burning!