Subject + to be + number + time + Adj(er) + than + obj
I think it’s a comparative sentence. But I’m not sure. Can you show me an example please?
You are correct!
We use the subject + to be + number + times + Adjective(er) +than + object sentence structure when we want to compare the object and the object in a sentence.
Let’s take a look at the example below:
- I am four times stronger than my brother.
In the sentence above, I am comparing my own physical strength against my brothers physical strength. In the sentence above, I am saying that I am stronger than my brother but also that I am four times as strong as he is. So either I am very strong or my brother is extremely weak.
What about the sentence below:
- the new restaurant is five time more expensive than the old restaurant.
That sentence means that if a meal cost $10 in the old restaurant, the same meal now costs $40 in the new restaurant.
Here are some more examples:
- The new smartphone is ten times faster than the old smartphone. (the old smartphone must have been very slow if the new smart is ten times faster than it!)
- The twins are one hundred times more trouble than their older sister.
- “This year’s exam is ten times more difficult that last year’s exam” the teacher warned her students.
As you can see from the examples above, this particle sentence structure is a great way of exaggerating or emphasising a certain point.
