BARACK OBAMA VS.JOHN McCAIN
Compare the two candidates.
Political Party : DemocraticPolitical Party : Republican
Height : 6'2''Height : 5'9''
OBAMA IS TALLER THAN McCAIN. McCAIN IS SMALLER /SHORTER THAN OBAMA.Wife's name : MichelleWife's name : Cindy
Children's names: Malia and SashaChildren's names : Doug, Andrew, Meghan, Jack, Jim, Bridget
McCAIN HAS MORE CHILDREN THAN OBAMA. OBAMA HAS FEWER CHILDREN.Car : Ford Escape HyridCar : Cadillac CTS
OBAMA'S CAR IS A HYBRID SO IT'S LESS POLLUTING. McCAIN'S CAR IS MORE POLLUTING THAN OBAMA'S.Awards: Obama is a two-time Awards: John McCain's naval honors
Grammy Award winner. He won include the Silver Star,Bronze Star,
Best Spoken Word Album in 2005 Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the
for the audio book edition of DreamsDistinguished Flying Cross.
From My Father, and again in
2007 for The Audacity of Hope.
OBAMA WON LITERARY AWARDS WHEREAS McCAIN WON MILITARY AWARDS.Hobbies : Obama enjoys playing Hobbies : McCain enjoys hiking,
Scrabble, poker and basketball.fishing, boxing, basketball, football,
baseball and history.
McCAIN IS BETTER AT SPORTS THAN OBAMA. HE CAN PLAY MORE SPORTS THAN HIM.OBAMA DOESN'T ENJOY SPORTS AS MUCH AS McCAIN.
OBAMA ISN'T AS INTERESTED IN SPORTS AS McCAIN.
Favourite Books : The Autobiography Favourite Book : For Whom the
of Malcolm X; Shakespeare's Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.
Tragedies; The Bible.
McCAIN HAS FEWER FAVOURITE BOOKS THAN OBAMA.Favourite Movies : The Godfather IFavourite Movies : Viva Zapata.
and II and Lawrence of Arabia.
Favourite TV shows : Sportscenter, Favourite TV shows : 24, Lost, The
Monday Night Football, M.A.S.H.,Daily Show, Prison Break, The
and the U.S. Senate on C-Span. Sopranos.
McCAIN WATCHES TV MORE OFTEN THAN OBAMA. HE LIKES SERIES MORE THAN SPORTS PROGRAMS.Personal Heroes : Pablo Picasso Personal Heroes : Theodore
Martin Luther King Jr, Gandhi.Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan.
OBAMA CHOSE TWO CIVILS RIGHTS LEADERS WHEREAS McCAIN CHOSE TWO US PRESIDENTS.Making the Grade : Although Making the Grade : McCain says he
Obama graduated «with greatnever got good grades in school.
honor» from Harvard Law School, He finished near the bottom of his
he got a D in 8th grade French.class at the U.S Naval Academy.
McCAIN HAD WORSE SCHOOL RESULTS THAN OBAMA. OBAMA HAD BETTER SCHOOL RESULTS.Did you know? Obama says he Did you know? The McCain family
would like Will Smith to play him has many pets! They have an English
in a movie.Springer spaniel named Sam, a mutt
named Coco, two turtles, a cat named
Oreo, a ferret, three parakeets and 13
saltwater fish.
THE McCAINS HAVE MORE PETS THAN THE OBAMAS.THE OBAMAS HAVE FEWER PETS THAN THE McCAINS.
Comparing:
tandis que : WHEREAS
aussi... que : AS ... AS
plus... que : adjectifs courts (1 ou 2 syllabes terminés par -y, -er, -ow)
adj+ ER THAN
adjectifs longs (2 syllabes ou plus)
MORE adj. THAN
Irréguliers : good ⇨ BETTER THAN
bad ⇨ WORSE THAN
plus de... que : MORE ... THAN
moins de ... que : (singulier) LESS... THAN
(pluriel) FEWER... THAN
pas autant de... que : (singulier) NOT AS MUCH ...AS
(pluriel) NOT AS MANY... AS
TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES:
Example: McCain reads fewer books than Obama.
⇨ McCain doesn't read as many books as Obama.
Obama has fewer children than McCain.
OBAMA DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY CHILDREN AS McCAIN.
Obama watches fewer series than McCain.
OBAMA DOESN'T WATCH AS MANY SERIES AS McCAIN.
Obama's car pollutes less than McCain's.
OBAMA'S CAR DOESN'T POLLUTE AS MUCH AS McCAIN'S.
I think McCain reads less than Obama.
I THINK McCAIN DOESN'T READ AS MUCH AS OBAMA.