Identify people including profession and things

Express nationality (de)

Material that something is made of (de)

Express possession (de)

For whom something was intended (para)

Tell time or give the date

Adjectives that describe basic, inherent characteristics

Generalizations (es)

Location

Health

Adjectives that describe conditions

Fixed expressions

Present participles to form the progressive tense

Juan corre más rápido que Elena.

Juan runs faster than Elena.

Elena corre menos que Juan.

Elena runs less than Juan (does).

Rigoberto tiene más coches que Carmen.

Rigoberto has more cars than Carmen (does).

Elena tiene menos de dos lápices.

Elena has less than two pencils.

Patricia es tan alta como Ernesto.  También es tan delgada como él.

Patricia is as tall as Ernesto (is).  She's also as thin as he (is).

Patricia juega al tenis tan bien como Juan También juega tan agresivamente como él.

Patricia plays tennis as well as Juan (does).  She also plays as aggressively as he (does).

Patricia juega al tenis tanto como Juan.  También gana tanto como él.

Patricia plays tennis as much as Juan (does).  She also wins as much (often) as he (does).

Patricia y Ernesto tienen tantas hermanas como hermanos.

Patricia and Ernesto each have as many sisters as (they have) brothers.

Estos coches son buenos, pero esos son mejores

These cars are good, but those are better.

Yo hablo español bien, pero mi amigo Dennis lo habla mejor.

I speak Spanish well, but my friend Dennis speaks it better.

La nueva película de este director es mala, pero su primera es peor.

This director's new movie is bad, but his first one is worse.

La profesora canta mal, pero yo canto peor.

The professor sings badly, but I sing worse.

La abuela es viejita, pero el abuelo es mayor que ella.

Grandmother is old, but grandfather is older than she (is).

Delia es joven, pero su esposo es todavía menor que ella.

Delia is young, but her husband is even younger than she (is).