Adjective "as much as"

[Semen]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #153 "comparisons with as .... as", question 1

Teenage girls smoke almost ......... boys in many of the villages in West Java.

(a) as good as
(b) as long as
(c) as soon as
(d) as much as

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #153 "comparisons with as .... as", answer 1

Teenage girls smoke almost as much as boys in many of the villages in West Java.

Correct answer: (d) as much as
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4 adjectives above are the same in construction.

Semen

[Alan]

Hi,

The one you need here is as much as - meaning the same amount of/quantity of cigarettes.

Alan
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