Then and Than Grammar Rule #4

Then Than What’s the Difference? Refers to something happening after something else Can be replaced with “now” and the sentence would still sound ok. We left right then. Can you think of another example? Used when making a comparison Can be replaced with “more than” and the sentence would still mean the same thing. She is taller than I am. Can you think of another example?

Practice! 1. He will go to English; _________ he will go to Algebra. 2. If you don’t want to go, ______ don’t go! 3. I like chocolate ice cream more ________ vanilla ice cream. 4. The class was more talkative ________ it had ever been. 5. She prefers running laps _________ lifting weights instead of lifting weights before running. 6. The work was Jay’s, but he had been absent for more ____________ two weeks. 7. If she doesn’t respond to your text, ________ you will know how she feels. Practice! Then=refers to something happening next; can be replaced with “now” Than=making a comparison; can be replaced with “more than”

Review: Choose to, too, or two Choose their, there, or they’re Choose it’s or its 12. ________ burgers are the best in town! 8. I went _____ visit my family this summer. 16. ______ so great that all the students brought their homework. 13. Did you go ______ for the show? 9. The days went by _______ fast. 14. _________ going to laugh so loud at this one. 10. I only saw _______ cousins. 17. ________ raining so hard outside right now. 15. ________ are two books on the table. 11. _______ days later, they flew ______ Michigan. 18. ______ leaves fall off every autumn.