You can use the same comparative phrases you learned for adjectives, más que and menos que, with verbs to compare activities. The formula is verb + más que/menos que. You can compare two activities for the same subject:Nosotros estudiamos más que jugamos (We study more than we play), or you can compare one person's activity to another's: Tú estudias más que yo, pero yo juego más que tú (You study more than I, but I play more than you). Let's look at a couple more examples:

Yo arreglo coches más que cocino.

(I fix cars more than I cook.)

Mi cuñado toca el piano menos que toca la guitarra.

(My brother-in-law plays the piano less than he plays the guitar.)

Another way of expressing a comparison of inequality is by saying that you don't do one activity as much as another. The formula for that is no + verb + tanto como. For example:

Mi hija no pinta tanto como dibuja.

(My daughter doesn't paint as much as she draws.)

Tu novio no charla tanto como tú.

(Your boyfriend doesn't talk as much as you.)

Comparisons of Equality

You've probably already guessed that you can use the formula verb + tanto como to say that one thing is done as much as another. That's right. Check it out:

Alberto monta a caballo tanto como monta en motocicleta.

(Alberto rides horseback as much as he rides a motorcycle.)

Nadie saca fotos tanto como tú.

(No one takes photos as much as you.)

Comparisons of Equality and Inequality

Let's put all this information together so you can easily see how to make comparisons of equality and inequality with verbs.