As well as means and also, in addition to. It adds one more thing or action to the main one: coffee as well as tea. At the start of a sentence, it means in addition to doing something.
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noun + as well as + noun; as well as + -ing, main clause
- The job involves answering customer emails as well as preparing weekly reports.
- As well as working part-time, she is studying for a master's degree.
- We visited Edinburgh as well as a few small villages in the Highlands.
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First versionAs well as he works full-time, he studies in the evenings.
RevisionAs well as working full-time, he studies in the evenings.
As well as doesn't join two full clauses, so he works can't follow it. At the start of the sentence, name the action with an -ing form: as well as working.
The same words can also form a comparison: He can't cook as well as his brother. This means he cooks less well than his brother, not and also. If the sentence is about who does something better, it's a comparison.
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The hotel has a large outdoor pool ___ a small gym on the top floor.
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as well as — You need to join two things, the pool and the gym, and that is the job of as well as. As well without the second as goes at the end of a sentence and means too; it can't join words.
Describe your job or studies. Name two responsibilities or two subjects and join them with as well as.
At work I'm responsible for the company blog as well as our monthly newsletter.
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