The same...as is used before a noun, pronoun, verb clause or prepositional phrase: • Her name's the same as her cousin's. The same...that can also be used before a verb clause, and that may be omitted if it is the object: • He's living in the same house (that) he used to live in. • It's the same dog that's been hanging around all week. C Correct the sentences if necessary. Tick any which are already correct. 1 That's same formula you told me last week. 2 They're the same people we went to the theatre with. 3 I borrowed the same book as I'd taken out the week before. 4 That's same man that we saw in the bank robbery! 5 The medicine will have the same effect as last time. 6 The rules are same same in my country. 7 The traffic's probably the same on the bypass as in the town centre. 8 Did you pay the same than I did?