C O M P A R I S O N

REPEATED COMPARATIVES AND DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

Repeated comparatives describe things that are increasing or decreasing .
The birth-rate is getting lower and lower.
Fewer and fewer children are leaving school.
Its becoming more and more difficult.
By the end of the century, couples were waiting longer and longer to marry.
FILL T! "#$% #&&'()I*" T' T! !+#,$L!% #B'-!.
/. e gets 00000000000000000000000 1boring2. I cant listen to him any longer.
3. I didnt li4e this boo4 at first, but its getting 000000000000000000000000000000001interesting2
5. ,y daughters !nglish results are getting 00000000000000000000000000000000001bad2
6. The boss will be angry with you. 7ou arrive 0000000000000000000000000 1late2 at wor4.
8. In spring the weather gets 000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1warm2
9. Its time you tidied your room. Its getting 00000000000000000000000000000 1messy2
:. Food is getting 0000000000000000000000000000000 1e;pensive2
<. I thin4 T- programs are getting 00000000000000000000000000000000 1violent2
=. I find it 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1difficult2 to see him.
/>. %hes getting over her operation. %he feels 000000000000000000000000 1good2
Doube comparatives describe a cause-and-effect process .
The more education women get, the later they marry.
The better the ?uality of health care 1is2, the higher the life e;pectancy 1is2.
@hat happens when you sunbatheA
T!e o"#er you are in the sun, t!e more ta""ed you get
T!e more se"sitive your s4in is, t!e more da"#erous it is.
T!e earier in the morning you sunbathe, t!e ess dangerous it is for your s4in.
/.- @hat happens when you practise sportA
3.- @hat happens when you eat too muchA
5.- @hat happens when you have e;amsA
6.- @hat happens if you are waiting for
somebodyA
8.- @hat happens if you drin4 too muchA
9.- @hat happens if you cant sleepA
:.- @hat happens if youve got a lot of wor4A
<.- @hat happens if it rainsA
Doube Comparatives $
&hoose one of the following adBectives and put it into the correct form before placing it in a space in
the sentences.
better
loud
hot
probable
small
better
more
rich
big
less
happy
merry
late
safe
fast
cheap
more
hard
/. The 0000000000 you study for these e;ams, the 0000000000 you will do.
3. %he doesnCt really li4e vod4a, so the 0000000000 a bottle you find, the 0000000000 it will be for
us.
5. ,y neighbour is driving me madD It seems that the 0000000000 it is at night, the 0000000000 he
plays his musicD
6. e spent a year in India and loves spicy food. The 0000000000 the food is, the 0000000000 he
li4es it.
8. 'f course you can come to the party. The 0000000000 the 0000000000.
9. %he will be really angry about that vase being bro4enD The 0000000000 she 4nows about it, the
00000000000.
:. e has 9 large dogs to protect his house. The 0000000000 the dog, the 0000000000 he feels.
<. !arning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The 000000000 he becomes, the
00000000 he is.
=. 7ou must drive slower in built up areas. The 0000000000 you drive in the city, the 0000000000 it is
that you will have an accident.
DOUBLE COMPARATIVE 2
#s I get older, I become more irritable I usually eat very little and I get
fat
T%E OLDER I #et& T%E MORE IRRITABLE I become T%E LESS I eat& T%E 'ATTER
I #et
/.- If a child is well brought up, he will
behave well
3.- If you always drive so fast, youre li4ely to
have
an accident
5.- If you wor4 so little, youll have low mar4s
in your
e;ams
6.- If you study hard, youll find e;am ?uite
easy
8.- I waited for him for a long time and I was
getting
worried
9.- I practised a lot of sport and I became fit
:.- I e;plained it to him a lot of times and he
couldnt
understand at all
<.- ow coldD I put on a lot of clothes and Im
still
cold
=.- Ive 4nown him for a long time, but I still
dont li4e
him
/>.- If the students are clever, theyre easy to
teach
//.- Its better if you come bac4 soon
/3.- Itll be worse if you pay him a lot of
attention
/5.- If you wor4 in a pleasant atmosphere,
you wont
be stressed
/6.- If you are careful when driving, youll
have few
accidents
/8.- e earns a lot of money, but his wife is
always
complaining
/9.- If you do a lot of e;ercises, youll learn
the
subBect well
/:.- I listened to his story for a long time and
I was
more and more surprised
/<.- If you live far from your school, youll
have to get
up early
DOUBLE COMPARATIVE (

I feel better and better when the weather is warm
T!e )armer t!e )eat!er& t!e better I *ee
/. I li4e it more when things are dangerous.
3. #s ,ar4 is getting old, he loo4s more and more li4e his grandfather.
5. @hen I met him I didnt li4e him at all but I do, now that I 4now him
better.
6. %he had to wait for a long time and she got very impatient.
8. If a chic4en is old, its rather tough.
9. @hen a student is careful, he ma4es very few mista4es.
:. # diamond is very e;pensive if its perfect.
<. @hen the plums are ripen, they are very sweet.
=. If you drin4 a lot of coffee, youll get more and more nervous.
/>. @hen people eat very ?uic4ly, there is a high chance of indigestion.
//. ouses close to the centre are very e;pensive.
/3. @hen people are young, they learn very ?uic4ly.
/5. If we leave early, the roads will be clear.
/6. # big supermar4et usually has a very wide choice.
/8. when the weather is hot the beaches get crowded.
/9. Im trying to wor4 this out, but Im more and more confused.
REVIE+ ON ALL COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
/.- 'il and water dont mi; very easily because water isnt ..............
EEEEE................ oil.
,t!ic-.
3.- !veryone enBoys listening to him. e tells ............EEE..................... stories
youve ever
heard. ,amusi"#.
5.- ealth is a ?uestion of diet. ......................E............ food you
eat, .................E...........
you are. ,#ood/!eat!0.
6.- *obody wants to go out with him. es ...............EE............................
person Ive ever
4nown. ,bori"#.
8.- 7ou should tal4 to him .................E............ possible. ..................
EE............ you wait,
.................................... ,soo"/o"#/bad.

9.- The e;am turned out to be ....................EEEEEEEEEE................ we had
thought.
,eas0.
:.- es an e;perienced climber. es climbed some of ............
EEE.....................mountains
in the world. ,!i#!.
<.- I dont 4now what he does. ..............E................ he gets, ..............
EEE.....................
he loo4s. ,od/0ou"#.
=.- If you do ...........................EEE...... e;ercise, youll get ....
EEEEEE..........................
,muc!/*it.
/>.- # - I wont invite ........EE.................... people, otherwise there wont be
enough room
in the dining-room. ,ma"0.
B - 7es, but you must ta4e into account that ..............................EEE.......
people you
invite, ...................EEEEE.............. presents you will get.
,ma"0/ma"0.
//.- 7ou havent done this e;am ...........EEE...................... you usually do. I
thin4 you must
study ................................EEE......... ne;t time.
,)e/!ard.
/3.- e never stops. es ............................EEE............ person in the office.
,!ard1)or-i"#.
/5.- ,inor roads have ..........................EEE........ traffic but they are ..........
E...................
and ..................................EEE........... motorways.
,itte/so)/da"#erous.
/6.- ................................ I thin4 about the problem, ...................
EEE................ it seems
to me to solve. ,muc!/di**icut.
/8.- !;cuse me, can you tell me where ..........EEEEE..................... post office
isA
,"ear.
/9.- is new car is ............EE................ and ..............EE............... his old
one. 'bviously,
it is .......................EEEEE...... . It is ...................EEE.............. model
in the mar4et.
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PA3E $
(!$!#T!) &',$#(#TI-!%
/. more and more boring
3. more and more interesting
5. worse and worse
6. later and later
8. warmer and warmer
9. messier and messier
:. more and more e;pensive
<. more and more violent
=. more and more difficult
/>. better and better
)'FBL! &',$#(#TI-!%
1I)!#%2
/. the more sport you practise, the fitter you get
3. the more you eat, the fatter you get
5. the more I study, the better mar4s Ill get in the e;am
6. the longer I wait, the more impatient I get
8. the more I drin4, the less self-control I have
9. the less I sleep, the more tired I am the following day
:. the more wor4 I have, the longer I have to wor4
<. the more it rains, the better crops they get
PA3E 4
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/. harder - better
3. smaller - cheaper
5. later - louder
6. hotter - more
8. more - merrier
9. less - better
:. bigger - safer
<. richer - happier
=. faster - more probable
)'FBL! &',$#(#TI-!% 3
/. The better a child is brought up, the better he behaves
3. The faster you drive, the more li4ely you are to have an accident
5. The less you wor4, the lower mar4s youll have in your e;am
6. The harder you study, the easier youll find e;ams
8. The longer I waited for him, the more worried I got
9. The more sport I practised, the fitter I got
:. The more I e;plained it to him, the less he understood
<. The more clothes I put on, the colder I am
=. The longer I 4now him, the less I li4e hium
/>. The cleverer the students are, the easier it is to teach them
//. The sooner you come, the better
/3. The more attention you pay to him, the worse
/5. The more pleasant atmosphere you wor4 in, the less stressed youll be
/6. The more careful you are when driving, the fewer accidents youll have
/8. The more money he earns, the more his wife complains
/9. The more e;ercises you do, the better youll learn the subBect
/:. The longer I listened to his story, the more surprise I was
/<. The farther from your school you live, the earlier you-ll have to get
PA3E (
)'FBL! &',$#(#TI-!% 5
/. The more dangerous things are, the more I li4e it
3. The older ,ar4 gets, the more he loo4s li4e his grandfather
5. The more I get to 4now him, the more I li4e him
6. The longer she waited, the more impatient she got
8. The older a chic4en is, the tougher
9. The more careful a student is, the fewer mista4es he ma4es
:. The more perfect a diamond is, the more e;pensive
<. the more ripen plums are, the sweeter
=. The more coffee you drin4, the more nervous you get
/>. The more ?uic4ly people eat, the higher chance of indigestion they have
//. the closer to the centre a house is, the more e;pensive
/3. The younger people are, the more ?uic4ly they learn
/5. The earlier we leave, the clearer the roads will be
/6. GThe bigger a supermar4et, the wider choice it has
/8. The hotter the weather is, the more crowded the beaches get
/9. The more I try to wor4 this out, the more confused I get
PA3E 5
(!-I!@ '* #LL &',$#(#TI-!%
/. as thic4 as
3. the most amusing
5. the better the healthier
6. the most boring
8. as soon as the longer the worse
9. easier than
:. the highest
<. the older the younger
=. more fitter
/>. more the more the more
//. as well as harder
/3. the most hardwor4ing
/5. less slower more dangerous
/6. the more the more difficult
/8. the nearest
/9. larger faster than more e;pensive the newest