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1. He gets ____more and more Boring____________ (boring). I can’t listen to him any longer.
2. I didn’t like this book at first, but it’s getting ___more and more interesting____________(interesting)
3. My daughter’s English results are getting ______worse and worse____________________________(bad)
4. The boss will be angry with you. You arrive _______later and later__________________ (late) at work.
5. In spring the weather gets _________warmer and warmer___________________ (warm)
6. It’s time you tidied your room. It’s getting ____messier and messier__________ (messy)
7. Food is getting __more and more expensive_______________ (expensive)
8. I think TV programs are getting ___more and more violent_____________________________ (violent)
9. I find it ____more and more difficult_________ (difficult) to see him.
10. She’s getting over her operation. She feels ______better and better______________ (good)
1.- What happens when you practise sport? 5.- What happens if you drink too much?
the more sport you practise, the fitter you get The more you drink, the less self-control you
have
2.- What happens when you eat too much? 6.- What happens if you can’t sleep?
The more you eat, the fatter you get. The less I sleep, the more tired I will fill.
3.- What happens when you have exams? 7.- What happens if you’ve got a lot of work?
The more you study, the better mark you get The more work I have, the
in exams.
Choose one of the following adjectives and put it into the correct form before placing it in a space in
the sentences.
Better- less
loud happy-
hot merry
probable late
small safe-
better fast
more cheap
rich- more
big- hard-
1. The ____harder___ you study for these exams, the ___better_______ you will do.
2. She doesn't really like vodka, so the _____smaller_____ a bottle you find, the _____cheaper_____
it will be for us.
4. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. The ____hotter______ the food is, the
__more________ he likes it.
5. Of course you can come to the party. The ___more_______ the _____marrier_____.
6. She will be really angry about that vase being broken! The ___less_______ she knows about it, the
____better_______.
7. He has 6 large dogs to protect his house. The _____bigger_____ the dog, the ____safer______ he
feels.
8. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The ___richer__ he becomes, the
__happier__ he is.
9. You must drive slower in built up areas. The __faster__ you drive in the city, the ___more
probable_______ it is that you will have an accident.
DOUBLE COMPARATIVE 2
As I get older, I become more irritable I usually eat very little and I get
fat
THE OLDER I get, THE MORE IRRITABLE I become THE LESS I eat, THE FATTER
I get
11.- It’s better if you come back soon 17.- I listened to his story for a long time and
I was
12.- It’ll be worse if you pay him a lot of more and more surprised
attention
18.- If you live far from your school, you’ll
13.- If you work in a pleasant atmosphere, have to get
you won’t up early
DOUBLE COMPARATIVE 3
2. As Mark is getting old, he looks more and more like his grandfather.
3. When I met him I didn’t like him at all but I do, now that I know him
better.
4. She had to wait for a long time and she got very impatient.
9. If you drink a lot of coffee, you’ll get more and more nervous.
10. When people eat very quickly, there is a high chance of indigestion.
16. I’m trying to work this out, but I’m more and more confused.
1.- Oil and water don’t mix very easily because water isn’t .....thicker......... oil.
(thick)
3.- Health is a question of diet. ..the better... food you eat, ..the healthier.. you
are. (good/healthy)
4.- Nobody wants to go out with him. He’s .......the most boring....... person I’ve
ever
known. (boring)
11.- You haven’t done this exam ...........………...................... you usually do. I
think you must
study ................................………......... next time.
(well/hard)
13.- Minor roads have ..........................………........ traffic but they are ..........
…...................
and ..................................………........... motorways.
(little/slow/dangerous)
15.- Excuse me, can you tell me where ..........……………..................... post office
is?
(near)
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REPEATED COMPARATIVES
1. more and more boring
2. more and more interesting
3. worse and worse
4. later and later
5. warmer and warmer
6. messier and messier
7. more and more expensive
8. more and more violent
9. more and more difficult
10. better and better
DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
(IDEAS)
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DOUBLE COMPARATIVES 1
1. harder - better
2. smaller - cheaper
3. later - louder
4. hotter - more
5. more - merrier
6. less - better
7. bigger - safer
8. richer - happier
9. faster - more probable
DOUBLE COMPARATIVES 2
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DOUBLE COMPARATIVES 3
1. The more dangerous things are, the more I like it
2. The older Mark gets, the more he looks like his grandfather
3. The more I get to know him, the more I like him
4. The longer she waited, the more impatient she got
5. The older a chicken is, the tougher
6. The more careful a student is, the fewer mistakes he makes
7. The more perfect a diamond is, the more expensive
8. the more ripen plums are, the sweeter
9. The more coffee you drink, the more nervous you get
10. The more quickly people eat, the higher chance of indigestion they have
11. the closer to the centre a house is, the more expensive
12. The younger people are, the more quickly they learn
13. The earlier we leave, the clearer the roads will be
14. ´The bigger a supermarket, the wider choice it has
15. The hotter the weather is, the more crowded the beaches get
16. The more I try to work this out, the more confused I get
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