Handout 6A.

- REPEATED COMPARATIVES
AND CORRELATIONS DOUBLE
COMPARATIVES
Repeated comparatives describe a process of change. They say that a situation is changing.
–ER AND –ER MORE AND MORE adjective (populated)
LESS AND LESS noun (time)
FEWER AND FEWER – countable nouns ( classes)

The birth-rate is getting lower and lower.

Fewer and fewer children are leaving school.
It’s becoming more and more difficult.
By the end of the century, couples were waiting longer and longer to marry.

Practice 1 FILL THE GAPS ACCORDING TO THE EXAMPLES ABOVE:

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)

Double comparatives /Correlations : describe how two things change in relation to each
other.
The more education women get, the later they marry.
The better the quality of health care (is), the higher the life expectancy (is).
a. THE comparative  + verb, THE comparative  + verb
b. THE comparative +noun  + verb, THE comparative+ noun  + verb

What happens when you sunbathe?

The longer you are in the sun, the more tanned you get
The more sensitive your skin is, the more dangerous it is.
The earlier in the morning you sunbathe, the less dangerous it is for your skin.
Practice 2
Complete the blanks or finish the ideas to see the relationship between the 2 things mentioned.
1.- What happens when you practise a sport? 4.- What happens if you are waiting for
The more I practice a sport, the ____fitter somebody? (impatient)
______ I get.(fit) The longer I wait, the more impatient I get
(fit = in good physical condition)
5.- What happens if you drink too much? (self
control)
The more I drink, the more I lose self-control

2.- What happens when you eat too much?

The more I eat, the ____ heavier____ I get. 6.- What happens if you can’t sleep? (tired)
(heavy) The less I sleep, the more tired I will dawn

7.- What happens if you’ve got a lot of

work?(stressed)
3.- What happens when you have exams? The more work I have, the more stressed I
(low grade) get
The less I study, the lower I get.
8.- What happens if it rains? (good crops)
The more it rains, the better harvests I
have
Extra Practice 3 .- REPEATED COMPARATIVE –

https://speakspeak.com/grammar-articles/better-and-better-more-and-more-repeating-
comparative-adjectives-to-show-change

or if you prefer just the exercise here without the explanation:

1 My job gets (hard)   every year. 

2The market for tablets is becoming (competitive)   all the

time. 
3My dad's eyesight is getting (bad)  . He can hardly see a thing
these days. 
4Billy's always lying and exaggerating. His stories get (unbelievable) 
 every time I see him. 
5Skyscrapers are becoming (tall)   . 

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https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8517

or
do the exercise here

Double comparatives describe a cause-and-effect process.

 
The more education women get, the later they marry.
The better the quality of health care (is), the higher the life expectancy (is).

EXTRA  PRACTICE 4 – Correlations ( DOUBLE Comparative )

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS BELOW: good
better.
More and less stay the same.
 

good less
loud happy
hot merry
probable (HAPPY)
small late
 safe
good
fast
more
cheap
rich
more
big
hard
 
1)      The   you study for these exams, the   you will do.
2)      She doesn't really like vodka, so the   a bottle you find, the   it
will be for us.
3)      My neighbour is driving me mad! It seems that the   it is at night, the 
 he plays his music!
4)      He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. The   the food is, the 
 he likes it.
5)      Of course you can come to the party. The   the   . (merrier=
happier)
6)      She will be really angry about that vase being broken! The   she knows
about it, the   .
7)      He has 6 large dogs to protect his house. The   the dog, the   he
feels.
8)      Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The   
he becomes, the   he is.
9)      You must drive slower in built up areas. The   you drive in the city, the 
 it is that you will have an accident.
 

 
(These activities have been taken from 'Comparison - Repeated Comparative and
Double comparatives' in ESLPrintables by xcharo -
see http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=5515

Extra PRACTICE 5 – Repeated Comparative and Correlations (Double

Comparative)
Do page 2 and 3 only.

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