5515 comparison repeated comparative and double comparatives

COMPARISON
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.
It’s becoming more and more difficult.
By the end of the century, couples were waiting longer and longer to marry.

FILL THE GAPS ACCORDING TO THE EXAMPLES ABOVE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

He gets _______________________ (boring). I can’t listen to him any longer.
I didn’t like this book at first, but it’s getting ________________________________(interesting)
My daughter’s English results are getting __________________________________(bad)
The boss will be angry with you. You arrive _________________________ (late) at work.
In spring the weather gets _______________________________________ (warm)
It’s time you tidied your room. It’s getting _____________________________ (messy)

Food is getting _______________________________ (expensive)
I think TV programs are getting ________________________________ (violent)
I find it _____________________________________________ (difficult) to see him.
She’s getting over her operation. She feels ________________________ (good)

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).

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.
1.- What happens when you practise sport?

2.- What happens when you eat too much?

3.- What happens when you have exams?

4.- What happens if you are waiting for
somebody?

5.- What happens if you drink too much?

6.- What happens if you can’t sleep?

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

8.- What happens if it rains?

Double Comparatives

1

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 __________ 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 __________.
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.

DOUBLE
fat

COMPARATIVE

2

As I get older, I become more irritable

I usually eat very little and I get

THE OLDER I get, THE MORE IRRITABLE I become
I get

THE LESS I eat, THE FATTER

1.- If a child is well brought up, he will
behave well

4.- If you study hard, you’ll find exam quite
easy

2.- If you always drive so fast, you’re likely to
have
an accident

5.- I waited for him for a long time and I was
getting
worried

3.- If you work so little, you’ll have low marks
in your
exams

6.- I practised a lot of sport and I became fit
7.- I explained it to him a lot of times and he
couldn’t
understand at all


8.- How cold! I put on a lot of clothes and I’m
still
cold
9.- I’ve known him for a long time, but I still
don’t like
him
10.- If the students are clever, they’re easy to
teach
11.- It’s better if you come back soon

14.- If you are careful when driving, you’ll
have few
accidents
15.- He earns a lot of money, but his wife is
always
complaining
16.- If you do a lot of exercises, you’ll learn
the
subject well

12.- It’ll be worse if you pay him a lot of
attention

17.- I listened to his story for a long time and
I was
more and more surprised

13.- If you work in a pleasant atmosphere,
you won’t
be stressed

18.- If you live far from your school, you’ll
have to get
up early

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE 3
I feel better and better when the weather is warm
The warmer the weather, the better I feel
1. I like it more when things are dangerous.
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.
5. If a chicken is old, it’s rather tough.
6. When a student is careful, he makes very few mistakes.
7. A diamond is very expensive if it’s perfect.
8. When the plums are ripen, they are very sweet.
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.

11. Houses close to the centre are very expensive.
12. When people are young, they learn very quickly.
13. If we leave early, the roads will be clear.
14. A big supermarket usually has a very wide choice.
15. when the weather is hot the beaches get crowded.
16. I’m trying to work this out, but I’m more and more confused.


REVIEW ON ALL COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
1.- Oil and water don’t mix very easily because water isn’t ..............
……………................ oil.
(thick)
2.- Everyone enjoys listening to him. He tells ............………..................... stories
you’ve ever
heard. (amusing)
3.- Health is a question of diet. ......................…............ food you
eat, .................…...........
you are. (good/healthy)
4.- Nobody wants to go out with him. He’s ...............……............................
person I’ve ever
known. (boring)
5.- You should talk to him .................…............ possible. ..................
……............ you wait,
.................................... (soon/long/bad)
6.- The exam turned out to be ....................…………………………................ we had
thought.
(easy)
7.- He’s an experienced climber. He’s climbed some of ............
……….....................mountains
in the world. (high)

8.- I don’t know what he does. ..............…................ he gets, ..............
……….....................
he looks. (old/young)
9.- If you do ...........................………...... exercise, you’ll get ....
………………..........................
(much/fit)
10.- A - I won’t invite ........…….................... people, otherwise there won’t be
enough room
in the dining-room. (many)
B - Yes, but you must take into account that ..............................……….......
people you
invite, ...................…………….............. presents you will get.
(many/many)
11.- You haven’t done this exam ...........………...................... you usually do. I
think you must
study ................................………......... next time.
(well/hard)
12.- He never stops. He’s ............................………............ person in the office.
(hard-working)


13.- Minor roads have ..........................………........ traffic but they are ..........
…...................
and ..................................………........... motorways.
(little/slow/dangerous)
14.- ................................ I think about the problem, ...................
………................ it seems
to me to solve. (much/difficult)
15.- Excuse me, can you tell me where ..........……………..................... post office
is?

(near)
16.- His new car is ............……................ and ..............……............... his old
one. Obviously,
it is .......................……………...... . It is ...................……….............. model
in the market.
(large/fast/expensive/new)

PAGE 1
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)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the

more sport you practise, the fitter you get
more you eat, the fatter you get
more I study, the better marks I’ll get in the exam
longer I wait, the more impatient I get
more I drink, the less self-control I have
less I sleep, the more tired I am the following day
more work I have, the longer I have to work
more it rains, the better crops they get

PAGE 2
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
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

The
The
The
The

The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The

better a child is brought up, the better he behaves
faster you drive, the more likely you are to have an accident
less you work, the lower marks you’ll have in your exam
harder you study, the easier you’ll find exams
longer I waited for him, the more worried I got
more sport I practised, the fitter I got
more I explained it to him, the less he understood
more clothes I put on, the colder I am
longer I know him, the less I like hium
cleverer the students are, the easier it is to teach them
sooner you come, the better
more attention you pay to him, the worse
more pleasant atmosphere you work in, the less stressed you’ll be
more careful you are when driving, the fewer accidents you’ll have
more money he earns, the more his wife complains

more exercises you do, the better you’ll learn the subject
longer I listened to his story, the more surprise I was
farther from your school you live, the earlier you-ll have to get

PAGE 3
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
PAGE 4
REVIEW ON ALL COMPARATIVES
1. as thick as
2. the most amusing
3. the better
the healthier
4. the most boring
5. as soon as

the longer
the worse
6. easier than
7. the highest
8. the older
the younger
9. more
fitter
10. more
the more
the more
11. as well as
harder
12. the most hardworking
13. less
slower
more dangerous
14. the more
the more difficult
15. the nearest
16. larger
faster than
more expensive

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