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Double Comparatives Exercises

The document discusses double comparatives in English. It provides examples of structures using "getting harder and harder" to show a permanent and increasing change. It then gives exercises to complete sentences using this structure, as well as a structure using "the + comparative, the + comparative" to compare two things. In the exercises, learners are asked to use these structures to talk about topics like the weather getting shorter or more difficult exercises.

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Double Comparatives Exercises

The document discusses double comparatives in English. It provides examples of structures using "getting harder and harder" to show a permanent and increasing change. It then gives exercises to complete sentences using this structure, as well as a structure using "the + comparative, the + comparative" to compare two things. In the exercises, learners are asked to use these structures to talk about topics like the weather getting shorter or more difficult exercises.

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DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

1. “COMPARATIVE AND COMPARATIVE” STRUCTURE


Maths is hard.
Maths is getting hard. (it expresses a process)
Maths is getting harder and harder (here the change is permanent and increasing)
You can use other verbs which show process, such as,: BE, BECOME, TURN, GET

1. Complete the sentences using the structure ( ….AND…)


1. The days are getting ________________ (short).

2. That tree is getting ___________________(beautiful).

3. It is _____________________________(cold).

4. The exercises are ___________________(difficult).

5. Look! The sky is getting ______________________cloudy).

6. This film is ___________________________(boring).

7. There are ______________________________ (cars) on the roads.

8. This baby seems ________________________ (happy).

9. The exercises become _______________________ (complicated).

10. Be careful! The water is getting _________________________ (hot).

2. Complete the sentences using the structure ( ….AND…)


2. THE + COMPARATIVE ……, THE + COMPARATIVE

Rewrite the sentences using “the+ comparative…., the+comparative….” Structure.


1. I like warm weather. The warmer the weather, the better I feel. (feel)
2. I didn’t really like him when we first met.
But the more I got to know him, ____________________________.
3. If you’re in business, you want to make a profit.
The more goods you sell, _________________________________.
4. It’s hard to concentrate when you’re tired.
The more tired you are,___________________________________.

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