Double comparatives

Repeated comparatives

All of them are used to describe actions and things that are increasing or decreasing

• She is getting closer and closer of her mother.

• It seems like there is less and less time to spend with the family these days.

• It’s becoming more and more difficult.

• He needs less and less money everyday.

Double comparatives

Describe a cause and effect process. Also, they are written as a sentence with a comma separating the cause and the effect.

• The more education women get, the later they marry.

• The richer the person is, the more privilege he enjoys.

• The happier the child is, the more the mom can relax.

• The less children studied, the more slowly they learned.

Multiple Choice

1. people / come / party , food / we / need

• The more people that come to the party, the more food we will need.

• The more people that come to the party, the most food we will need.

Multiple Choice

1. difficult / test , students / study

• 1. The difficult the test is, the more students should study..

• 1. The more difficult the test is, the more students should study.

Multiple Choice

1. The nicer the customer service representative is, the happier the customer will be. 

• 1. The sentence is correct.

• The sentence is incorrect.

Multiple Choice

1. funny / comic , sales / cd / have

• 1. The funnier the comic is, the sales the CD will have.

• 1. The funnier the comic is, the better sales the CD will have.

Multiple Choice

1. severe / judge , harsh /sentence

• 1. The severer the judge, the harsher the sentence will be.

• 1. The more severe the judge, the harsher the sentence will be.

Multiple Choice

1. There are more and more people coming to this vacation spot.

• 1. The sentence is correct

• 1. The sentence is incorrect

Fill in the Blanks

• It seems like there is less and

  time to spend with the family these days.

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• There are more

  more people coming to this vacation spot.

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• The crazier the idea is, the

  fun it is to try.

Draw

Draw the sentence "The easier the test is, the longer students will wait to prepare."