Moreover, ​ (a)   women stay in school,​ (b)   their opportunities for employment. Working women are less likely to marry young and have large families. In addition to the falling birthrate, there is a rising life expectancy. With people living ​ (c)   , families are going to have to face the challenges posed by an aging population. ​ (d)   people live, ​ (e)   care they require.

Traditionally, children have cared for their elderly parents at home. However, ​ (a)   the birthrate falls,​ (b)   the future may be for the elderly. With fewer children, families may find it ​ (c)   difficult to care for their older members.

The birthrate is getting ​ (a)   .

By the end of the twentieth century, couples were waiting ​ (b)   to marry.

Changes are occurring​ (c)  

It’s becoming ​ (a)   to predict life expectancy.

It’s ​ (b)   to raise birthrates in modern societies.

That’s happening ​ (c)   (often) these days.

​ (a)   people are marrying later.

​ (b)   (people)are having children before they are thirty.

​ (a)   education women get,​ (b)   they marry. [Women are getting more education, so they’re marrying later.]

​ (c)   children studied, ​ (d)   slowly they learned. [Children studied less, so they learned more slowly.]

​ (a)   one gets,​ (b)   it can be to find a husband or wife.

​ (c)   the quality of health care (is), ​ (d)   the life expectancy (is).

​ (a)   education mothers get, ​ (b)   medical care they receive.

​ (a)   couples date, ​ (b)   they marry.

​ (a)   children stay in school, ​ (b)   their life expectancy.

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(a)   (old) people are when they marry, (few) children they have.

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(a)   (high) the life expectancy, (large) the elderly population is.

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(old) people are when they marry, (a)   (few) children they have.

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(high) the life expectancy, (a)   (large) the elderly population is.

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(hard) people work, (a)   (successful) they are

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(a)   (hard) people work,(successful) they are

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(a)   (good) the quality of health care is, (low)the death rate

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(good) the quality of health care is, (a)   (low)the death rate

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(a)   (developed)the country is, (low) the life expectancy

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(developed)the country is, (a)   (low) the life expectancy

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(a)   (young)the country i, (likely) the life expectancy

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(young)the country i, (a)   (likely) the life expectancy

Rewrite the sentences, using repeated comparative forms.

(An increasing number of) couples are having (a decreasing number of) children.

=> (a)   .

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Divorces are taking place (with decreasing frequency).

=> (a)   .

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Divorces are taking place (with decreasing frequency).

=> (a)   .

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People say that children are growing up (with increasing speed).

=> (a)   .

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I believe that ​ (a)   people are when they marry, ​ (b)   it is to stay married. (young, hard)

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I believe that ​ (a)   people are when they marry, ​ (b)   it is to stay married. (young, hard)

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We know that​ (a)   the cost of living, ​ (b)   it is to save. (high, difficult)

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​ (a)   I start working on my project, ​ (b)   my chance of finishing it on time. (early, good)

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​Ann says ​ (a)   the party is, ​ (b)   people will come. (late, few)

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Isn't it true that ​ (a)   people are, ​ (b)   they're likely to live? (healthy, long)

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It seems that ​ (a)   the national birthrate, ​ (b)   the predictions we read about the nation's economic future. (low, scary)

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Jack loves a challenge:​ (a)   a task is, ​ (b)   he is. (challenging, happy)

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Let's keep it simple: ​ (a)   our instructions are, ​ (b)   it is that people will follow them. (complicated, likely)

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Weddings are becoming (increasingly expensive).

=> (a)   .

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(A decreasing number of) young people are buying houses.

=> (a)   .

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The latest census revealed (increasing number of) households are multigenerational.

=> (a)   .

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College graduates in the United States are paying off school loans (increasingly slowly).

=> (a)   .

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Higher education is more important now than ever, but it's (decreasingly affordable).

=> (a)   .

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Many women are postponing marriage, and (a decreasing number) are choosing to have children.

=> (a)   .

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Have you noticed that (an increasing number of) women are having twins?

=> (a)   ?

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New parents today can afford (a decreasing amount of) time off from work to care for their babies.

=> (a)   .