Showing posts with label COMPARATIVES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COMPARATIVES. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Comparatives and superlatives

Here you have some exercises to practise both comparatives and superlatives.

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Two. OUP. Pre-intermediate.

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Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Comparison - New structures: double and repeated comparatives

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DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
Comparison and contrast are expressed by the use of the…, the…with comparative adjectives in parallel clauses. This structure is used to show proportionate increase or decrease.
Structure: 
    the + comparative adjective + clause, + the + comparative adjective + clause
  • The more adventurous it is, the more I like it. (NOT The more it is adventurous, the more I like it.)
  • The less I see him, the more I like him.
  • The more he reads, the less he understands.
  • The older we grow, the wiser we become.
  • The higher you climb, the colder it gets.
  • The richer one grows, the greater one’s worries.
  • The less you spend, the more you save.
  • The sooner they go, the better it is.
A short form of this structure is used in expressions such as the following: 
  • ‘How do you like your coffee?’ ‘The stronger the better.’
  • ‘When should I start?’ ‘The earlier the better.’
You can the following exercises:
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REPEATED COMPARATIVES
Repeated comparatives describe things that are increasing or decreasing.
Structure: 
                adj-er and adj-er
                more and more + adjective
  • Mobile phones are getting more and more expensive.
  • As Zara grew, Amancio Ortega got richer and richer.
Exercises:
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Thursday, 2 February 2017

Comparison: Comparatives & Superlatives

Here you have a video by the British Council which can help you review this topic.

And you can also have a look at this one below:

 And now, some exercises for you to practise:
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