Double Comparative

Escola Secundária_____________________________ Date: _______________

School Year: _____/_____ ENGLISH WORKSHEET

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Name: ______________________________________________________

Teacher: Susana Jorge

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE PROPORTIONAL COMPARATIVE 1. Build sentences using the following words: 1. There Asia. more more from tourists and are _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. come from more Europe. immigrants More and _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. and better wine better. is Australian _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. is Surfing more more and popular. _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. and are Coastal populated. cities more more _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. is to people sun. More in and it more realise lie the how dangerous _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. TV. more more watching time and Children spend _______________________________________________________________________________ 8. are fewer French and There songs on French fewer radio. _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. more to a is more find place. and parking difficult It _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. are and expensive. Nowadays, less computers less personal _______________________________________________________________________________ 11. English My worse daughter's are results getting worse and. _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Sally and later arrives at. later work _______________________________________________________________________________ 13. messier. room and is getting Your messier _______________________________________________________________________________ 14. He is busier busier getting at and moment the. _______________________________________________________________________________ 15. I better.saw and him He yesterday. feels better _______________________________________________________________________________ Don’t forget: In English we use the Double Comparative when we want to show that something is changing or is in the process of changing...

2- How would you like to work in the music business? Read the folowing chorus of a well-known song, and sort out the name of one of the singers that sings this song, filling the table with an X:

John Legend

The more I see you The more I want you Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows With every sigh I become more mad about you More lost without you And so it goes

Black Eyed Peas Michael Bublé Bob Marley Nina Simone

3. The more I see you, the more I want you. Describe the man’s or woman’s feelings. _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. The author is using the proportional comparative. Match column A with column B, with other examples: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Column A The faster you work, The more you learn, The harder you work, The farther your work place is,

a. b. c. d.

Column B the sooner you will get a promotion. the more you’ll be paid for extra costs. The more you will produce. The more you will know about your job.

5. Complete each sentence using the information in brackets, as the example given:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The more prestigious the job, the better the income (good/ income). The higher the qualifications, _________________________________________ (good / job). The worst the working schedule, ___________________________________(little motivation). The less you work, _______________________________________________ (low / salary). ___________________ (soon /you finish your CV), _____________________ (fast / answer). 6. ____________________ (prestigious/ the job), _______________________ (good/ income). Don’t forget! Proportional comparative: a change in one situation depends on a change in another – change is proportional

Double comparative

Proportional comparative

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*More +and + *more adjective

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The + comparative + the + noun, the + comparative + the + noun

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adjective (comparative) + and + adjective (comparative)

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The more + clause, the more + clause

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Sometimes: The more + clause, the + comparative + the + noun

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e.g. The more you study, the better the prospects of finding a good job.

*more, less, fewer...

Good work!!! The teacher, Susana Jorge