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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Repeating and double comparatives====== =====Repeating comparatives===== <html><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img height="110" id="181" style="width: 143px; height: 86px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/181_6d780181fbec1bad060bfb951ca68a0e.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I'm going to stay indoors today - it's getting cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er and</span> cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er </span>out there. </span></span></strong></span> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>This is a common comparative structure that can be used with both adjectives and adverbs.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 213.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>It's getting cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er and</span> cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 284.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>= It's becoming increasingly cold; the temperature continues to drop.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 213.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>He's driving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more and more</span> confidently.</span></b></p></td> <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 284.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>= His confidence increases every time he drives.</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 213.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I enjoy this job <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less and less </span>every day.</span></b></p></td> <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 284.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>= My enjoyment continues to decrease.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="176" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.85pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>One-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives*<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="262" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 196.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Other two- and three-syllable adjectives* <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="200" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150.2pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Irregular adjectives<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="176" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>smaller and smaller<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>bigger and bigger<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>wider and wider<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>narrower and narrower<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>happier and happier</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="262" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 196.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>more and more complex</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>more and more honest</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>more and more expensive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>more and more difficult</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="200" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>better and better</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>worse and worse</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>further and further</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="176" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="262" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 196.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Less and less important</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Less and less interesting</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b> </p></td> <td width="200" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>*</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>For spelling rules and different forms of comparative adjectives, see <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Comparative adjectives: superiority, inferiority and equality</span>.</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="221" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.85pt; height: 15pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Adverbs ending in 'ly'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="221" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.9pt; height: 15pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Irregular adverbs</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b></p></td> <td width="221" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.9pt; height: 15pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Other adverbs</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="221" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>more and more quickly</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>more and more efficiently</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>less and less noisily</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong>less and less dangerously</strong></p></td><strong> </strong><td width="221" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.9pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>worse and worse </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>better and better </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>further and further</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'><strong> </strong></span></p></td><strong> </strong><td width="221" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 165.9pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>louder and louder </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>faster and faster</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>harder and harder</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>earlier and earlier </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>less and less</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>more and more often</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial,Times New Roman";'><strong> </strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></p><strong> </strong><p><b></b> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>They are used to emphasise continuing change or progress. Here are some examples of situations in which we might use them:</span></b> </p> <p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="332" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.65pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Use</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b></p></td> <td width="332" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Examples<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>To comment on current affairs or activities<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>The situation is becoming <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more and more </span>serious.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>It seems <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less and less </span>likely that the president will be re-elected.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>To state facts<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>As you travel north, it gets cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er and </span>cold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Our memories become <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">worse and worse </span>as we get older.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>People are working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">harder and harder </span>nowadays.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>When we're worried about a situation that's deteriorating<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="332" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 248.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>It's getting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more and more </span>difficult for young people to find a job.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>He's getting fat<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ter and </span>fat<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ter</span> - he really needs to lose weight.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>She's behaving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less and less </span>professionally.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br></p> <p> </p></html> =====Quantities and amounts===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We use 'more and more', 'less and less' or 'fewer and fewer' to talk about quantities and amounts. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Note that '</span>less' is used for uncountable nouns and 'fewer' for countable whilst 'more' is used for both: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I'm eating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more and more</span> chocolate.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I'm drinking <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less and less </span>coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">fewer and fewer </span>responsibilities.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>And we do not always need a noun - 'more' and 'less' can be used adverbially:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He's smoking <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more & more </span>- I'm</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> really worried about him.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42.55pt; text-indent: -42.55pt; tab-stops: 42.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As time goes by, I like him <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less and less</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p> <br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="171" id="212" style="width: 100px; height: 107px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/212_93e92e446ddde57eddcb1afb1fbdfee8.jpg"></font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>His temperature is getting high<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er and</span> high<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> and he's feeling <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">worse and worse</span>.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="92" id="22" style="width: 124px; height: 82px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/22_2c92fdb155462305fa185eccc9fcb303.jpg"></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>The new boss expects us to work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later and later </span>every evening - I've had enough!</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="173" id="1710" style="width: 96px; height: 121px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1710_4b7fa7be6e917086fda61a6b96949e34.jpg"></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>As we went <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">further and further </span>into the town, the streets got narrow<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> and narrow<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span>.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="196" id="549" style="width: 98px; height: 128px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/549_47204edc233492002487d3cb43f564af.jpg"></span></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>She's behaving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more and more </span>rudely.</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'><strong> </strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="115" id="407" style="width: 128px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/407_6977dc0dd875b1f31ee1c2282663d884.png"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>Fewer and fewer </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>people are buying CDs - they're downloading music instead.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="126" id="831" style="width: 104px; height: 95px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/831_fbac3fe979f8151bf28d66f755e10390.jpg"></strong></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'>I spoke <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">louder and louder </span>during the presentation but the people at the back still couldn't hear me.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> </span></span></p></html> =====Double comparatives===== <html><p><img height="139" id="1162" style="width: 130px; height: 90px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1162_8275284bddf36aba58a741116f6c00ae.png"> <strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>The</span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> old<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> we get, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the more relaxed </span>we feel.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong> <br></p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We use <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"the..the..."</span> with comparatives to talk about, for example, </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>situations that <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">change </span>at the same time.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>something that happens as a consequence of something else.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>something that can be explained by something else. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="309" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; width: 232.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> old<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> we get,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> the more relaxed </span>we feel.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.15pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>= As we get older, we feel more relaxed.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="309" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>The more insistent </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>he was, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the less </span>she felt inclined to co-operate.</span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.15pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>= Each time he was insistent, she felt even less inclined to co-operate than the previous time.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>One sentence or phrase consisting of two clauses separated by a comma.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.05pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>'the' + comparative, 'the' + comparative</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.05pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The</span> young<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> you are, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> eas<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier</span> it is to learn a language.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.05pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We can use a variety of comparative forms of either superiority or inferiority, including adjectives and adverbs. These can be combined in any way and, if the context is clear, they can be abbreviated:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The more </span>cars we sell in Eastern Europe next year, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the sooner </span>we can consider</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>building a plant there.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The more quickly </span>we work now, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the less </span>we'll have to do tomorrow.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The </span>earl<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ier</span> we get there, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the more </span>opportunity we'll have to speak to them.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The</span> rich<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> he becomes, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the less </span>he sees of his old friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 69.4pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -69.4pt; tab-stops: 69.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">The </span>fast<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er the better</span>.</span></b></p> <p><br></p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>This structure can be used in a variety of situations including statements of facts and universal truths or to give warnings or advice.</strong></span> </p> <p><br></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p> <br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'><img height="99" id="192" style="width: 128px; height: 79px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/192_7526885c5a8dee20db52e3a962db0e5a.jpg"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'><br></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>T</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>he harder</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'> I tried to fix it, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the more frustrated </span>I became, so I just gave up!</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="200" id="212" style="width: 87px; height: 100px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/212_93e92e446ddde57eddcb1afb1fbdfee8.jpg"></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'><br></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>The </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>long<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> I lie here,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> the worse</span> I feel.</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="224" id="565" style="width: 95px; height: 115px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/565_98fc291e33b7fa6d8289308caab79201.jpg"></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'>The more healthily</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'> you eat now, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> strong<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> you'll be when you grow up.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="122" id="533" style="width: 128px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/533_69d0a7a61184a9d0815404c613fb422c.png"></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; ;'> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; 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