Question

EXERCISE 1: Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences. Use much/ a bit … etc.+ a comparative.

Her illness was …………………. We thought at first (much/serious)

This bag is too small. I need something ………………. (much/big)

I’m afraid the problem is ……………….. it seems.(much/complicated)

You looked depressed this morning but you look ……….. now(a bit/happy)

I thought she was younger than me but in fact she’s ……….(slightly/old)

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences using an/no + a comparative

I’m fed up with waiting. I’m not waiting…………….. (long)

This shop isn’t expensive. The prices are ……………. Anywhere else(cheap)

The traffic isn’t particularly bad today. It’s ……………… usual (bad)

EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences using “Double” Comparatives

It’s becoming ……………….. to find a job (hard)

The hole in your pullover is getting ………….. (big)

My bags seemed to get ……………. As I carried them (heavy)

As I waited for my interview, I became  …………….. (nervous)

As the day went on the weather got …………. (bad)

Travelling is becoming …………….. (expensive)

As the conversation went on, he became …………… (talkative)

Since she has been in England, her English has got …..(good)

 

EXERCISE 4: Finish these sentences using a comparative structure

1.     I like warm weather. The warmer the weather, ………….. (good/ feel)

2.     It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired. The more tired you are ………. (hard/concentrate)

3.     She had to wait a very long time. The longer she waited,………….. (impatient/become)

EXERCISE 5: Match the two halves containing the structure “the ……the……”

 

 

the earlier we leave    the longer he waited    the more I got to know him    the more you practise your English    the longer the phone call    the more goods you sell

the faster you’ll learn   the more you have to pay   the sooner we’ll arrive   the more profit you’ll make   the more impatient he became   the more I liked him

Answer 1

EX1: 1. Much more serious

         2. Much bigger

         3. Much more complicated 

         4. A bit happier

         5. Slightly older

EX2: 1. Longer

         2. No cheaper

         3. No worse

EX3: 1. Harder and harder

         2. Bigger and bigger

         3. Heavier and heavier

         4. More and more nervous

         5. Worse and worse

         6. more and more expensive

          7. More and more talkative

         8. Better and better

EX4: 1. The better feeling

         2. The harder concentration 

         3. The more impatient becoming

EX5: 1.The earlier we live, the sooner we'll arrive

2. The longer he waited, the more impatient he became

3. The more I got to know him, the more I him

4. The more you practise your E, the faster you learn

5. The longer the phone call, the more you have to pay

6. The more goods you sell, the more profit you make

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