Question

Exercise 23: Combine the ideas in the parentheses into a double comparative.
You need to decide which of the two given ideas should come first in the
comparison to make a logical statement.
Example: The harder you study, the more you will learn.
The more she studied, the more she learned.
1. (I became bored He talked.)
I met a man at a party last night. I tried to be interested in what he was saying, but the
……………………………………………………………………………………..…………
2. (I wailed long. I got angry.)
My friend told me that she would pick me up at the corner at seven o’clock. By seven
thirty, she still hadn’t come. The …………………………………………………………………
3. (You understand more You are old.) -There are many advantages to being young, but
the ………………………………………………….……
4. (She drove fast. I became nervous.)
Erica offered to take me to the airport, and I was grateful. But we got a late start, so on the
way she stepped on the accelerator, I got more than a little uncomfortable. The
………………………………
5. (He thought about his family. He became homesick.)
Pierre tried to concentrate on his studying, but his mind would drift to his family and his
home. The ………………………………….
6. (We ran fast to reach the house. The sky grew dark.) -A storm was threatening. The
……………………………………………………..……
7. (I became confused. I thought about is.)
At first I thought I’d understood what she’d said, but then the
…………………………………………
8. (The air is polluted. The chances of developing respiratory diseases are great.)
Pollution poses many dangers. For example, the
…………………..………………………………..…

Answer 1

1. (I became bored He talked.)
I met a man at a party last night. I tried to be interested in what he was saying, but the
……more he talked, the more bored I became………………………………………………………………………………..…………
2. (I wailed long. I got angry.)
My friend told me that she would pick me up at the corner at seven o’clock. By seven
thirty, she still hadn’t come. The ……longer I waited, the angrier I got……………………………………………………………
3. (You understand more You are old.) -There are many advantages to being young, but
the …older you are, the more you understand……………………………………………….……
4. (She drove fast. I became nervous.)
Erica offered to take me to the airport, and I was grateful. But we got a late start, so on the way she stepped on the accelerator, I got more than a little uncomfortable. The
………… faster she drove, the more nervous I became……………………

5. (He thought about his family. He became homesick.)
Pierre tried to concentrate on his studying, but his mind would drift to his family and his
home. The …more he  thought about his family,. the more homesick he became……………………………….
6. (We ran fast to reach the house. The sky grew dark.) -A storm was threatening. The
……darker the sky grew, the faster we ran to reach the house………………………………………………..……
7. (I became confused. I thought about is.)
At first I thought I’d understood what she’d said, but then the
……more I thought about it, the more confused I became……………………………………
8. (The air is polluted. The chances of developing respiratory diseases are great.)
Pollution poses many dangers. For example, the
……more polluted the air is, the greater the chances of developing respiratory diseases  are……………..………………………………..…