REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

taller than
The boy is ________________
the girl.

REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

Anna

Mary

Anna is more
________________
beautiful than Mary.
younger than
S1 + be/V + adj/advER + than + S2
S1 + be/V + MORE adj/adv + than + S2

REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

The boy is

as tall as
________________
the girl.

REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

The girl runs
boy.

as fast as
________________
the
as quickly as

S1 + be/V + as + adj/adv + as + S2

REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

Anna

Anna is
family.

the tallest
________________
in her

REVISION
• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

The girl runs

the fastest
________________
of all.
the most quickly

S + be/V + the + adj/advEST+ of all/ in …
S + be/V + the + MOST adj/adv + of all/ in …

Comparative
S1 + be/V + adj/advER + than + S2
S1 + be/V + MORE adj/adv + than + S2
Equality
S1 + be/V + as + adj/adv + as + S2
Superlative
S + be/V + the + adj/advEST+ of all/ in …
S + be/V + the + MOST adj/adv + of all/ in …

Ways to add ER or EST
• large  larger  the largest
• hot  hotter the hottest
• happy  happier  the happiest
irregular adjectives
• good/ well  better  the best
• bad/ badly  worse  the worst
• much/many  more  the most
• little  less
 the least
• far  farther/ further  the farthest/ furthest

UNIT 13

DOUBLE COMPARISON

• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

in the past

now

and younger
The girl becomes younger
________________
and more beautiful
The girl becomes more
________________

Double comparison

The girl becomes younger
________________
and younger
and more beautiful
The girl becomes more
________________

Structure 1:

*Short adjective/adverb

S + be/ V + adj/advER and adj/advER

*Long adjective/adverb

S + be/ V + MORE and MORE adj/adv
Usage: to show that something is increasing all the
time.
Meaning: càng ngày càng

The house is small. It is cheap
The house is big. It is expensive.
The house is beautiful. It is expensive
___________the
house is, ______________it
is.
the cheaper
The smaller
____________the
house is, the
________________it
The bigger
more expensive is.
_________________
The
more beautiful the house is,
____________________
it is.
the more expensive

Structure 2

Double comparison

Eg: The smaller the house is, the cheaper it is.
The bigger the house is, the more expensive it is.
The more beautiful the house is, the more expensive it is.
*Short adjective/adverb

The+ adj/adv-ER + S +V, the+ adj/adv-ER + S+ V
*Long adjective/adverb

The+MORE+adj/adv+S+V, the+MORE+adj/adv+S+V
Usage: to show that if something changes, the other
thing will change too.
Meaning: … càng thì … càng

PRACTICE
*Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with a suitable halfsentence from box B.

A

1.Finding a job is becoming _____
b
2.Traveling is becoming ______
c
3. That hole in your pullover is
a
getting ______
4.The suitcase seemed to get e
_____
5. Her English
d is improving; it's
getting ______

B
a. bigger and bigger
X
b. more and more difficult
X
c. more and more expensive
X
d. better and better
X
Xe. heavier and heavier as I
carried it upstairs.

Exercise 2: Completing the sentences, using “comparative and
comparative”
more and more
expensive
1. Eating and traveling in this city is getting (expensive)
___________

2. Little John is becoming (active) more
________________
and more active
closer and closer
3. I feel happy as my birthday is coming (close) ________________
worse and worse
4. As the day went on, the weather got (bad) ____________

5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got (good)
better and better
_________________

Exercise 3: Write complete sentences , using the structure:
“the comparative, the comparative”

1. The weather is warm. I feel good.
The warmer the weather is, the better I feel.
2. We leave early. We arrive soon.
 The earlier we leave, the sooner we arrive.
3. He waited long. He became impatient.
 The longer he waited, the more impatient he became.
4. The hotel is expensive. The service is good.
 The more expensive the hotel is, the better the service is.
5. He eats much. He becomes fat.
 The more he eats, the fatter he becomes.

Exercise 4: Choose the best answer to complete each
sentence
1. The more a car costs, ____________ it goes.
A. faster
B. the faster
C. the more fast

D. the more fastest

2. The younger you are, _________ it is to learn
A. easier
B. you are easier C. the easier

D. the easy

3. The prices of food get ________ all the time
A. high and higher
B. the higher and higher
C. higher and higher
D. the most higher and higher
4. As the day went on, the weather got ________ .
A. the worse and worse
B. badder and badder
C. more and more badly
D. worse and worse
5. ________ we finish the project, _______ we can start the next one.
A. The soonest/ the sooner B. The sooner/ the most soon
C. The sooner/ the sooner D. The soonest/ the soonest

HOMEWORK
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting:
1.The older the man gets, the weakest he becomes.
A
B
C
D
2. As the conversation went on, he became more and most
A
B
C
talkative.
D
3. The more higher the sun is, the lower the shadow is.
A
B
C
D

- Prepare unit 14 READING

• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

in the past

The girl is

now

taller and taller
________________

• Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

in the past

The girl is

bigger and bigger
________________
fatter and fatter

now

Is the weather cold?
Does she feel good or bad?
The colder the weather is, the worse she feels
Is the weather cold or warm now?
Does she feel comfortable now?
The warmer the weather is, the more comfortable she feels