REPEATED AND DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

REPEATED AND DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

FORM	FUNCTION	EXAMPLES
·      Comparativo + and + comparativo. ·      More and more + multisyllable adjective. ·      Less and less + multisyllable adjective.	Los comparativos repetidos se usan para describir algo que está cambiando.	·   As a result of social media, it has become easier and easier to maintain friendships around the world. · Global corporations are becoming more and more powerful. ·   These days, it is less common for people to spend their whole lives in the same job.
·      The + more ( + noun ) + verb phras... ·      The + comparative + verb phrase… ·      The + comparative + the + noun + verb phrase…	Los comparativos dobles se usan para describir cómo dos cosas cambian al mismo tiempo, o cómo una cosa cambia como resultado de un cambio en otra cosa.	·   The more you study, the more you learn. ·    The more food you buy from local farmers, the easier it is to support the local economy. ·   The more expensive the item, the fewer people will buy it.

EJEMPLOS

Communication has gotten faster and faster, and social all forms of social media are becoming more and more popular.

The more we understand each, the more peaceful the world will be.

The faster communication becomes the less interesting our messages become.

EJERCICIOS

1. - Put the words into the correct order to make sentences.

1. are/multinationals/less/in/up/more/developed/countries/and/setting/more.

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2. more/face-to-face/have/rely/the/we/less/social/media,/on/interaction/we/the/.

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3. the/more/world/globalized/the/more/foreign/cities/resemble/each/becomes,/the/.

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2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES. USE EITHER A REPEATED OR A DOUBLE COMPARATIVE.

1.- People are becoming _________________ toward people in other countries. (sympathetic)

2.- The world is becoming ________________ with each new form of media that appears. (small)

3.- _______ I used Twitter, the _____________ I am in its possibilities. (more, interesting)

4.- ________ I read his blog, _____________ I find it. (more, funny)

5.- _______ you use social media, _____________  it becomes. (more, confusing)