DOUBLE /REPEATED COMPARATIVES

DOUBLE / REPEATED COMPARATIVES

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

USO/USE:

Las comparaciones dobles describen un proceso de causa y efecto. Además, se escriben como una oración con una coma que separa la causa y el efecto.

Double comparatives describe a cause and effect process. Also, they are written as a sentence with a comma separating the cause and the effect.

FORMA/ SHAPE:

La estructura para usarlos es la siguiente:

The structure to use them is the following:

[The + comparative form] + (subject) + (verb), [the + comparative form] + (subject) + (verb)]

EJEMPLO/ EXAMPLE:

·        The more education women get, the later they marry.

·        The less children studied, the more slowly they learned.

EJERCICIOS / EXERCISES:

Llene los espacios en blanco con la forma correcta de las palabras a continuación:

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words below:

better loud hot probable small better more rich big

less happy merry late safe fast cheap more hard

1)      The  you study for these exams, the  you will do.

2)      She doesn't really like vodka, so the  a bottle you find, the  it will be for us.

3)      My neighbour is driving me mad! It seems that the  it is at night, the  he plays his music!

4)      He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. The  the food is, the  he likes it.

5)      Of course you can come to the party. The  the  .

6)      She will be really angry about that vase being broken! The  she knows about it, the  .

7)      He has 6 large dogs to protect his house. The  the dog, the  he feels.

8)      Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The  he becomes, the  he is.

9)      You must drive slower in built up areas. The  you drive in the city, the  it is that you will have an accident.

REPEATED COMPARATIVES

USO/USE:

En inglés existen los llamados repeated comparatives o comparativos repetidos. Se trata de una estructura que usamos para indicar que algo está cambiando (aumentando o disminuyendo). Veamos cómo se forman. 

In English there are so-called repeated comparative or repeated comparatives. It is a structure used to indicate that something is changing (increasing or decreasing). Let's see how they are formed.

FORMA/ SHAPE:

Se usan dos estructuras para indicar que algo aumenta: .... er and ..... er  y  more and more ..... que suelen aparecer con los verbos get y become.  

1) …er and ....er (cada vez más / más y más) 

Se utiliza con los adjetivos / adverbios cortos que ya explicamos en el post adjetivos comparativos. Añadimos -er al adjetivo para formar el adjetivo comparativo, a continuación la conjunción and y después, repetimos de nuevo el adjetivo comparativo → bigger and bigger, fatter and fatter, faster and faster

2) more and more .... (cada vez más / más y más) 

Esta estructura se utiliza con:

Adjetivos largos o con adverbios. Basta con escribir more and more y añadir a continuación el adjetivo o el adverbio → more and more beautiful, more and more exciting

Two structures are used to indicate that something increases: ... er and ..... er and more and more ..... that usually appear with the verbs get and become.

1)    ... er and .... er (more and more / more and more)

 It is used with the adjectives / short adverbs that we already explained in the post comparative adjectives. We add -er to the adjective to form the comparative adjective, then the conjunction, and then repeat the comparative adjective → bigger and bigger, fatter and fatter, faster and faster

 2) more and more .... (more and more / more and more)

This structure is used with: Adjectives long or with adverbs. Just write more and more and then add the adjective or adverb → more and more beautiful, more and more exciting

EJEMPLO/ EXAMPLE:

·        Ella se está acercando cada vez más a su madre.

·        She is getting closer and closer of her mother.

·        Se está volviendo cada vez más difícil.

·        It’s becoming more and more difficult.

·        Él va cada vez más despacio.

·        He is going more and more slowly.

EJERCICIOS/ EXERCISES:

Llene los espacios en blanco como en los ejemplos arriba:

Fill the blanks as in the examples above:

1)   He gets  (boring). I can’t listen to him any longer.

2)   I didn’t like this book at first, but it’s getting  (interesting).

3)   My daughter’s English results are getting  (bad).

4)   The boss will be angry with you. You arrive  (late) at work.

5)   In spring the weather gets  (warm).

6)   It’s time you tidied your room. It’s getting  (messy).

7)   Food is getting  (expensive).

8)   I think TV programs are getting  (violent).

9)   I find it  (difficult) to see him.

10)   She’s getting over her operation. She feels  (good).