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 |
