Exercises on Double Comparison

 Comparative + and + comparative 1. The company expended rapidly. It grew ______________ all the time (big) 2. Cathy got __________________ in her job. In the end she left. (bored) 3. My bags seemed to get __________________ as I carried them. (heavy) 4. As I waited for my interview, I became ____________________. (nervous) 5. Heath care is becoming ____________________. (expensive) 6. As the conversation went on, Paul became ___________________. (talkative) 7. These days _____________________ people are learning English. (many) 8. Te company’s share price went ___________________. (high) 9. Life got _______________ for boss Bob Watts as the company became _________________. (good – successful)  the … the … 1. The crowded became increasingly angry at the long delay. 2. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is. 3. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed. 4. I don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard. 5. The traffic moves very slowly as more cars come into the city. 6. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get. 7. The idea becomes less attractive as I think about it more. 8. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired. 9. The service of a hotel depends on how expensive it is.

 Comparative + and + comparative 1. The company expended rapidly. It grew ______________ all the time (big) 2. Cathy got __________________ in her job. In the end she left. (bored) 3. My bags seemed to get __________________ as I carried them. (heavy) 4. As I waited for my interview, I became ____________________. (nervous) 5. Heath care is becoming ____________________. (expensive) 6. As the conversation went on, Paul became ___________________. (talkative) 7. These days _____________________ people are learning English. (many) 8. Te company’s share price went ___________________. (high) 9. Life got _______________ for boss Bob Watts as the company became _________________. (good – successful)  the … the … 1. The crowded became increasingly angry at the long delay. 2. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is. 3. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed. 4. I don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard. 5. The traffic moves very slowly as more cars come into the city. 6. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get. 7. The idea becomes less attractive as I think about it more. 8. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired. 9. The service of a hotel depends on how expensive it is.

 Complete the sentences with a suitable comparative or superrative. 1. According to a computer, Spanish is (easy) ………… foreign language to learn. 2. Dogs are intelligent but not (intelligent) …………….. chimpanzees. 3. They say it’s (good) …………….. to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. 4. Even (carefully) ………………. prepared plans can go wrong. 5. England isn’t (mountainous country) …………………… Scotland. 6. Reykjavik is the world’s (northern) …………….. capital city. 7. Your composition is full of mistakes because you didn’t spend half (time) ………… on it ………… you should have! 8. Don’t worry, you’ll be OK with Gary, he’s (careful driver) ………………….. you could wish to have. 9. In the Alto Adige region of Italy, German dialect is spoken much (frequently) ………………….. Italian. 10. Sumo wrestlers must be (heavy) ………………. Athletes in the world.

 Choose the best answer 1. Sarah is ____ at chemistry than Susan. A. good B. well C. better 2) I don’t work so hard ____ my father. A. so B. as C. than 3) Sam is the ____ student in my class. A. tall B. most tall C. taller 4) No one in my class is ____ beautiful ____ her. A. as/as B. more/as C. as/than 5) Going by train isn’t ____ convenient as going by car. A. so B. as C. more 6) The test is not ____ difficult ____ it was last month. A. as / as B. so / as C. more / as 7) Peter usually drives ____ Mary A. more fast B. fast than C. faster than 8) She cooked ____ than you. A. well B. more good C. better 9) This film is ____ interesting than that film. A. most B. less C. as 10) My salary is ____ his salary. A. high B. more high C. higher than 11) He works ____ we do. A. harder B. as hard as C. harder 12) No one in this class is ____ Jimmy. A. so tall as B. tall than C. the tallest 13) Apples are usually ____ oranges. A. cheap than B. more cheap C. the cheapest 14) I know him ____ than you do. A. better B. more well C. good 15) Marie is not ____ intelligent ____ her sister. A. more/as B. so/so C. so/as

D. best D. more D. tallest D. the/more D. A & B are correct. D. A & B are correct. D. B & C are correct. D. more well D. so D. more higher than D. so hard as D. more tall than D. cheaper than D. the best D. the/of

 Choose the best answer 1._______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do. a. The harder / the better b. The more / the much c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more good, 2. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music! a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder 3. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______. a. more and more good b. better arid better c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder 4. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago. a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller 5. Petrol is _______ it used to. a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice 6. Peter is _______ John. a. younger and more intelligent than b. more young and intelligent than c. more intelligent and younger than d. the more intelligent and younger than 7. San Diego is town in Southern California. a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d. nicer and nicer 8. It gets _______ when the winter is coming. a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold 9. Robert does not have _______ Peter does. a. money more than b. as many money as c. more money as d. as much money as 10. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam. a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger 11. Cuba is __________ sugar-growing areas in the world. a. One of the larger b. One of largest c. One of the largest d. Largest. 12. There were two small rooms in the beach house, _________served as kitchen. a. The smaller of which. b. The smaller of them. c. The smallest of which. d. Smallest of that. 13. Last year, Matt earned _________ his brother. a. Twice as much as b. Twice as many as c. Twice more than d. Twice as more as 14. The more she worked, _______ a. The less she achieved c. She achieve not enough b. She did not achieving enough d. She was achieving less. 15. Your bike is 3times _____________ a. As fastly as mine b. As fast as me c. As fast as mine d. Faster than mine

1. The prettier a girl is, the more badly she studies A B C D 2. The product that you bought at the lower price is the more beter than the one that A B C D I had bought. 3. Louis is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play. A B C D