2. REPEATING COMPARATIVES
Usually with the present continuous.
When we want to express continuous (separated
by and.)
Examples:
My uncle grew fatter and fatter over the years.
As Microsoft grew, Bill Gates got richer and richer.
The balloon got bigger and bigger and then burst.
3. ‘MORE AND MORE’ FOR LONGER COMPARATIVES
We don’t repeat comparative adjectives that are
used with more.
Examples:
Things are getting more and more expensive.
This book gets more and more interesting with every
chapter.
He spoke for over an hour and his explanation got more
and more complicated.
4. DROP
To indicate that something decreases
Examples:
uncountable
As you get older, you become less and less flexible.
She needs less and less money every day.
I have less and less time to cook
countable
She needs less and less money every day.
Fewer and fewer people get married now
There are fewer and fewer fish in the sea
5. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
Comparative adjectives
We use comparative adjectives to do a comparison between
two objects.
Noun + verb + (more) comparative adjective + than + noun
(object).
Superlative adjectives
We use superlative adjectives to compare one object from a
group.
Noun + verb + the (most) + superlative adjective + noun
(object).
6. COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE?
We use comparatives to compare people and thing
with other people and things
Examples:
Peter is younger than his father.
Rose is taller than Mary.
Jane is the fastest girl.
Cris is the slowest girl.
