Repeating comparatives

1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE
CHIMBORAZO
Escuela de idiomas
Grammar V
Names: Darío Amancha
Patricio castillo
Elvis guaranga
5th Semester

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.

7. THANK