Escola Secundária_____________________________

Date: _______________ School Year: _____/_____

ENGLISH WORKSHEET
Class: _____ Number: ___ Assessment: _________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Teacher: Susana Jorge

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE
PROPORTIONAL COMPARATIVE

1. Build sentences using the following words:

1. There Asia. more more from tourists and are

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2. come from more Europe. immigrants More and

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3. and better wine better. is Australian

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4. is Surfing more more and popular.

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5. and are Coastal populated. cities more more

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6. is to people sun. More in and it more realise lie the how dangerous
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7. TV. more more watching time and Children spend

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8. are fewer French and There songs on French fewer radio.

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9. more to a is more find place. and parking difficult It

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10. are and expensive. Nowadays, less computers less personal

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11. English My worse daughter's are results getting worse and.

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12. Sally and later arrives at. later work

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13. messier. room and is getting Your messier

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14. He is busier busier getting at and moment the.

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15. I better.saw and him He yesterday. feels better

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Don’t forget:

In English we use the Double Comparative when we want

to show that something is changing or is in the process of changing...
2- How would you like to work in the music business? Read the folowing chorus of a well-known song, and sort out
the name of one of the singers that sings this song, filling the table with an X:

John Legend
The more I see you
The more I want you
Somehow this feeling Black Eyed Peas
Just grows and grows
With every sigh
I become more mad about you Michael Bublé
More lost without you
And so it goes
Bob Marley

Nina Simone

3. The more I see you, the more I want you. Describe the man’s or woman’s feelings.

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4. The author is using the proportional comparative. Match column A with column B, with other examples:

Column A Column B
1. The faster you work, a. the sooner you will get a promotion.
2. The more you learn, b. the more you’ll be paid for extra costs.
3. The harder you work, c. The more you will produce.
4. The farther your work place is, d. The more you will know about your job.

5. Complete each sentence using the information in brackets, as the example given:

1. The more prestigious the job, the better the income (good/ income).
2. The higher the qualifications, _________________________________________ (good / job).
3. The worst the working schedule, ___________________________________(little motivation).
4. The less you work, _______________________________________________ (low / salary).
5. ___________________ (soon /you finish your CV), _____________________ (fast / answer).
6. ____________________ (prestigious/ the job), _______________________ (good/ income).

Don’t forget!
Proportional comparative: a change in one situation depends on a change in another – change is proportional

Double comparative Proportional comparative

 *More +and + *more adjective  The + comparative + the + noun, the + comparative +
the + noun
 adjective (comparative) + and + adjective
(comparative)  The more + clause, the more + clause

*more, less, fewer...  Sometimes: The more + clause, the + comparative +

the + noun
 e.g. The more you study, the better the prospects of
finding a good job.

Good work!!!
The teacher, Susana Jorge