Escola Secundária_____________________________ Date: _______________ School Year: _____/_____

ENGLISH WORKSHEETClass: _____ Number: ___ Assessment: _________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Teacher: Susana Jorge

DOUBLE COMPARATIVEPROPORTIONAL COMPARATIVE

1. Build sentences using the following words:

1. There Asia. more more from tourists and are _______________________________________________________________________________

2. come from more Europe. immigrants More and _______________________________________________________________________________

3. and better wine better. is Australian _______________________________________________________________________________

4. is Surfing more more and popular. _______________________________________________________________________________

5. and are Coastal populated. cities more more _______________________________________________________________________________

6. is to people sun. More in and it more realise lie the how dangerous _______________________________________________________________________________

7. TV. more more watching time and Children spend _______________________________________________________________________________

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

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

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

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

12. Sally and later arrives at. later work_______________________________________________________________________________

13. messier. room and is getting Your messier _______________________________________________________________________________

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

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

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:

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:

John Legend

Black Eyed Peas

Michael Bublé

Bob Marley

Nina Simone

The more I see youThe more I want youSomehow this feeling Just grows and growsWith every sighI become more mad about you More lost without you And so it goes

Column A1. The faster you work, 2. The more you learn,3. The harder you work,4. The farther your work place is,

Column B

a. the sooner you will get a promotion.b. the more you’ll be paid for extra

costs.c. The more you will produce.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

*More +and + *more adjective

adjective (comparative) + and + adjective (comparative)

*more, less, fewer...

Proportional comparative

The + comparative + the + noun, the + comparative + the + noun

The more + clause, the more + clause

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