REPEATING A COMPARATIVE When I get excited, my heart beats faster and faster.

When you blow up a balloon, it gets bigger and bigger. My English is getting better and better. He got more and more furious. You are growing more and more beautiful. DOUBLE COMPARATIVES short word + short word The fruit is fresh. It tastes good. The fresher the fruit is, the better it tastes. If the knife is sharp, it is easy to cut things. The sharper the knife is, the easier it is to cut things. short word + long word Bill talked very fast. I became confused. The faster Bill talked, the more confused I became.

long word + long word The country is affluent. The people are delighted. The more affluent the country is, the more delighted the people are. Mixed She grows up a lot. She becomes beautiful. The more she grows up. The more beautiful she becomes. You shout loudly. She hates you a lot. The more loudly you shout, the more she hates you. She loves him a little. He loves her a lot. The less she loves him, the more he loves her. He has a few problems. He is happy. The fewer problems he has, the happier he is. They have many children. They live miserably. The more children they have, the more miserably they live. I study a lot. I find myself stupid a lot. The more I study, the more stupid I find myself.