ADVANCED
COMPARATIVES
11°
Docente: Rodolfo Andrés Amaya Jiménez
PURPOSE
Differentiate and assimilate the different uses and grammar structures of the advanced
comparatives.
SUMMARY
The more money you earn, the more you spend (cuanto mas … mas )
The more you help her, the more grateful she’ll be
The more with comparatives
The faster she speaks, the more mistakes she makes.
The cleaner you are, the happier your mother shall be.
The more with longer (cuanto mas tiempo)
The longer you remember her, the sadder you are.
The longer you stay in that job, the more bitter youl’ll become.
THE MORE WITH LESS
Contextualization: Examples:
Less (menos) the colder it is, the less I go out.
The angrier you are, the less I’ll tell youthe
The more I work, the less I have.
Fewer (menos - plural) Examples:
the fewer problems you give me, the easier my
life will be.
THE MORE WITH BETTER AND WORSE
Contextualization: Examples:
Better (mejor) the more you practice, the better you’ll do it.
The more you study, the better score you will get in the exam.
Contextualization: Examples:
worse (peor) the more nervous you are before the exam, the worse you’ll do it.
the more stressed you are, the worse your mood will be.
GRAMMAR NOTE
If anywhere in the structure the verb to be is used with a noun, it may be omitted. If it is
included, it follows the nouns and is not contracted.
Examples:
The fuller the restaurant (is) the slower the service (is).
The more motivated the students (are), the more they learn.
The more expensive the car (is), the better it should be.
GRAMMAR NOTE #2
However, if we do not use a noun, but if the pronoun, we must include the verb without
contration.
Examples:
The simplier it is, the easier it is to understand.
The more fashionable the clothes (are), the more unconfortable they are.
ACTIVITY
Make 2 sentences using the more with less,
Make 2 sentences using the more with fewer,
Make 2 sentences using the more with better
Make 2 sentences using the more with worse
REPEATED
COMPARATIVES
• INCREASE
1. er … and … er
Ex:
I’m getting older and older
Cars are becoming cheaper and cheaper
Contextualization:
My dauhgter is studying harder and harder
( cada vez mas)
2. More and more ( long adjectives)
Ex:
the situation is more and more difficult.
The supermarkets are getting more and more expensive
My wife is more and more beautiful .
3. More and more with nouns
Ex:
More and more children use tablets in the school.
We waste more and more money on things we don’t need.
More and more students practice other disciplines at university.
• DESCENT
Contextualization:
1. Less and less
( cada vez menos)
Ex:
As you get older, you become less and less flexible.
I have less and less time to spend with my family.
She needs less and less money every day.
2. Fewer and fewer Contextualization:
Ex ( cada vez menos - plural)
Fewer and fewer people get married now.
There are fewer and fewer tres in the Amazon.
ACTIVITY
Make 2 sentences using er ….. And … er
Make 2 sentences using more and more with long adjectives.
Make 2 sentences using less and less.
Make 2 sentences using fewer and fewer.
