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Situation 1: What will happen to Lan?
Lan eat so much food
Lan will get fat.
Lan is getting fatter and fatter.
The more she eats, the fatter she will become
she is getting taller and taller
He is getting older and older
Situation 2: How is the price of house?
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The price of house is becoming more and more expensive
1999/ 20000$
2009/40000$
I became more and more nervous
Traveling is becoming more and more expensive

Grammar: Double comparison

1. So sánh kép với: “and”: càng lúc càng

Ex: The weather is getting (cold) .



Ex: We went (slowly) .

colder and colder
more and more slowly
=> S + V + short adj/adv + ER + and + short adj/adv + ER.
=> S + V + more and more + long adj/adv.
I. Presentation: Double Comparison
Tính từ ngắn: harder and harder, bigger and bigger, better and better……
Tính từ dài: more and more difficult, more and more expensive.
Dùng cấu trúc này để nói điều gì đó đang thay đổi liên tục
=> S + V + short adj/adv + ER + and + short adj/adv + ER.
=> S + V + more and more + long adj/adv.
Examples:







Your English is improving. It’s getting better and better.
Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with a suitable half-sentence from box B
Practice: Exercise 2 (Page 146)
His visit to New York seemed to get ………………. because he was very busy at work.
Eating and traveling in this city is getting……………………………..
As the day went on, the weather got …… ………………
We had to stop the discussion because the question was becoming………….......................
Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got ……………….........
Little John is becoming…………. …………..
As it was getting dark, it was becoming …………………...........to see everything in the house without electricity.
I feel happy as my birthday is coming………………………

shorter and shorter
more and more expensive
worse and worse
more and more complicated
better and better
more and more active
more and more difficult
closer and closer
The more expensive the hotel
is , The better the service is
The older she is, the more beautiful she become
II. Structure 2:
The + comparative S + V …, The + comparative S + V ….
Short adjective:
The sooner…, the better….
The younger…., the easier….
2.Long Adjective:
The more expensive…., the more reliable.…
Use:sử dụng cấu trúc này để nói đến việc thay đổi của cái này dẫn đến sự thay đổi của cái khác
Examples:
The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
The younger you are, the easier it is to learn.
The more expensive the hotel is, the more reliable the service is.
Exercise 3 Complete each of the following sentences, using the structure:
The+ comparative, the + comparative.
Choose a suitable half sentence on the right.
The warmer the weather
The more you practice your English
The longer he waited
The more electricity you use
The more expensive the hotel
The more I got to know him
The more you have
The faster you will learn
The more impatient he became
The higher your bill will be
The more I liked him
The better I feel
The more you want
The better the service
Translate into Vietnamese:
Why study?
The more I study, the more I know
The more I know, the more I forget
The more I forget, the less I know.
So why study?
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Q 1: I waited long. I got angry
The longer I waited, the angrier I got
Question2: I live far. I feel homesick
The farther I live, the more homesick I feel.
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Question 3: I live far from home. I feel homesick
The farther I live from home, the more homesick I feel
Question 4: He got old. He became quiet
The older he got, the quieter he became
Question 5:she drove fast. I became nervous
The faster she drove, the more nervous I became
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Question 6: A flat is big. The rent is high
The bigger a flat (is), the higher the rent (is).