Use comparatives to show something is changing - English In A Minute

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BBC Learning English


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Hi! I'm Roy
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and today I'm going to tell you about using comparatives
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to say that someone or something
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is changing or developing.
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So the structure is like this:
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comparative + and + the same comparative.
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So we put the 'and' in the middle of
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the two comparative adjectives.
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Every year, I look older and older.
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Don't forget that with adjectives of two or more syllables,
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like 'beautiful',
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we use the word 'more' plus an adjective
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to make the comparative.
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We don't add –er.
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With these,
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we add the 'and' in the middle of the two 'mores'.
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For example:
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Every day, my wife Luciana
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gets more and more beautiful.
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Anyway, that's everything for today.
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I'm getting hungrier and hungrier
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so I've got to go. Bye!
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