Comparatives — advanced forms

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

The further a cultural ideal travels from its origin, the more simplified it becomes. The more a culture prizes warmth as a professional asset, the harder it becomes to distinguish genuine feeling from performed feeling. Comparative happiness surveys routinely place Irish respondents among the more gregarious populations in Europe.

Grammar Reference · Comparatives — advanced forms

Double comparative

The more you travel, the more you question your assumptions. — parallel change in two clauses

as...as equality

This culture is as formally structured as Japan's. — two things equal on a scale

far / much +

The myth is far simpler than the lived reality. — intensified comparison

no less...than

Structured warmth is no less genuine than spontaneous warmth. — equality despite apparent contrast

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Comparatives — advanced forms

1.The a stereotype is repeated, the ... it is to challenge.

2.Brazilian jeitinho is well documented ... Irish craic.

3.The official image is simpler ... the lived experience.

4.A formal culture is less warm ... an informal one.

5.The deeply embedded a myth is, the ... difficult it becomes to see from the outside.

6.This concept is complex ... the tourist brochure suggests.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.As the myth grows stronger, it becomes harder to question.

2.Irish sociability is very well known. Brazilian warmth is equally well known.

3.Formal cultures express warmth differently. They are not colder.

4.The more you travel, the more simplified your own culture looks from the outside.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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