{"id":14035,"date":"2020-08-12T13:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14035"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:16:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:16:28","slug":"progressive-comparison-of-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/08\/progressive-comparison-of-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Comparison of Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This English grammar lesson summarizes the progressive comparison of adjectives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjectives which take endings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of adjectives which take endings, the comparative form of the adjective is repeated in a progressive comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-accent-background-color\"><strong>Subject + linking verb + adjective which takes endings + and + adjective which takes endings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My mother became\u00a0<strong>angrier and angrier<\/strong>.<\/p><p>It got <strong>hotter and hotter<\/strong>.<\/p><p>She is becoming <strong>prettier and prettier<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More and More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, comparative adjectives that use <strong>more,<\/strong> we simply repeat the word <strong>more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-accent-background-color\"><strong>Subject + linking verb + more + and + more + comparative adjective that use more<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The technology became\u00a0<strong>more and more innovative<\/strong>.<\/p><p>People grew <strong>more and more restless<\/strong>.<\/p><p>He became <strong>more and more ambitious<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less and Less&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We use <strong>less and less<\/strong> for both adjectives which take endings and comparative adjectives that use <strong>more<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-accent-background-color\"><strong>Subject + linking verb + less + and + less + adjectives which take endings\/comparative adjective that use more<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The noise is getting <strong>less and less loud<\/strong>. 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