GRADUAL INCREASE

We use expressions like easier and easier and more

and more important to say that something is
increasing all the time.

E.g. He was driving faster and faster.

PARALLEL INCREASE

We use expressions like the sooner the better to say that one thing depends
on the other.

E.g. The more you practice a language the better you speak.

SO / SUCH (THAT)

So and such make the use of the adjective or adverb stronger.

E.g. wait for me! Dont walk so quickly.

We use so with an adjective without a noun.

E.g. She worked so hard that she made herself ill.

We use such with an adjective with a noun.

E.g. It was such lovely weather that we spend the whole day on the beach.

EXERCISES

A- Rachel wants to become a model but it has been harder and harder to find
work. Complete her sentences by means of gradual increase.
1. Its becoming ___________________ (difficult) to get work nowadays.
2. The competition is ___________________ big.
3. I spend ___________________(much) time in castings.
4. Im getting ___________________ (anxious) about it.
5. My problems are just getting ___________________ (bad)
B- Complete each sentences using the information in brackets. Follow the
example.

(we will arrive soon) The earlier we leave the sooner we will arrive.
1. (Your bill will be high) The more electricity you use ____________________
2. (I get confused) The more I try to work this out _________________________
3. (The beaches get crowded) The better the weather is __________________
4. (I like him) The more I got to know him _________________________________
C- In this exercise you have to use such instead of so.

1. The road is so narrow that is difficult for two cars to pass each other.

2. The weather is so warm that I didnt need a coat.

3. His feet are so big that he has difficulty finding shoes that fit him.
_________________________________________________________________________
4. There were so many people in the room that we couldnt move.

Solution
A
1. more and more difficult
2. bigger and bigger
3. more and more
4. more and more anxious
5. worse and worse
B
1. the higher your bill will be
2. the more confused I get
3. the more crowded the beaches get
4. the more I like him
C
1. It is such a narrow road that is difficult for two cars to pass each other
2. It was such warm weather that i didnt need a coat
3. He has got such big feet that he has difficulty finding shoes to fit him.
4. There were such a lot of people in the room that we couldnt move.