Combine the ideas in the parentheses into a double comparative. You need to decide which of the two given ideas should come first in the comparison to make a logical statement.
Example: The harder you study, the more you will learn.
The more she studied, the more she learned.
1. (I became bored He talked.) I met a man at a party last night. I tried to be interested in what he was saying, but the ……………………………………………………………………………………..…………
2. (I wailed long. I got angry.) My friend told me that she would pick me up at the corner at seven o’clock. By seven- thirty, she still hadn’t come. The …………………………………………………………………
3. (You understand more You are old.) -There are many advantages to being young, but the ………………………………………………….……
4. (She drove fast. I became nervous.) Erica offered to take me to the airport, and I was grateful. But we got a late start, so on the way she stepped on the accelerator, I got more than a little uncomfortable. The ………………………………
5. (He thought about his family. He became homesick.) Pierre tried to concentrate on his studying, but his mind would drift to his family and his home. The ………………………………….
6. (We ran fast to reach the house. The sky grew dark.) -A storm was threatening. The ……………………………………………………..……
7. (I became confused. I thought about is.) At first I thought I’d understood what she’d said, but then the …………………………………………
8. (The air is polluted. The chances of developing respiratory diseases are great.) Pollution poses many dangers. For example, the …………………..………………………………..…
