Comparison structures

Beyond basic comparative and superlative forms, English has several fixed structures for comparing things, and the buraxılış exam tests these patterns closely. To say two things are equal we use as + adjective/adverb + as ('Tom is as tall as his father'); to say they are not equal we use not as/so...as ('This film is not as good as the last one'). To show that two changes happen together we use the double comparative 'the + comparative..., the + comparative': 'The harder you study, the better your results.' To show a continuing change we repeat a comparative with 'and': 'It is getting colder and colder', 'more and more difficult'. We strengthen comparatives with 'much, far, a lot, a bit, slightly' ('much better', 'a bit cheaper'), and we use multiples with 'as...as' ('twice as expensive'). Finally, 'too' means more than is acceptable (too + adjective) while 'enough' means sufficiently (adjective + enough). For example: 'The more you practise, the more confident you become, and soon the exam will not seem so difficult.'