Complete the following sentences.

1. The highest you climb, …………………………. it gets.

a) the colder
b) the cold
c) more cold

2. The more he reads ……………………………. he understands.

a) The lesser
b) the less
c) less

3. The …………………………. we grow, the wiser we become.

a) old
b) older
c) elder

4. The government should pay attention to the problems of ………………………….

a) unemployed
b) the unemployed
c) an unemployed

5. The faster you act, the better ………………………..

a) it is
b) is it
c) does it

6. They saw the criminal ………………………… open the door.

a) brake
b) break
c) broke

7. The poor exile was never ……………………….. his native land again.

a) to see
b) seeing
c) to saw

8. The strike ……………………….. off, if the workers’ demands had been granted.

a) would have called
b) would have been called
c) had been called

Answers

1. The highest you climb, the colder it gets.
2. The more he reads the less he understands.
3. The older we grow, the wiser we become.
4. The government should pay attention to the problems of the unemployed.
5. The faster you act, the better it is.
6. They saw the criminal break open the door.
7. The poor exile was never to see his native land again.
8. The strike would have been called off, if the workers’ demands had been granted.