complex sentence frame · neutral
The more + clause, the more + clause
Shows a proportional relationship: as one thing increases, another also increases or changes.
Examples
“The more you read, the more you improve your vocabulary.”
“The more people work remotely, the more businesses need reliable internet.”
“The more he practised, the better his pronunciation became.”
Band 8 sentence
“The more governments invest in renewable energy, the more resilient their economies become to global oil shocks.”
Collocations
- the more + adjective/adverb, the more + adjective/adverb
Word family
Common mistakes
More you practice, more you improve.→The more you practice, the more you improve.
The more you study, the better will be your score.→The more you study, the better your score will be.
Say it for a higher band
5More and more + phrase→6As ... so ...→7+The more + clause, the more + clause
Synonyms
as ... so ...
Easily confused
More and more + phrase
“More and more students are using online resources.”
Related words
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In Complex sentences
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