La expresión española "cada vez más" equivale en inglés a los dos comparativos del adjetivo.
The film is becoming more and more interesting / La película se vuelve cada vez más interesante
- We can repeat comparatives to say that something is changing.
- These exams are getting worse and worse every year.
- She gets more and more beautiful every time I see her.
Additional points
- We can modify comparatives with much, a lot, far, a little, a bit, slightly.
- Bob is much richer than I am.
- My mother's hair is slightly longer than mine.
- We can modify superlatives with by far, easily and nearly.
- Mario's is by far the best restaurant in town.
- I'm nearly the oldest in the class.
- We do not use the with the superlative if there is a possessive.
- His strongest point is his ambition.
- If the second part of a comparative or superlative sentence is clear from what comes before or from the context, we can omit it.
- Going by bus is very fast, but the train is more comfortable.
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