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Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence:

The higher you go, the more difficult it_____ to breathe.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

The double comparative pattern the more... the more states a general truth, and the first clause you go is simple present. The second clause must match with the simple present becomes. The perfect and past forms break the parallel.

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