REWRITE SENTENCES WITH COMPARISION A. LÍ THUYẾT I. So sánh ngang bằng (Equality) 1. Với tính từ và trạng từ a. Thể khẳng định S + V + as + adjadv + as +... + She is as tall as Huong. b. Thể phủ định S + V + not + asso + adjadv + as + + This exercise is not asso difficult as I think (it is). 2. Với danh từ a. Với danh từ số nhiều S + V + as many few + N (số nhiều) + as + ... + I have as many exercises as my brother does b. Với danh từ không đếm được S + V + as muchlittle + N (không đếm được) + as +.... + My brother has as little time to play football as I do. II. So sánh hơn (Comparative) 1. Tính từtrạng từ ngắn và tính từtrạng từ dài a. Tính từtrạng từ ngắn là những tính từtrạng từ: + có một âm tiết Ví dụ: Big (to), small (nhỏ), hot (nóng), cold (lạnh), thin (gầy), fat (béo), ... + có hai âm tiết tận cùng là một trong năm đuôi sau: y: happy (hạnh phúc), easy (dễ dàng), early (sớm), heavy (nặng), lazy (lười biếng)... er: clever (thông minh, lanh lợi) le: single (độc thân), simple (đơn giản) ow: narrow (hẹp) et: quiet (yên tĩnh) Lưu ý: Những tính từ trạng từ hai âm tiết tận cùng là đuôi y chỉ được coi là tính từ trạng từ ngắn khi bản thân nó có đuôi y. Ví dụ: lovely (đáng yêu) là tính từ dài vì nó được cấu tạo bởi love + ly = lovely. quickly (nhanh) là trạng từ dài vì nó được cấu tạo bởi quick + ly = quickly. b. Tính từ trạng từ dài là những tính từ trạng từ có từ hai âm tiết trở lên nhưng không phải một trong năm đuôi kể trên. Ví dụ: Beautiful (xinh đẹp), handsome (đẹp trai), intelligent (thông minh), hardworking (chăm chỉ) 2. So sánh hơn với tính từ trạng từ ngắn và dài a. So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ ngắn S + V + adj adv + er + than + ... + He learns harder than his elder brother does. Lưu ý: + Những tính từ hai âm tiết, kết thúc bằng chữ y thì bỏ “y” thêm ier trong so sánh hơn và iest trong so sánh hơn nhất. + Những tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng một phụ âm mà trước nó là một nguyên âm thì ta gấp đôi phụ âm rồi thêm er trong so sánh hơn và est trong so sánh hơn nhất. Ví dụ: Big bigger biggest. b. So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ dài S + V + more + adj adv + than + ... + Huong dances more beautifully than other competitors. 3. So sánh hơn với danh từ S + V + more + N + than + ... Ví dụ: + She has more money than me. (Cô ấy có nhiều tiền hơn tôi.) III. So sánh nhất (Superlative) 1. Với tính từ và trạng từ ngắn S + V + the + adj adv + est + (N)+ ... + My mother gets up the earliest in my family. 2. Với tính từ và trạng từ dài S + V + the + most + adjadv + (N) + ... + My mother is the most beautiful (woman) in the world. 3. Với danh từ S + V + the + most + N + ... + He is a billionaire. He has the most money. Lưu ý: Có một số tính từ và trạng từ không theo quy tắc trên Tính từ trạng từ Nghĩa Dạng so sánh hơn Dạng so sánh nhất good well tốt, giỏi better the best bad tệ, tồi, dốt worse the worst much many nhiều more the most little ít less least far xa Farther (xa hơn về địa lí) Further (sâu xa hơn, kĩ lưỡng hơn, chi tiết hơn, suy rộng hơn) hoặc (hơn nữa, thêm vào đó) the farthest furthest old già, cũ Older (cao hơn về tuổi) Elder (cao hơn về thứ bậc) the oldest the eldest IV. So sánh kép (Double comparative) 1. So sánh luỹ tiến (càng ngày càng) 2. a. Với tính từ ngắn Adj + er + and + adj + er + The summer is coming. It gets hotter and hotter. b. Với tính từ dài moreless and moreless + adj + She is more and more attractive. (Cô ấy càng ngày càng hấp dẫn.) c. Với danh từ more and more + N + There are more and more people moving to big cities to look for jobs. 3. So sánh đồng tiến (càng... càng) the + (so sánh hơn) comparative adj adv+ S +V, the (so sánh hơn) comparative adj adv + S + V + The more difficult the exercise is, the more interesting it is. + The more I know him, the less I like him. Lưu ý: Trong câu so sánh kép, nếu Object là một danh từ thì ta đặt danh từ ấy ngay sau tính từ so sánh. + The more English vocabulary we know, the better we speak. Lưu ý: Một số tính từ trạng từ không dùng ở dạng so sánh vì bản thân chúng đã mang tính tuyệt đối: Complete (hoàn toàn), favorite (yêu thích), ideal (lí tưởng), unique (duy nhất), excellent (xuất sắc), full (đầy), empty (rỗng), perfect (hoàn hảo), right (đúng), really (thật sự), extreme (cực độ, tột bậc), supreme (thượng hạng), absolute (tuyệt đối),... V. Một số công thức khác 1. So sánh gấp nhiều lần (multiple numbers comparison) S + V + multiple numbers +as + much many adj adv + (N) +as + Npronoun Là những số như half twice 3, 4, 5... time; Phân số; Phần trăm. + She types twice as fast as I do. + In many contries in the world with the same job, women only get 40 50% as much as salary as men. Lưu ý: Khi dùng so sánh loại này phải xác định rõ danh từ đó là đếm được hay không đếm được vì đằng trước chúng có much và many. 2. Từ chỉ số lượng dùng trước tính từ so sánh hơn để nhấn mạnh S + V + much a lot far a little a bit... + so sánh hơn + than + ... + She is much more hardworking than me. 3. Cấu trúc bắt đầu bằng Of the two Of the two + N (số nhiều), S + V + the + so sánh hơn + Of the two sisters, Mary is the prettier. 4. Người ta dùng that thay cho danh từ số ít và those” thay cho danh từ số nhiều. + The population of China is much larger than that of any countries in the world. + The prices of Japanese cars are higher than those of Chinese ones. VI. Trật tự tính từ: OSASCOMP Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose B. BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets. 1. He is (clever) ……………………. student in my group. 2. She can’t stay (long) …………………….than 30 minutes. 3. It’s (good) ……………………. holiday I’ve had. 4. Well, the place looks (clean) …………
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A LÍ THUYẾT
I So sánh ngang bằng (Equality)
1 Với tính từ và trạng từ
a Thể khẳng định
S + V + as + adj/adv + as +
+ She is as tall as Huong
b Thể phủ định
S + V + not + as/so + adj/adv + as +
+ This exercise is not as/so difficult as I think (it is)
2 Với danh từ
a Với danh từ số nhiều
S + V + as many/ few + N (số nhiều) + as +
+ I have as many exercises as my brother does
b Với danh từ không đếm được
S + V + as much/little + N (không đếm được) + as +
+ My brother has as little time to play football as I do
II So sánh hơn (Comparative)
1 Tính từ/trạng từ ngắn và tính từ/trạng từ dài
a Tính từ/trạng từ ngắn là những tính từ/trạng từ:
+ có một âm tiết
Ví dụ: Big (to), small (nhỏ), hot (nóng), cold (lạnh), thin (gầy), fat (béo),
+ có hai âm tiết tận cùng là một trong năm đuôi sau:
- y: happy (hạnh phúc), easy (dễ dàng), early (sớm), heavy (nặng), lazy (lười biếng)
- er: clever (thông minh, lanh lợi)
- le: single (độc thân), simple (đơn giản)
- ow: narrow (hẹp)
- et: quiet (yên tĩnh)
Lưu ý: Những tính từ/ trạng từ hai âm tiết tận cùng là đuôi -y chỉ được coi là tính từ/ trạng từ ngắn khi bản
thân nó có đuôi -y
Ví dụ:
lovely (đáng yêu) là tính từ dài vì nó được cấu tạo bởi love + ly = lovely
quickly (nhanh) là trạng từ dài vì nó được cấu tạo bởi quick + ly = quickly
b Tính từ/ trạng từ dài là những tính từ/ trạng từ có từ hai âm tiết trở lên nhưng không phải một trong năm đuôi kể trên.
Ví dụ: Beautiful (xinh đẹp), handsome (đẹp trai), intelligent (thông minh), hard-working (chăm chỉ)
2 So sánh hơn với tính từ/ trạng từ ngắn và dài
a So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ ngắn
S + V + adj/ adv + er + than +
+ He learns harder than his elder brother does
Lưu ý:
+ Những tính từ hai âm tiết, kết thúc bằng chữ "y" thì bỏ “y” thêm "ier" trong so sánh hơn và "iest" trong
so sánh hơn nhất
+ Những tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng một phụ âm mà trước nó là một nguyên âm thì ta gấp đôi phụ âm rồi thêm "-er" trong so sánh hơn và "est" trong so sánh hơn nhất
Ví dụ: Big bigger biggest
b So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ dài
S + V + more + adj/ adv + than +
+ Huong dances more beautifully than other competitors
3 So sánh hơn với danh từ
S + V + more + N + than +
Ví dụ:
Trang 2+ She has more money than me (Cô ấy có nhiều tiền hơn tôi.)
III So sánh nhất (Superlative)
1 Với tính từ và trạng từ ngắn
S + V + the + adj/ adv + est + (N)+
+ My mother gets up the earliest in my family
2 Với tính từ và trạng từ dài
S + V + the + most + adj/adv + (N) +
+ My mother is the most beautiful (woman) in the world
3 Với danh từ
S + V + the + most + N +
+ He is a billionaire He has the most money
Lưu ý: Có một số tính từ và trạng từ không theo quy tắc trên
Farther (xa hơn về địa lí) Further (sâu xa hơn, kĩ lưỡng
hơn, chi tiết hơn, suy rộng hơn) hoặc (hơn nữa, thêm vào đó) the farthest/ furthest
Older (cao hơn về tuổi) Elder (cao hơn về thứ bậc)
the oldest the eldest
IV So sánh kép (Double comparative)
1 So sánh luỹ tiến (càng ngày càng)
2. a Với tính từ ngắn
Adj + er + and + adj + er
+ The summer is coming It gets hotter and hotter
b Với tính từ dài
more/less and more/less + adj
+ She is more and more attractive (Cô ấy càng ngày càng hấp dẫn.)
c Với danh từ
more and more + N
+ There are more and more people moving to big cities to look for jobs
3 So sánh đồng tiến (càng càng)
the + (so sánh hơn) comparative adj / adv+ S +V, the (so sánh hơn) comparative adj / adv + S + V
+ The more difficult the exercise is, the more interesting it is
+ The more I know him, the less I like him
Lưu ý: Trong câu so sánh kép, nếu Object là một danh từ thì ta đặt danh từ ấy ngay sau tính từ so sánh.
+ The more English vocabulary we know, the better we speak
Lưu ý: Một số tính từ/ trạng từ không dùng ở dạng so sánh vì bản thân chúng đã mang tính tuyệt đối:
Complete (hoàn toàn), favorite (yêu thích), ideal (lí tưởng), unique (duy nhất), excellent (xuất sắc), full (đầy), empty (rỗng), perfect (hoàn hảo), right (đúng), really (thật sự), extreme (cực độ, tột bậc), supreme (thượng hạng), absolute (tuyệt đối),
V Một số công thức khác
1 So sánh gấp nhiều lần (multiple numbers comparison)
S + V + multiple numbers * +as + much/ many/ adj/ adv + (N) +as + N/pronoun
* Là những số như half/ twice/ 3, 4, 5 time; Phân số; Phần trăm
+ She types twice as fast as I do
+ In many contries in the world with the same job, women only get 40 - 50% as much as salary as men
Lưu ý: Khi dùng so sánh loại này phải xác định rõ danh từ đó là đếm được hay không đếm được vì đằng
Trang 3trước chúng có much và many.
2 Từ chỉ số lượng dùng trước tính từ so sánh hơn để nhấn mạnh
S + V + much/ a lot/ far/ a little/ a bit + so sánh hơn + than +
+ She is much more hard-working than me
3 Cấu trúc bắt đầu bằng "Of the two"
Of the two + N (số nhiều), S + V + the + so sánh hơn + Of the two sisters, Mary is the prettier
4 Người ta dùng "that" thay cho danh từ số ít và "those” thay cho danh từ số nhiều.
+ The population of China is much larger than that of any countries in the world
+ The prices of Japanese cars are higher than those of Chinese ones
VI Trật tự tính từ:
OSASCOMP Opinion - Size -Age - Shape - Color - Origin - Material - Purpose
B BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG
Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1 He is (clever) ……… student in my group
2 She can’t stay (long) ……….than 30 minutes
3 It’s (good) ……… holiday I’ve had
4 Well, the place looks (clean) ……….now
5 The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) ……… than the white one
6 I’ll try to finish the job (quick).………
7 Being a firefighter is (dangerous) ……… than being a builder
8 Lan sings (sweet ) ……… than Hoa
9 This is (exciting) ……… film I’ve ever seen
10 He runs (fast )……….of all
11 My Tam is one of (popular) ……… singers in my country
12 Which planet is (close) ……… to the Sun?
13 Carol sings as (beautiful) ……….as Mary, but Cindy sings the (beautiful)
………
14 The weather this summer is even (hot) ……… than last summer
15 Your accent is ( bad ) ……… than mine
16 They've made these chocolate bars ……… (small)
17 Sport is more ……… (interesting) than politics
Exercise 2: Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same.
1 No one in my class is taller than Peter
Peter
2 According to me, English is easier than Maths
According to me, Maths
3 No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary
Mary
4 No river in the world is longer than the Nile
The Nile
5 Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world
No mountain
6 This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl
She is
7 He works much He feels tired
The more
8 This computer works better than that one
That computer
9 The apartment is big The rent is high
Trang 4The bigger
10.We set off soon We will arrive soon
The sooner
11.The joke is good The laughter is loud
The better
12.She gets fat She feels tired
The fatter
13.As he gets older, he wants to travel less
The older
14.The children are excited with the difficult games
The more
15.I meet him much I hate him much
The more
16.My boss works better when he is pressed for time
The less
17.If you read many books, you will have much knowledge
The more
18.He speaks too much and people feel bored
The more
19.The growth in the economy makes people's living condition better
The more
20.People learn a lot of things as they travel far
The farther
21.Her old house is bigger than her new one
Her new house
22.I can't cook as well as my mother
My mother can cook
23.The black dress is more expensive than the white one
The white dress
24.There isn't anybody as kind-hearted as your mother
Your mother is
25.The black car is cheaper than the red car
The red car
26.This film is more interesting than that one
That film is
27.This is the most interesting film of all
No other films are
28.No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones
Japanese cars
29.Other oceans in the world aren't as large as the Pacific one
The Pacific Ocean is
30.No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this
This hotel is the
Exercise 3: Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same.
1 Her old house is bigger than her new one
=> Her new house………
2 No one in my class is taller than Peter
=> Peter ………
3 The black dress is more expensive than the white one
=> The white dress ………
4 According to me, English is easier than Maths
=> According to me, Maths ………
5 No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary
=> Mary ………
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=> The Nile ………
7 Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world
=> No mountain ………
8 This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl
=> She is ………
9 He works much He feels tired
=> The more ………
10 This computer works better than that one
=> That computer ………
11 The apartment is big The rent is high
=> The bigger ………
12 We set off soon We will arrive soon
=> The sooner ………
Exercise 4: Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same.
Question 1: I usually get up earlier than my wife.
=> My wife .
Question 2: Few books are more popular than Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield’.
=> Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield’ .
Question 3: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
=> No mountain _.
Question 4: The children are excited with the difficult games.
=> The more .
Question 5: The salary of my sister is 3 million dong The salary of my brother is 6 million dong.
=> The salary of my brother .
Question 6: The growth in the economy makes people's living condition better.
=> The more .
Question 7: Shakespeare is the most famous of all writers in England.
=> No other writers _.
=> Shakespeare
Question 8: This computer works better than that one.
=> That computer _.
Question 9: Sarah's smartphone is very similar to her father's smartphone.
=> Sarah's smart phone _.
Question 10: This is the most delicious cake I've ever tasted.
=> I've never .
Question 11: Gmail accounts are generally better than other email services.
=> Other email services .
Question 12: The Italian restaurant is cheaper than the Japanese restaurant.
=> The Italian restaurant costs .
Question 13: Her old house is bigger than her new one.
=> Her new house _.
Question 14: The course wasn't as easy as I'd expected.
=> The course .
Question 15: People say there is no other castles as luxurious as this one in Europe.
=> People say that this is
Question 16: It is the most beautiful painting I've ever seen
=> I have never seen .
Question 17: Playing video games is not as good as exercising.
=> Exercising
Question 18: We have much knowledge We become wise.
=> The more .
Question 19: There is no better teacher in this school than Mr John.
=> Mr John .
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=> The more .
Question 21: I have never had a more embarrassing experience than this.
=> This .
Question 22: No one plays football as well as Ronaldo.
=> Ronaldo .
Question 23: If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
=> The more .
Question 24: I think that history books are more interesting than novels.
=> I think that novels _
Question 25: This flower is the most beautiful one in this garden.
=> This flower .
=> No other flowers in this garden .
Question 26: I've never met any more dependable person than George.
=> George .
Question 27: That writer wrote many stories She became famous.
=> The more _
Question 28: As he has much money, he wants to spend much.
=> The more _.
Question 29: Daisy writes slowly She makes few mistakes.
=> The
Exercise 5: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
Question 1: Which is _(high) building in the world?
Question 2: Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby Bungee jumping is _ (dangerous) than
skateboarding
Question 3: I have three sisters: Jan is (old) and Angela is _(young).
Question 4: Who has been _(bad) singer of the group?
Question 5: This car is certainly better, but it's much _(expensive).
Question 6: We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even _ (small) than ours Question 7: This factory produced twice as (many) _motorbikes in 2014 as in the year 2012 Question 8: She is one of _(polite) people I have ever met.
Question 9: People say that Chinese is _(difficult) to learn than English.
Question 10: She is _(beautiful) girl I have ever met.
Question 11: Our hotel was _(cheap) than all the others in the town.
Question 12: Potential dehydration is often (great) _hazard that a land animal faces.
Question 13: In the last holiday I read a good book, but my father gave me an even _(good) one
last weekend
Question 14: I bought _(cheap) shirt of the shop.
Question 15: School is boring, but homework is much _(boring).
Question 16: A park bench is comfortable, a restaurant chair is _(comfortable), but a sofa
is _(comfortable)
Question 17: Yesterday John told me a funny joke This was _(funny) joke I've ever heard.
Question 18: Here is Emily She's six years old Her brother is nine, so he is _(old).
Question 19: My sister was _(small) girl in her classroom.
Question 20: This museum has got _(large) collection of antique objects in the world
Question 21: Kava dances _(gracefully) of all the participants.
Question 22: The curriculum at the public school is as good as or (good) _than that of any private
school
Question 23: He visits his family _(frequently) than he used to.
Question 24: In the UK, the streets are generally _(narrow) than in the USA.
Question 25: People in Africa are _(poor) in the world.
Question 26: They are beautiful girls but I think Susie is _(lovely) of the two.
Question 27: Valencia played _(bad) than Real Madrid yesterday.
Question 28: Nowadays (many) _people are unemployed.
Trang 7Question 29: (hard) _you study for these exams, (good) _marks you will get.
Question 30: Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become
_and _(good)
Question 31: It gets _and _(difficult) to understand what the professor is explaining.
Question 32: (much) _he drank, (violent) _he became.
Question 33: Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most, (rich) _he becomes,
(happy) _he is
Question 34: I can't stand this weather It's getting _and _(hot).
Question 35: The bigger the supermarket is, the (wide) _the choice is.
Question 36: Eating and traveling in this city are getting _(expensive).
Question 37: Why don't you buy bananas when they are (little expensive) _than apples?
Question 38: Marine reptiles are among the few creatures that are known to have a possible life span
(great) _than that of man
Question 39: This one is prettier, but it costs three times (much) _as the other one.
Question 40: The (much) _we learn, the (much) we forget _.
Exercise 6 Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1.Everest is the (high)……… mountain in the world
2.Hoa is the (short) ………girl in our class
3.The Amazon River is the (deep)……… river in the world
4.The Summer is the (hot)……… season in a year
5.The Great Wall is the (long) ……….structure in the world
6.Lan is the (happy)……… student in my class
7.Our parents are the (good)……… people
8.This girl is the (thin)……… in her class
9.The winter is the (cold)……… season in a year
10.He is (clever) ……… student in my group
11.The palace Hotel was ………(expensive) than the Grosvenor
12.John is a ………(good) gardener than Stuart
13.They are not going to the ……… (bad) hotel
14.The palace is the ……… (expensive) hotel
15.John is the ……… (good) gardener
16.These are the ……… (beautiful) colours
17.This is the (interesting) ………book I have ever read
18.Who is the (rich) ……….woman on earth?
19.He was the (clever) ……….thief of all
20.New York is the (large) ……… city of the United States
Exercise 7 Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1 My sister is (good) looking than I am
2 A book is (wonderful) than a comic
3 Nina walks (slowly) than her father
4 She is (happy) than I am
5 This bike is (cheap) than mine
6 This house is much (comfortable) than that one
7 A dog is ( heavy) than a cat
8 My pencil is (long) than yours
9 New teacher is ( nice) than old one
10 Ho Chi Minh is (large) than Bien Hoa
Exercise 8 Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1 Can't you think of anything _(intelligent) to say?
2 Well, the place looks _(clean) now
3 Janet looks _(thin) than she did
4 You need to draw it _(carefully)
5 The weather is getting (bad)
6 The programme will be shown at a _ (late) date
Trang 87 I can't stay _(long) than half an hour
8 A mobile phone would be a (useful) present
9 I'll try to finish the job _ (soon)
10 It was (busy) than usual in town today
11 I'll be even (annoyed) if you do that again
12 Since the break-in I feel (nervous)
13.Rivers are (big)……… … than lakes
14.The Mekong river is (long)……… …… than the Red river
15.My mother is (old) ……… ….than my teacher
16.Nga and Lan are (short)……… ……… than Minh
17.My mother is (young)……….………… than my father
18.Ha Noi is (small)……….than Ho Chi Minh city
19.This boy is (tall)……….…… than that boy
20.A dictionary is (thick)……….………… than a notebook
Exercise 9: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1 Peter is the student in my class
2 The deep oceans contain some of the of all living creatures
3 Jane is not her brother
A more intelligent as B intelligent as C so intelligent as D so intelligent that
4 He drives as his father does
A careful as B more carefully C the most careful D carefully as
5 What’s the film you’ve ever seen?
6 Jane is age as Mary
7 I’ll be there I can
8 Hotels have developed restaurants
A as rapidly as B so rapidly that C as rapid as D as rapid than
9 Commercial centres are they were many years ago
A as popular than B the most popular C more popular than D most popular than
10 Computer are considered as tools today
A much modern than B the most morden C modern as D more modern
11 A supermarket is a shopping centre
A less convenient as B no so convenient than C less convenient than D the most convenient as
12 Viet Nam becomes to foreign tourist
A most and most attactive B the more attractive
C much and more attractive D more and more attractive
13 Can Tho is from Saigon than Bien Hoa is
14 bao Yen sings than this singer
15 Of all the ball-point pens, which one do you like
16 The we start, the sooner we will be back
17 The sooner, the
18 The harder this farmer works, he becomes
19 My father is as yours
Trang 9A old B as old C older D so old
20 HCM City is than Hanoi
21 My new glasses cost me the last pair that I bought
22 Although she is very popular, she is not her sister
23 We are going to Florida as soon as taking our fainal exams
A we’re finish B we’ll finish C we’d finish D we finish
24 This new soap is not much the others that I have tried
A different B different than C different from D different that
25 Ms Jones isn’t as nice Mr Smith
26 The rooms is Graduate Towers are Patterson Hall
A larger than B larger than those in C larger than that of D larger than in
27 We’ll be better as soon as we a babysister for our son
28 The final will be the midterm
29 They are my other neighbors
A are friendlier than B friendly than C friendlier as D more friendly than
30 The lab is from the bus stop than the library
Exercise 10: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1 The more ideas you have, _ you will develop
A the projects more B the more projects C projects more D more projects
2 _ Elton John became, the more difficult it was for him to avoid reporters
A The most famous B The more famous C The more famously D More famous
3 _ are becoming fed up with the corruption in government
4 In many countries in the world with the same job, women only get _ as men
5 The more carefully you plan, _ the result will be
A better B the more well C better and better D the better
6 The more flowers you grow, _ your garden will be
A more pretty B the more pretty C the prettier D prettier
7 It’s becoming _ to find a job
8 Many teenagers like facebooking _ doing sport
9 The more forests we cut down, _ the Earth becomes
A the hotter B the hottest C the most hotly D the hoter
10 The harder you work, _ you will obtain results
A the more rapidly B more rapidly than C the more rapid D the most rapidly
11 It gets _ when the winter is coming
12 The cuisine of France is _
A more famous than that of England B famous than the cuisine of England
Trang 10C more famous than which of England D as famous than that of England
13 The more money he makes, _ things he buys
14 She doesn't really like vodka, so the _ a bottle you find, the _ it will be for us!
A smaller /cheap B smaller / cheaper C small / cheaper D smaller / good
15 His computer can download files _ their computer does
A as faster as B as fastly as C as much fast as D as fast as
16 The larger the apartment is, the _ its price is
17 He becomes _ interested in politics
18 The ‘Silver Arrow’ will be _ in the world when it is built
A train faster than B the train fastest C the fastest train D faster train than
19 Her motor is _ mine
A as big as twice B as two time big as C twice as big as D as twice big as
20 The more educated women are, _ they marry
21 This yoghurt _ the one I bought yesterday
A does not taste as better as B does not taste as good as
C does not taste better as D does not taste good as
22 In the UK, the streets are _ than in the USA
A more narrow generally B generally more narrow
23 The team _ it was five years ago
A is still as best as B is still as good as C is as still best as D is as still good as
24 The older he gets, _ friends he has
25 The more active you are, _ you will have
A less cardiovascular problems B the less cardiovascular problems
C more cardiovascular problems D the fewer cardiovascular problems
26 She plays the piano _ as her sister does
A as beautifully B more beautifully C as beautiful D the most beautifully
27 The streets are getting more and _ these days
28 She has _ than most people
29 You must explain your problems _
A as clear as you can B as clearly as you can
C as clear than you are D as clearly as you are
30 The bicycle costs _ the other one
A three times as much as B third as much as
31 The richer you are, _
A you may become more worried B you more worried may become
C the more worried you may become D the more worry you may become
32 Is the North Sea _ than the Mediterranean Sea?
33 Of the three courses I did, this one is _ interesting
A the hardest and moreB harder but more
34 December is _ month of the year in my country
A coldest than B the coldest C the colder D colder than