thì chọn THE+ SO SÁNH HƠN - Nếu chỗ trống là ở giữa câu, thì chọn SO SÁNH HƠN AND SO SÁNH HƠN Farther về khoảng cách The furthest The farthest The last về thứ tự Elder The oldest Th
Trang 1COMPARISION (SO SÁNH) 0,2
1 Kiến thức cơ bản:
THẾ NÀO LÀ TÍNH TỪ NGẮN,TÍNH TỪ DÀI (Ngắn ) : 1 âm tiết ( hot, cold ) hoặc 2 âm tân cùng là y, er, et, ow
(Dài ) : từ 2 âm trở lên
(âm tiết thì được tính bàng các chữ cái UEOAI có trong từ, ví dụ NICE là 1 âm tiết vì E cuối từ AUTO CÂM, và I là 1 chữ I nên là 1 âm tiết)
Dạng so sánh kép
1 So sánh đồng tiến (Càng…… Càng…….)
a The adj/adv (so sánh hơn)+ S+ tobe/V… , the adj/adv (so sánh hơn)+ S+ tobe/V…
b The MORE adj/adv + S+ tobe/V… , the MORE adj/adv + S+ tobe/V…
2 So sánh luỹ tiến (Càng ngày càng…)
a S+ tobe/V+ adj/adv+ ER+ and+ adj/ adv+ ER
b S+ tobe/ V+ more and more+ adj/adv…………
Tổng kết:
- Nếu chỗ trống là sau dấu phẩy hoặc trước dấu phẩy (đầu câu) và có THE…… thì chọn THE+ SO SÁNH
HƠN
- Nếu chỗ trống là ở giữa câu, thì chọn SO SÁNH HƠN AND SO SÁNH HƠN
Farther (về khoảng cách)
The furthest The farthest
The last (về thứ tự)
Elder
The oldest The eldest
More common
The commonest The most common
2 Luyện tập:
1 ……… a person gets, ……….the chance they will develop a disease that harms the brain
A So old - greater than B Too old - a lot greater
C The older - the greater D The oldest - the greatest
2 People are becoming……….aware of healthy eating, exercise, and relaxation, and want to
incorporate them into their daily lives
A hardly ever B rather than C more and more D much as
3 The more she practises, ……….she becomes
A the greater confidence B more confidently
Trang 2A the more you may become worried B the more worried you may become
C the more worry you may become D you may become more worried
6 Sound comes in waves, and the higher the frequency, ………
A higher is the pitch B the pitch is higher
C the higher the pitch D pitch is higher
7 The more you have tried to edit the article, ………
C the better it becomes D it has becomes better and better
8 Hubble’s law states that the greater the distance between any two galaxies, ……….is their relative speed of separation
A the greatest B the greater C greater than D as great as
9 The better the weather is, ………
A the beaches get the more crowded B the beaches get the most crowded
C the most crowded the beaches get D the more crowded the beaches get
10 The country is rapidly losing its workers as………
A people are emigrating more B more and more people are emigrating
C people emigrating are more and more D more emigrating people are
11 ……….you study for these exams, ……….you will do
A The harder - the better B The more - the much
C The hardest - the best D The more hard - the more good
12 The more waste paper we recycle, ………
A the least trees we preserve B the most trees we preserve
C the fewer trees we preserve D the more trees we preserve
13 New York is _ Seattle
A larger than B more large than C as larger than D more larger than
14 Our house is _ yours
A as big than B as bigger as C bigger than D more big than
15 City life is _ country life
A as busier as B busier than C more busier than D most busy as
16 Of the two, the round table is _
17 I feel _ better than I did yesterday
18 There is nothing _ travelling abroad
A more interesting than B more interesting as
C as interesting than D the most interesting than
19 He finds physics _ other science subjects
A far more difficult than B much difficulter than
C too more difficult than D more much difficult than
20 His car is _ mine
A more expensive and faster than B faster and more expensive than
C more faster and expensive than D more expensive than and faster than
Trang 3HOMEWORK: COMPARISIONS
1 The cuisine of France is _
A more famous than that of England B famous than the cuisine of England
C more famous than which of England D as famous than that of England
2 Russian is a _ language to learn than English is
3 He has _ his sister does
A as friends as B more friends as C many friends than D more friends than
4 There are _
A twice as much computers in our office as there was
B as twice many computers in our office as they were
C twice as many computers in our office than there used to be
D twice as many computers in our office as there used to be
5 Silver is not _ gold,
6 I think cow is _ of all animals
A most useful B less useful C the most useful D the more useful
7 The new machines use _ the old ones
A less water and electricity more than B less water and electricity than
C less water and electricity D as less water and electricity than
8 Try to do this test It is _ than the others
9 Summer is _ season of the year
A hottest B the hottest C the hotter D the more hottest
10 It is one of _ books I have ever had
C the most useful than D the most useful as
11 Of all athletes, Alex is _
A the less qualified B the less and less qualified
C the more qualified D the least qualified
12 Mary was _ of the two sisters
A the clever B as clever as C the cleverer D the cleverest
13 _ you get to the cinema, _ seat you have
A The sooner / the better B The soon / the good
C The soonest / the best D Sooner / Better
14 The picnic was _ I had expected
A more a hundred times fun than B a hundred times fun more than
C a hundred times more fun than D more fun than a hundred times
15 _ he drank, _ he became
A More / more violent B The most / the most violent
Trang 4A fast and fast B faster and faster
C the more and more fast D more and more fast
18 Her husband is _ she is
A ten years older than B as ten years old as
C older ten years than D so many ten years older
19 Rolls Royce is _ any other car
A much more expensive than B as much expensive than
C so much expensive as D very more expensive than
20 They are _ they used to be
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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
C More and less people D More and more people
4 In many countries in the world with the same job, women only get _ as men
A 40%-50% many salary B 40%-50% as much salary
C 40%-50% as many salary D 40%-50% much salary
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
A more than B much as C least than D so much as
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
C colder and colder D more and more cold
12 The cuisine of France is _
A more famous than that of England B famous than the cuisine of England
C 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
A less B fewer and fewer C less and less D as few as
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
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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
C narrower generally D generally narrower
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
A crowded B less crowded C more crowded D most crowded
28 She has _ than most people
29 You must explain your problems _
A as clear as you can B as clearly as you can
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 more B 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
35 The more I concentrate, _ my answers are
A the more accurate B the most accurate C more accurate D the accurater
36 Of the two films we watched yesterday Titanic is _
C better interesting D as interesting
37 His house is a bit _ than a hotel
C the most comfortable D comfortabler
38 Who is _ person in your country?
A powerfuler B most power C the most powerful D more powerful than
39 The more the sales assistant explains, _ I understand
40 _ you begin to learn a language, the easier it is
Trang 7A The younger B Younger C The youngest D Youngest
41 _, the more serious the problems become
A The more raining it is B The more it rains
42 There are _ choosing English as a major
C more and more students D few and few students
43 He spoke for over an hour and his explanation got _
A more and more complicated B complicated and complicated
C more complicated and more D more complicated
44 _ candidates there were, the more difficult the exam was
45 _ you walk, _ you will be
A Further / most exhausted B The farther / more exhausted
C The further / the most exhausted D The farther / the more exhausted
46 A quick look would reveal that France has twice _ computers
A as many televisions as B more televisions than
C as many as televisions D many as televisions as
47 Tet holiday is _ Vietnamese traditional festival that he's ever attended
C so interesting as D the more interesting
48 _ you prepare for the exam, the _ you will be
A The earlier / more successfully B The more early / the more successful
C The earliest / the most successful D The earlier / the more successful
49 He had an accident last year Now, he drives _ than before
A the most carefully B as carefully
50 _ you consume, the more exercise you need to do to burn them
1 The _ beard makes him look like his girlfriend’s father
2 She picked the _ flower up and poked it over her left ear
A red small beautiful B beautiful red small
C small beautiful red D beautiful small red
3 The _ car is six years old now, but it is in good shape and still has low mileage
A big Japanese black B Japanese big black
C big black Japanese D black big Japanese
4 Her _ attracted people’s attention when she walked in the hall
A long charming blonde B charming blonde long
C long blonde charming D charming long blonde
5 They moved to a _ house after many years living in a deprived house
Trang 87 We ate some _ apples that we had bought at the supermarket the night before
A delicious red American B American delicious red
C red American delicious D delicious American red
8 He bought a _ ring to ask for his girlfriend's hand in marriage
9 There is a _ bag at the corner of the room
A small black plastic B black small plastic
C plastic small black D plastic black small
10 He wanted to collect ancient things Luckily, he saw a(n) _ desk in the library
A old French writing B French old writing
C old writing French D writing French old
11 I want a(n) _ dress to wear to attend the party tonight
A green silk amazing B amazing silk green
C silk amazing green D amazing green silk
12 Anna is terribly careless She dropped the _ plate and it smashed
A old beautiful glass B beautiful old glass
C glass beautiful old D old glass beautiful
13 He is looking for a _ bag that matches with his outfit
14 She bought a _ lunchbox that she could carry lunch to work
15 The little boy is afraid of a _ dog of the next-door neighbor
16 He always buys some really _ cheese to make the kids happy
A French delicious round B round delicious French
C delicious round French D French round delicious
17 He, by himself, decorates his _ car to pick up his bride
A wonderful flower wedding B wedding wonderful flower
C flower wedding wonderful D flower wonderful wedding
18 He bought a _ suit when he went there for a business trip
A woolen fabulous British B British fabulous woolen
C fabulous woolen British D fabulous British woolen
19 She appeared with a(n) _ coat and the audience could not help laughing
20 When we came to her house, there was a(n) _ bag on the floor
A old untidy sleeping B untidy sleeping old
C sleeping untidy old D untidy old sleeping
21 In the kitchen is a _ table
A beautiful large round wooden B large beautiful wooden round
C wooden round large beautiful D round large wooden beautiful
22 I bought some _ glasses
A German lovely old B old lovely German
C lovely old German D German old lovely
Trang 923 I would visit the _ castle whenever I have a chance
A German castle spooky B spooky German ancient
C castle spooky German D spooky ancient German
24 She is a big fan of coffee She cannot focus without a(n) _ coffee
A hot black Italian B Italian black hot
C black Italian hot D Italian hot black
25 Although they stayed in a _ cottage but they lived happily
A cute little old B cute old little C old little cute D little old cute
26 He found a _ bowl in the unoccupied house
27 Anna brought a _ bag for the overnight picnic
A red small sleeping B small red sleeping
C sleeping small red D small sleeping red
28 That man was interested in a(n) _ painting in the museum exhibition
A interesting French old B old French interesting
C French old interesting D interesting old French
29 They dream of settling down in a(n) _ village and happily live with their wonderful children
A lovely little old B little old lovely C lovely old little D old little lovely
30 John has a _ cat which is too lazy to catch mice
A big black fat B fat big black C big fat black D black big fat
31 I saw him taking out something in a _ box
C small plastic yellow D plastic small yellow
32 We have to go home now Look at the _ clouds!
A frightening big black B frightening black big
C big black frightening D black big frightening
33 His parents promise that they will buy him _ clothes if he can swim
A French new diving B new diving French
C new French diving D diving new French
34 Despite giving birth to three children, Joana is such a _ lady
A beautiful tall young B beautiful young tall
C tall beautiful young D young tall beautiful
35 A _ car is going to be launched to the market this year
A modern Vietnamese racing B Vietnamese modern racing
C racing modern Vietnamese D Vietnamese racing modern
36 Jane really loves the _ jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present
37 He made a toy as a birthday gift to his daughter It is a _ house
A beautiful big pink B beautiful pink big
C pink beautiful big D big pink beautiful
38 She gave him a _ wallet as a souvenir when she returned from summer vacation
Trang 1040 He is one of the best-seller writers whose latest book is a(n) _ novel
A unhappy Japanese fiction B Japanese unhappy fiction
C fiction unhappy Japanese D unhappy fiction Japanese
41 He pretended to be dead when he recognized a(n) _ bear
A old black big B big old black C black old big D black big old
42 She looks so beautiful in that _ dress I wish she would be happy forever
A white silk wedding B silk wedding white
C silk white wedding D wedding silk white
43 This is a _ process We have to struggle with it for a long time
A time-consuming complex long B complex long time-consuming
C complex time-consuming long D long complex time-consuming
44 Every night, my mother tells _ stories before I go to sleep
A traditional short interesting B short traditional interesting
C interesting traditional short D short interesting traditional
45 We will never forget that _ trip in Korea
A training long memorable B memorable long training
C long training memorable D long memorable training