PHỤ ĐẠO 20

Tính từ ngắn là tính từ có một vần như : hot, cold, sad… và tính từ có hai vần tận cùng bằng – ow, -et, -y, er, -le như: narrow, quiet, happy, clever, gentle - Today is hotter than yeste

* Comparison (So Sánh )

1/So sánh b ằng

AS + Adj / Adv + AS  (…cũng như…)

- My book is as interesting as yours

- He is not as tall as his father (Nó không cao bằng ba nó.)

My house isn’t as high as his

2/ So sánh h ơn

short Adj-ER + THAN  tính từ ngắn

Tính từ ngắn là tính từ có một vần như : hot, cold, sad… và tính từ có hai vần tận cùng bằng –

ow, -et, -y, er, -le như: narrow, quiet, happy, clever, gentle

- Today is hotter than yesterday- This street is narrower than that one

MORE + long Adj + THAN  tính từ dài

- This chair is more comfortable than that one

3/ So sánh nh ấ t

the + short Adj-EST  tính từ ngắn.

- He is the oldest in his class

the MOST + long Adj  tính từ dài.

- His car is the most expensive.

Một số tính từ có hình thức so sánh riêng như :

Good better best

Bad worse worst

Little less least

Many/ much more most

Far farther/further farthest/ furthest

… MORE + Adv + THAN …  so sánh hơn của trạng từ, trừ các trạng từ có một

vần như :hard, fast, early, late

- He speaks English more fluently than she does.

- She drives more carefully than he does.

- He works harder than I do.

… the MOST + Adv  (so sánh nhất của trạng từ )

- Among his friends, he drives the most carefully.

- His car runs fastest.

Nhưng so sánh của : well better best

Và badly worse worst

I Write the correct comparative for these sentences.

1/John was shouting _ everybody else.(loud)

2/I walked _out of the station.(quickly)

3/I chose the food for the party _I normally do.(carefully) 4/Simon’s _Mark.(old)

5/Susan climbed _the rest of us.(fast)

6/I think Scotland is _England.(beautiful)

7/I waited _anybody else.(long)

8/The Mississipi’s _the Thames.(long)

9/I think I understand _the others.(much)

10/I think this shop is _that one.(good)

11/She gets up _everybody else in the house.(early)

12/She works all the others.(hard)

13/The weather here is _at home (cold)

14/I can’t understand : would you ask him tospeak _?

(clearly)

15/This film is _the one you wanted to see.(interesting) 16/Couldn’t you drive _ (careful)

17/Pat behaves _he used to.(bad)

18/This lesson is _the last one.(difficult)

19/Peter left _all the others.(late)

20/This hotel’s the other one.(comfortable)

21/His homework was _mine.(bad)

22/The restaurant is _the café.(expensive)

23/My brother’s _I am.(young)

24/I like this school because it’s _the other one.(big)

II.Complete the sentences with suitable comparisons.

1/The government acted than people had expected (generous) 2/The new machine works _as the old one does.(bad)

3/It was _driving I have ever seen.(good)

4/The weather isn’t _as I had expected.(bad)

5/His father is six times _as he is.(old)

6/This computer is nearly twice as the old one.(expensive) 7/Do you think they have acted _than you did.(stupid)

8/He doesn’t ski _as his sister.(good)

9/The Eiffel Tower is twice _as Notre Dame.(high)

10/People aren’t _ as they used to be.(thoughtful)

11/Peter sang _than all the others.(loud)

12/This typewriter is _than mine.(modern)

13/The holiday wasn’t as the one we had last year

(expensive)

III Supply the correct word form.

1/Instead of slowing down, she drove .(fast)

2/The of his wife was a great sorrow to him.(lose) 3/Toys are necessary for the mental of children (grow)

4/How many are there in the number 1999?(digital) 5/He did the test .(easy)

6/Violence is not the best to an argument.(solve) 7/She is a good typist She types fast and (accuracy)

8/He was introduced to a actor.(fame)

9/Televisions, computers and video cassette players are

devices (electron)

10/I’d like to get some _about new generations of

computers.(inform)

IV.Rewrite the following sentences with th words given:

1 She asked Peter ,”Have you seen that film ? “

- She asked _

2 He walked slowly because of his injured legs

-Because

3 I hadn’t known that girl until he told me

- Not until

4 He retired because of his illness

-Because _

5 I thanked the man This man had helped me

-I thanked

6.She recently went back to the town She was born in that town long ago

-She recently went back to the town wh-

7 My friend lent me this book

- I _

8 He asked me ,”Why didn’t you go to club yesterday?”

-He asked

10 They say that the price of gold is going up

-It _

11 The children were frightened by the big dog

- The big dog

12 Do you know the house ? The windows of it are painted green -Do you

13 They didn’t start their trip because of the bad weather

-Because _

14 My friend had excellent ideas He did a good job, too

-My friend not only _

15 I went to see the town I used to live in it

- I went to see the town in

16 Could you open the window, please?

-Would you mind

17 My teacher asked me ,” Why didn’t you go to school last

Monday ? “

- My teacher asked

18 The crops are late this year because the weather is cold

-Because of _

19 She said, “I don’t know what I’ll do.”

- She said

20 He didn’t go to school yesterday, so he didn’t understand the lesson

-If _

21 She never in life felt happy

-Never in life

V.Make the correct choice:

1 It is very kind you to help me

2 you fail your test, you won’t be able to drive

3 What is the reason your absence ?

4 We her a happy birthday

5 “Were you able to locate the person wallet you found?” –

6 I’m really proud my father

7 I to see you when I to Paris next time

a.will come / will get b.will come / get c.come / get

d.come / will get

8 progress is constantly opening up new horizons

a.scientist b.science c.scientific d.scientifically

9 The purpose of studying is to get more of things and people

10 Jane better take care The roads are very busy

11 I’ve got a few questions

asking you

12 You don’t need a miraculous memory to be a scientist

a.having b.have c.to have d.to be having

13 He couldn’t make the radio

14 Travelling by train is very

15 amount of money can buy true friendship

16 Better methods of refrigeration depend engineers

17 The guide walked so that most of the party couldn’t

d.lively

18 he had sold his house, his family moved to Dalat

19 The plane off when I arrived the airport this morning

20 While studying he was financially dependent his wife

21 the bad weather, the football match went ahead

22 If you to London tomorrow, telephone me first

23 There a lot of progress in applied science

been

24 She came in not to wake the baby

25.While he his homework, his mother came in and told him to

go with her a.was doingb.were doing c.is doing d.has been doing

26 By the time you receive this letter, I for Japan

a.will leave b.will have left c.have left d.would have left

27 our company has produced 15 documentary films

d.Since

28 No longer for that company

a.does he work b.does he works c.he works d.doesn’t he work

29 These cars made in Japan

30 I that if I were you

31 anybody finished the answers of the test ?

32 To be a scientist, you shoud have a about scientific subjects

a.curiosity b.knowledge c.discovery d.lecture

33 The tourists, many of are American, wish to visit the

d.them

34.Faraday went to work in a book-binder’s shop interested in books on science a.became b.and became c.and becoming

d.and he

35 Last night the fire broke out while everybody

36 to visit me, he brought his cousin with him

37 I think she as soon as she gets the news

38 Those who absent today must have a good excuse

39 Jane sent a letter to her university after she her scholarship check

a.receives b.has received c.had received d.would receive

40.It will take a long time to find out a thorough solution to the

d.discover

41 She was sitting in the garden a book

reading

42 He has succeeded easily, surprises us most

43 I came back home very tired

feeling

44 He sits for meditation two hours a day he can relax himself

45 Were you pleased with the translation?” – “Yes, the job was .”

satisfactorily

46 They have been playing football three o’clock

47 She some musical instruments when she was 6 years old

played

48 She learns English get a job in a foreign company

49 Children need to have a good .

d.information

50 Seldom such a beautiful sight

d.have I ever seen

VI There are five mistakes in the use of tenses in the following story Find and correct them:

While George was reading in bed, two thieves had climbed into his kitchen When they had

entered the house, they went into the dinning room It was very dark, so they had turned on a

torch Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them “What’s up? What’s up?”

someone had

called The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could

George had heard the noise and came down stairs quickly He turned on the light but he

couldn’t see any body The thieves already went But George’s parrot, Henry, was still there

“What’s up?” he called“nothing, Henry” George said and smiled “Go back to sleep”