Comparative and superlative english 9

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Comparative and superlative English 9

I Complete the sentences uing as as

1 I'm quite tall but you are taller

I'm not as tall as you

2 My salary is high, but yours is higher

My salary isn't

3 You know a bit about cars, but I know more

You don't

4 It's still cold, but it was colder yesterday

It isn't

5 I still feel quite tired I felt, but a lot more tired yesterday

I don't

6 Our neighbours have lived here for quite a long time, but we've lived

here longer

Our neighbours haven't

7 I was a bit nervous before the interview,but usually I'm a lot more

nervous

I wasn't

II Write a new sentence with the same meaning

1 Richard is younger than he looks

Richard isn't as old as he looks

2 I didn' spend as much money as you

You spent more money than me

3 The station was nearer than I thought

The station wasn't

4 The meal didn't cost as much as I expected

The meal cost

5 I go out less than I used to

I don't

6 Karen's hair isn't as long as it used to be.

Karen used to

7 I know them better tha you do

You don't

8 There are fewer people at this meeting than at the last one

There aren't

III Hoàn thành câu bằng dạng so sánh đúng của từ trong ngoặc:

1 Her daughter is her (beautiful)

2 Summer is season of the year (hot)

3 That dog isn't it looks (dangerous)

4 In the past, people were than today (polite)

5 It is today than it was yesterday (cold)

6 Our hotel was than all the others in the town (cheap)

7 What's river in the world (long)

8 It was an awful day It was day of my life (bad)

9 Everest is mountain in the world It is than any other mountain (high)

10 I prefer this chair to the other one It's (comfortable)

IV Viết lại các câu sau bắt đầu bằng từ cho trước sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.

1 This is the most delicious cake I've ever tasted

=> I've

2 I've never met any more dependable person than George

=> George is

3 There isn't anybody as kind-hearted as your mother

=> Your mother is

4 There is no better teacher in this school than Mr John

=> Mr John is

5 Have you got any bigger than that one?

=> Is this ?

II Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:

1 My house is bigger than your house

=> Your house is

2 The black car is cheaper than the red car

=> The red car _

3 This film is more interesting than that one

=> That film is _

4 My kitchen is smaller than yours

=> Your kitchen

5 My grandmother is older than every one in my family

=> My grandmother is the

6 No one in my class is as tall as Tam

=> Tam is the

7 I can't cook as well as my mother

=> My mother can cook

8 He does not play tennis as well as Jack

=> Jack can _

9 I did not spend as much money as you

=> You spent _

10 I don't think this book is expensive as it is

=> This book is

11 He is the tallest boy in his class

=> No one in _

12 This is the most interesting film of all

=> No other films are _

13 No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones

=> Japanese cars _

14 This exercise is easier than that one

=> That exercise is not _

15 He drives more carefully than Jack does

=> Jack _

16 No one in the group plays better than he

=> He can _

17 No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this.

=> This hotel is the _

18 Other oceans in the world aren't as large as the Pacific one

=> The Pacific Ocean is

V Complete the sentences below, using Comparative + and + comparative

1 The company expanded rapidly It grew (big) _ all the time

2 Cathy got (bored) in her job In the end, she left

3 My bag seemed to get (heavy) _ as I carried them

4 As I waited for my interview, I became (nervous) _

5 As the day went on, the weather got (bad) _

6 Healthcare is becoming (expensive) _

7 As the conversation went on, Tom became (talkative)

8 These days, (many) _ people are learning English

9 The company's share price went (high)

10 Life got (good) _for boss Bob Watt as the company became (successful)

11 Life in the modern world is becoming (complex)

12 When I get excited, my heart beats (fast) _

13 The little boy seemed to get (upset)

14 It's getting (difficult) to find a job

15 The noise got (loud) _ as we approached the house

VI Complete the sentences below, using the information in brackets.

1 The older you get, (You are understanding)

2 The younger you are, (you learn quickly)

3 The earlier we start, (it is good)

4 The bigger a supermarket is, (the choice is wide)

5 The more you learn, _ (you know a lot about the world)

6 The more we practice a language, _ (we can speak fluently)

7 The more he plays sport, (he looks healthy)

8 The higher the humidity is, (people feel uncomfortable)

Trường chuyên Vũng Tàu 2009 -2010

A Pronunciation (10 points)

I Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group.

3 A industry B translate C construction D satisfy

5 A advantage B addition C advertise D adventure

II Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.

1 A deposit B festival C institute D resident

2 A surprising B astonishing C amazing D interesting

3 A interview B industry C essential D difficult

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I Choose the best answers to completes each sentence

1 One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own needs

A separate B divided C individual D distinctive

2 I was in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone

A submerged B distracted C gripped D engrossed

3 If we hurry, we might get there to catch the early train

A right B in time C on time D before time

4 To get a passport, you must send in your birth and two photos

A certificate B licence C paper D card

5 She tries to set an hour a week for practice

6 stay the night if it’s too difficult to get home

A At all costs B By all means C In all D On the whole

7 Robert and his wife to my house for tea yesterday evening

A came round B came about C came down D came away

8 Each of the guests a bunch of flowers

A are given B is given C were given D give

9 To everyone’s surprise, Mr Brown at the Trade Union meeting

A turned in B turned over C turned up D turned round

10 Everyone burst out laughing There was a lot of

A laughs B laughter C laughings D laugh

11 Kathy was as pleased as when she heard she had passed the exam

A punch B a poppy C a sunflower D pound notes

12 I haven’t had an accident yet but I’ve had a number of shaves

13 All the of the dances went to charity

A results B proceeds C rewards D finances

14 Enough money has been raised to the hospital’s survival

15 Many students do jobs in hotels over the summer to earn money

16 They could find no _ of the missing car despite an extensive search

A clue B remnant C indication D trace

17 When they retired they bought a tiny in the country

18 It is too early in the to expect many visitors to the town

19 Is promoting public health as state concern ?

A necessary B necessary being C necessarily D of necessary

20 There are different kinds of music to your taste

II Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets

1 I (meet) John before I (be) a fortnight in Paris.

2 The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (go) out and they (sit) in the dark

3 What tune (play) when we (come) in?

4 She was badly hurt when her car hit another car If she (wear) her seat belt, she (not hurt) so badly

5 While he (learn) to drive he (have) twenty five accidents

6 When I (look) at my suitcase, I could see that somebody (try) to open it

III Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage

1 We go to the restaurant for whenever we ‘re tired of eating meat (vegetable)

2 Don’t worry I ‘ll be waiting for you at the to the pagoda (enter)

3 The old theater of our city is being enlarged and (modern)

4 Advertisements account for three fourths of the of the newspaper (come)

5 What is the of the adjective “solid” ( oppose)

6 should complain if they are not satisfied with the service they receive

(Consume)

7 are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rain-forest are being destroyed

(Conserve)

8 The athletes take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of (sport)

9 You can never be sure what he is going to do He is so (predict)

10 Our tomatoes are nicely; they’ll be ready to eat in about a week (ripe)

11 Look at this picture of Bill and his father, you can see the clearly, can’t you?

(like)

12 He said “Good morning” in a most way (friend)

13 It’s a lovely old house, I agree, but can we afford to it? (modern)

14 George and I have been friends since : he use to live next door (child)

15 In winter it is important for farmers to provide food and for their animals

(warm)

16 Pele Ronaldo to take part in 2002 World Cup (courage)

IV Arrange these sentences to make a complete passage.

a As they built bigger and bigger ships, they were able to sail further and further away

b They don’t really mean that the world is getting smaller, of course

c They found that as they sailed further away from their home countries, the world became bigger

d Then men began to use ships to explore the world

e Today there are no undiscovered countries left to put on the map, but there are many new worlds to discover out in space

f But 2,300 years ago the Egyptians and the Greek thought that the world was very small and flat that around it was the ocean

g We often hear people saying that the world is getting smaller

h So they had to make new maps to show the countries that they found

i And they discovered new countries that they didn’t know about

j What they mean is that with modern means of transport, we can now reach every part of the world very quickly

D WRITING

I Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them

1 My brother studies now harder than he used to

My brother

2 Please don’t ask me that question

I’d rather

3 I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City

I haven’t

4 John only understood very little what the teacher said

John could hardly

5 Tom will be twenty next week

It’s Tom’s

6 She is fond of her nephew although he behaves terribly

She is fond of her nephew in

7 He prefers reading books to watching TV

He would

8 He didn’t hurry, so he missed the bus

If

9 The train takes longer than the plane

The plane

2 He always has his nose in a book and never pays attention to what I say

didn't

3 Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child

Only

when

5 Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life

Martin's

poor

8 There were not nearly as many people there as I had expected

far