Tính từ/ trạng từ dài: tính từ có từ 2 âm tiết trở lên, ngoại trừ những từ đã được xếp vào tính từ ngắn. So sánh bằng: Với tính từ/ trạng từ: S + V + as + adj/adv +as + Object/ Noun/ Pronoun. Với danh từ: S + V + as + many/ much/ little/ few + Noun + as + Noun/ Pronoun hoặc S + V + the same + Noun + as + Noun/ Pronoun.
Trang 1CHỦ ĐIỂM 2- TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ- CÁC CẤP SO SÁNH
I TÍNH TỪ
Task 1: Order scrambled words (sắp xếp các từ theo trật tự đúng)
1 Hair/ brown/ long
2 Square/big/box/a
3 little/cute/Vietnamese/a/boy
4 a/ thin/man/friendly/young
5 Teacher/funny/our/maths
6 Beautiful/old/a/city/Japanese
Task 2: Mark sentences T (true) or F (false) (đánh dấu câu đúng hay sai)
1 Linda is too honest She always tells the truth
2 The little kid is so thin that she always wears XS clothes
3 I like her very much because she’s kind to people
4 It is too untidy of him that his mother is often angry with him
5 Her niece is enough fast to win the race
6 Mr Thompson is a very good husband
7 I’m waiting to see my new pen-friend She’s got short dark hair and her smile is too attractive
8 Nobody wants to see him again because he is very rude
Task 3: Choose a correct answer for each sentence below (Chọn một đáp án chính xác cho mỗi câu sau)
1 He often wears ……….to meetings
a a cotton white shirt
b a white cotton shirt
c white cotton a shirt
2 There is ……… in front of the shop
a a tall green tree
b a tree tall green
c a green tall tree
3 It’s………
a an old fishing village
b an old village fishing
c a fishing old village
4 There’s a ……… house at the end of the street
a new triangle brick
b brick new triangle
c triangle new brick
5 Danny is a ………
a English hard-working student
b hard-working English student
c student hard-working English
6 There is ………on the right wall
a a famous oil painting
b a famous painting oil
c an oil famous painting
7 Her second daughter is ………
a a fat lovely baby girl
b a lovely fat baby girl
c a fat baby lovely girl
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Task 1 Choose the correct words
Task 2 Are the underlined words right or wrong? Correct it if necessary
III So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ ngắn
Task 1: Write the comparative form of the adjectives/adverbs in brackets:
(Cho dạng so sánh hơn của các tính từ/trạng từ trong ngoặc)
1) Living in small towns are usually ……… than in big cities (quiet)
2) You should eat ……… if you want to lose weight, Laura (little)
3) My sister has got ……… free time than I do (much)
4) How can you run much ……… than me, Samuel? (fast)
5) Sam plays badminton ……… than I do (badly)
6) Today Ben got up ……… than I expected (early)
7) Tim practices basketball much ……… than other team members (hard)
8) Yoga is a lot ……… than Karate (easy)
Task 2: The words in bold in each sentence are wrong Write the correct word
(Các từ in đậm trong mỗi câu dưới đây bị sai, hãy sửa lại cho đúng)
1) I have a less healthier diet than Becky does
2) Harry trained hard than all of us
3) You shouldn’t eat a lot of fast food Home-cooked meals are of course healthy than KFC or McDonalds 4) Girls usually grow up fast than boys
5) Living in Singapore is a lot green than in Hanoi
6) I am a good player, but Alex is gooder than me
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8) I think I am getting fat each day – maybe I should go on a diet
Task 3: Complete the following list of health tips for teenagers, using “less”/ “more”:
(Hoàn thành những lời khuyên về sức khoẻ dành cho thiếu niên dưới đây, sử dụng “less” hoặc “more”)
1) You should eat ……… fruits and vegetables
2) You should drink ……… water
3) You should eat ……… junk food
4) You should take in ……… vitamins and minerals
5) You should do ……… exercise
6) You should take in ……… calcium from milk and other dairy products
7) You should drink ……… sugary drinks and soft drinks
8) You should eat ……… fresh food
IV So sánh hơn với tính từ và trạng từ dài
Task 1: Choose the appropriate answer to fill in the blank Notice the difference between long and short adjectives/adverbs:
(Chọn đáp án phù hợp để điền vào chỗ trống, lưu ý sự khác biệt giữa tính từ/trạng từ ngắn và tính từ/trạng
từ dài)
1 Earthquakes happen _(often) in Japan than in Vietnam
A more often
B oftener
2 People say that that summer in 2016 will be _(hot) than it was in the past ten years
A hotter
B more hot
3 Look! Outside it’s snowing even (heavily) than before
A heavilier
B more heavily
4 Famine is (common) in third-world countries than it is in richer countries
A more common
B commoner
5 Tornadoes are _(damaging) than hurricanes
A damaginger
B more damaging
6 Dr Merryl believes that deforestation is _(likely) to cause greenhouse effect than burning fossil fuels such as gas or coal
A more likely
B likelier
Task 2: The words in bold in each sentence are wrong Write the correct word
(Các từ in đậm trong mỗi câu dưới đây bị sai, hãy sửa lại cho đúng)
1 Because of the typhoon, it rains more heavy than usual
2 It is believed that the ice in Antarctica is melting more faster due to global warming
3 A flood can be damaging than we thought it would be: it can block traffic and cause accidents
4 Today seems to be more cloudy than yesterday
5 Cars are popular in cities than it is in rural areas, so pollution is also commoner
Task 3: Rewrite the comparative sentences, using the correct forms of adjectives or adverbs
(Viết lại các câu so sánh sau, sử dụng đúng dạng tính từ hoặc trạng từ)
1 Volcanoes in Hawaii are less active than in Japan
Volcanoes in Japan are than in Hawaii (active)
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Human activity is _ to cause avalanches than heavy snowfall (likely)
3 Some people think that planting more trees is more effective against flooding than upgrading the
drainage system
Upgrading the drainage system is believed to be _ against flooding than planting more trees (effective)
4 This is the most dangerous storm we have experienced so far
This storm is much _ compared to the ones before (dangerous)
5 Electric cars are less expensive and friendlier to the environment than regular cars
Regular cars are _ and _ than electric cars
V So sánh ngang bằng
Task 1: Complete the following sentences, using equal comparative(Hoàn thành các câu sau, sử dụng phương pháp so sánh ngang bằng)
1 The North Pole is not _the South Pole.(cold)
2 In Sahara desert, it is actually not it is during the day.(hot)
3 Tokyo is almost has the _ population density _ as Bangkok
4 The Asia continent’s climate is _ Europe’s (diverse)
5 The Northern Hemisphere’s weather condition is the Southern Hemisphere (not the same)
Nightlife in Tokyo is _and _ Seoul.(exciting; lively)Task 2: Decide whether the words in bold are in their correct form If they’re not, correct them
1 The scenery in China is just as
beautiful than Japan’s
2 Wildlife in deserts is not as diverse as
wildlife in rainforests
3 The distance from where we are to the
North Pole is different from the
distance from where we are to the
south pole
4 I have never seen anyone acting as
terrible as the people here They are
so rude
5 It rains a lot in London, so the
countryside here is the same green as
Greece
6 Judy is just as excited about moving to
Europe than Jane The atmosphere
there is so different to their current
place
Task 3: Choose one appropriate word from the list and fill it in the blank to complete the sentences
(Chọn một từ thích hợp từ các từ đã cho để điền vào chỗ trống)
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1 Vietnam’s weather isn’t much _ from Thailand’s – both have similar climates
2 The Great Lakes of North America is so vast It is almost the same as the United Kingdom
3 Lake Michigan is just as _ as Lake Ontario
4 For Johnny, lying on the beach is not as as walking in the mountains
5 Regina thinks life in the countryside is not as life in the city She thinks just as you
6 In Europe you can travel as as going from the north of Vietnam to the south
VI SUPERLATIVE COMPARISON- SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT
Task 1 Decide whether the underlined words are correct or not If they are correct, put a tick (✓) If they are not, write the correct answer
1 You’re the happiest person I’ve ever known
2 Which is the quicker way to get to your school?
3 The baddest month to travel through Vietnam is August
4 Who runs the most fast in your athletics club?
5 Tom lives the furthest away from school
6 Travelling by bike is considered to be the most healthy
Task 2 Complete using the correct form of the words in the box
1 Which journey do you think was _?
2 Who came to class this morning?
3 Who is cyclist in the world?
4 Travelling by plane costs travelers _
5 Traffic jam occurs at rush hour
6 Which is thing you shouldn’t do when you are driving a car?
Task 3 Complete the sentences Use a superlative (-est or most) a preposition (if necessary)
1 This room is very comfortable It’s the hotel
2 Pete always drives carefully He drives _all the drivers
3 The journey through the Channel Tunnel is very exciting It is _journey he has ever had
4 Monday is a very busy day for me It’s the week
5 Travelling by bus costs me very little It costs me all public transports
6 Learning to ride a horse is difficult It is _ thing I’ve ever done
VII DOUBLE COMPARISON-SO SÁNH KÉP
Task 1 Decide whether the underlined words are correct or not If they are correct, put a tick (✓) If they are not, write the correct answer
1 The weather is getting more and more hot
2 The situation is getting more and more serious
3 The younger you are, more quickly you learn
4 Humans concern more and more about the earth
5 The earlier you leave, the more quiet the streets are
6 Environmentalists spend much and more time searching for new
old often comfortable bad much early
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Task 2 Complete the sentences, using double comparative form of the word in bracket
1 It becomes _to find out renewable energy sources (difficult)
2 Global warming may make the winter ( cold)
3 What is causing the floods to occur _?(often)
4 There are _sources of renewable energy (few)
5 Acid rain has become a _threat to biodiversity in lakes.(serious)
6 There are _species becoming endangered (many)
Task 3 Complete each sentence using the information in brackets and the structure with two comparatives
1 (The choice is wide) The bigger the supermarket is, _
2 (The air becomes pure.) The more trees we plant, _
3 (The ocean gets contaminated) The less nuclear waste is dumped into the
ocean,
4 (The beaches get crowded) The better the weather is, _
5 (You can speak English fluently) The more you practice,
6 (Few wild animals are in danger) The sooner deforestation is stopped, _