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Bài tập phụ đạo 12 - Nguyễn Thị Thùy Bông - Trường THPT Cao Bá Quát *********************************************************** COMPARISON A. Match a half sentence from box A with a suitable half sentence from box B A B 1. The caravan was rolling 2. Prices go up and up. Everything gets 3. The queue was getting 4. The crowd are becoming 5. The country is rapidly losing its workers, as 6. The weather is terrible. It’s getting 7. Your French is improving. It’s getting a. longer and longer b. faster and faster down the hill c. more and more expensive d. better and better e. worse and worse f. more and more excited g. more and more people are emigrating B. Bob works very hard at his studies, but he’s worried that he’s making no progress. Complete his sentences using the structure: comparative + and + comparative 1. This subject gets ___________________________________________ (hard) all the time. 2. I’m just getting ___________________________________________ (confused). 3. It’s becoming _________________________________________ (difficult) for me to keep up. 4. The textbook just gets _________________________________________ (complicated). 5. I spend _____________________________________________ (much) time on my work. 6. My list of things to do gets ____________________________________________ (long) . 7. My problems are just getting __________________________________________ (bad). C. Complete each sentence using the structure: the + comparative, the + comparative with the information in brackets. 1. (The rent is high). The bigger a flat is, _______________________________. 2. (You learn quickly.) . The younger you are, ___________________________. 3. (The roads are quiet.) . The earlier you leave, ___________________________. 4. (The choice is wide.) . The bigger a supermarket is, ___________________________. 5. (I get confused.) . The more I try to work this out, __________________________. 6. (You can speak fluently.). The more you practise, _________________________. 7. (The beaches get crowded.) . The better the weather is, ____________________________. D. Complete the sentences with expressions from the list using : the , the more - more older - worse more - angrier warmer - more longer - more faster - more more - less more - more - less 1.___________________ he drove, _____________________ we laughed. 2. ___________________ I live in this town, ___________________ I like it. 3. ___________________ I get, ______________________ my memory becomes. 4. ___________________money he lost, __________________ he got. 5. ___________________ I learn, __________________ I forget and _________________ I know. 6. ___________________ I get to know you, ___________________ I understand you. 7. ____________________ clothes she buys, ___________________ clothes she wants to buy. 8. ______________________ it got, _______________________ time we spend on the beach. E. Give the correct forms of adjectives in comparison 1. Mary is (pretty) _______________________________as her sister. 2. Today English is (international)_____________________________of languages. 3. Bill is (good) _____________________________________than you thought. 4. Sam’s conduct is (bad)_____________________________________________ than Paul’s. 5. Charles is (hard-working) __________________________________than Tom. 6. Of all these workers, Tom works (efficiently)___________________________________. 7. The journey was three times (long)_______________________ we had expected. Bài tập phụ đạo 12 - Nguyễn Thị Thùy Bông - Trường THPT Cao Bá Quát *********************************************************** 8. The bigger the car, (fast) ____________________________________you can go. 9. Your son’s behaviour is (bad) ________________________________in the whole school. 10. Could you drive a bit (carefully)_________________________________? F. Rewrite the sentences, using the given words 1. The bus takes longer than the train. => The train………………………………………………………………… 2. I can’t cook as well as my mother does. => My mother………………………………………………………………… 3. Yoko’s flat is longer than mine. => My flat ………………………………………………………………………… 4. Tom speaks English more fluently than Bill. => Bill………………………………………………………………………… 5. Tom is the most intelligent in the class. => No one…………………………………………………………………… 6. No one in the group is younger than her. => She is……………………………………………………………………… 7. Lan is a better cook than Hoa => Hoa can’t …………………………………………………………………. 8. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges. => Apples are not 9. Sarah can swim further than I can. => I can’t swim 10. Mum doesn’t speak English as well as Dad. => Dad speaks G. Rewrite the sentences, using the given words 1. He does it better than I do (not so …. as) → 2. The film “Superman I” is enjoyable. “Superman II” is enjoyable, too. (as as) → 3. John is not as intelligent as Susan. (less… than ) → 4. This computer holds less information than that one. (not so …. as) → 5. She knows more about it than I do. (less … than) → 6. Oranges are usually more expensive than apples. (not as … as) → . tập phụ đạo 12 - Nguyễn Thị Thùy Bông - Trường THPT Cao Bá Quát *********************************************************** COMPARISON A. Match a half sentence from box A with a suitable half. The bus takes longer than the train. => The train………………………………………………………………… 2. I can’t cook as well as my mother does. => My mother………………………………………………………………… 3. Yoko’s flat is longer than. _____________________________________________ (much) time on my work. 6. My list of things to do gets ____________________________________________ (long) . 7. My problems are just getting __________________________________________