ĐỀ CƯƠNG HKII.K12(UNIT13)(HVTHU)

c. the more angry d. angrier and angrier 1. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease. a. less fat / more exercise b. less and less fat / the more exercise c. the less fat / the more exercise d. fatter / more exercise 2. Of course you can come to the party. _______. a. The more the merrier b. The more and the merrier c. The more and merrier d. The more and more merrier 3. I feel _______ I did yesterday. a. much more tired than b. many more tired than c. as many tired as d. as more tired as 4. She is _______ a spectator. a. more an athlete than b. more of an athlete than c. an athlete more than d. an athlete of more than 5. His house is _______ mine. a. twice as big as b. as twice big as c. as two times big as d. as big as twice 6. ____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country. a. As much as people b. More people c. As many as people d. People more 7. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained. a. the more difficult b. more difficult than c. difficult more and more d. more and more difficult 8. You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you will have an accident. a. The faster and faster / the more b. The faster / the more probable c. The more and more fast / the more and more probable d. The more fastly / the probable Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. 9. There are more sports competed in this SEA Games than in last SEA Games. a. The sports competed ill this SEA Games are the same as those in last SEA Games. b. Not as many sports were competed in last SEA Games as in this SEA Games. c. In the last SEA Games there were some sports which were not competed. d. In this SEA Games, there are less sports competed than in last SEA Games. 10. No one in the team can play better than John. a. John plays well but the others play better. b. John as well as other players of the team plays very well. c. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well. d. John is the best player of the team. UNIT 13: THE 22 nd SEA GAMES GRAMMAR: DOUBLE COMPARISON  Structure 1 : Comparative + and + comparative Short adj.+er and adj.+er more and more + Long adj.  Use: to say that something is changing continuously Ex: 1. As I waited for my interview, I became more and more nervous. 2. That hole in your pullover is getting bigger and bigger 3. Her English is improving; it’s getting better and better  Structure 2 : The + comparative, the + comparative the short adj.+er the more + long adj.  Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing Ex: 4. The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive 5. The more you practise your English, the faster you will learn 6. The more I got to know him, the more I liked him EXERCISES: Exercise 1: Complete the sentences, using the structure comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets. 1. Eating and travelling in this city is getting _________________. (expensive) 2. The prices of consumer goods get _________________ all the time. (high) 3. As the day went on, the weather got ________________. (bad) 4. The noise got _______________ as we approached the house. (loud) 5. It’s getting _____________________ to find a job. (difficult) Exercise 2: Complete the sentences, using the information in brackets. The first one has been done as an example. 1. The more he plays sport, the healthier he looks.(He looks healthy) 2. The earlier we start, ________________________. (It is good) 3. The more we practise a language, _____________. (We speak fluently) 4. The more you learn, ______________________. (You know a lot about the world) 5. The bigger a supermarket is, _________________. (The choice is wide) Exercise 3:. Complete the sentences, using the words in brackets. 1.As I waited for the interview , I became …………………………(nervous) 2.The hole in your pullover is getting ……………………………(big) 3.The suitcase seems to get …………………………………(heavy) as I carried it upstairs . 4.As the day went on , the weather got ……………………… (bad) 5.As the conversation went on , he became ……………………… (talkative) 6.Travelling is becoming ……………………………… (expensive) 7.Since he has been in Britain , his English has got ………………… (good) 8.The prices of consumer goods get ………………………all the time. (high) 9.The noise got ……………………… as we approached the house. (loud) 10.Today people are becoming…….…………about their weight. (concerned) Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences below , using “ The + comparative …., The + comparative…” 1. It is hot. I feel miserable.  …………………………………………………………………………. 2. You leave soon. You will arrive early.  …………………………………………………………………………. 3. They get fat. They feel weak.  …………………………………………………………………………. 4. He trained hard. He felt strong.  …………………………………………………………………………. 5. The lesson is difficult. We try hard.  …………………………………………………………………………. 6. The house is large. It is expensive.  …………………………………………………………………………. 7. New Year comes near. People are busy.  …………………………………………………………………………. 8. We produce much rice. It is cheap.  …………………………………………………………………………. 9. The play was interesting. It attracted many people.  …………………………………………………………………………. 10. We plant many trees. We preserve much soil.  …………………………………………………………………………. 11. The workers built good roads. They need much equipment.  …………………………………………………………………………. 12. The soil was poor. The farmers tried hard.  …………………………………………………………………………. PRACTICE TEST I. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of others in each group: 11. A. shirt B. fire C. first D. bird 12. A. cuts B. reads C. opens D. plays 13. A. those B. there C. think D. than II. Choose one word which has stress pattern differently 14. A. artificial B. professional C. individual D. possibility 15. A. satisfaction B. satisfy C. satisfying D. satisfied III. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d. 16. _______ 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, 17. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music! a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder 18. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become ______. a. more and more good b. better arid better c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder 19. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago. a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller 20. Petrol is _______ it used to. a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice 21. Peter is _______ John. a. younger and more intelligent than b. more young and intelligent than c. more intelligent and younger than d. the more intelligent and younger than 22. San Diego is town in Southern California. a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d. nicer and nicer 23. It gets _______ when the winter is coming. a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold 24. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam. a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger 25. As she did so, her parents became _______. a. the angriest b. the most angry