I So sánh ngang bằng (equal comparisons): Đối với so sánh ngang bằng chúng ta sử dụng tính từ ngắn và dài đều như nhau. S1 + be + as + adj + as + S2(npron) Ex: I am as tall as my father. Ở câu phủ định (không bằng) ta thêm “not” sau động từ “tobe”. Trong trường hợp này ta có thể thay “as” trước tính từ bằng “so”. S 1 + be not + asso + adj + as + S2(npron) Ex: She is not asso beautiful as her mother. II So sánh kép (double comparisons) Là loại so sánh với cấu trúc: Càng... càng... Các Adj so sánh phải đứng ở đầu câu, trước chúng phải có The. Dùng một trong hai mẫu câu sau đây để so sánh kép: The + comparative + S + beV…, the + comparative + S + beV… (comparative: hình thức so sánh hơn) Ex: The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel. The sooner you take your medicince, the better you will feel. The bigger they are, the faster they fall.
BÀI LUYỆN NGỮ PHÁP PHÉP ĐẢO – 2 Exercise 1. Chọn đáp án thích hợp trong những câu sau. 1. Jim promised that he would never / never would he tell anyone else. 2. Not until it was too late I remembered / did I remember to call Susan. 3. Hardly had we settled down in o ur seats than / when the lights went out. 4. Only after checking three times I was / was I certain of the answer. 5. At no time I was aware / was I aware o f anything out of the usual. 6. Only Catherine and Sally passed / did they pass the final examination. 7. So the waves were high / So high were the waves that swimming was dangerous. 8. Only when Peter has arrived / has Peter arrived can we begin the programme. 9. No sooner had it stopped raining than / when the sun came out. 10. If should you leave early / Should you leave early could you give me a lift ? Exercise 2. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa câu không thay đổi. A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent. Only ____________________________________________ The telephone rang right after he had left the room. Hardly ___________________________________________ 3. He didn’t forget and neither did she. !"#$% "" &!" '(!#!" ) *+!" &!" ,-%! # &!" .# # & /01%1+# 2!! -0 345 6 & 78# !& 6 # & 9!!":! !! & 8:7;;<!=>?@A 6 2B 3. No sooner than I realised I’d left my bag on the platform. 4. Only when on the light did we notice the hole in the ceiling. 5. Not until I asked a passer – by where I was. 6. Seldom does below freezing at this time of the year. 7. Hardly his speech, when the minister was interrrupted. 8. On no account am while i’m in a meeting. 9. Rarely has this school written a better composition. 10. In no way bear responsibility for injuries to passengers. Exercise 4. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa câu không đổi. 1. The facts were not all made public until later. Only __________________________________________ 2. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder. Not only _______________________________________ 3. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer. Little __________________________________________ 4. The bus driver cannot be blamed for the acident in any way. In _____________________________________________ 5. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled. So _____________________________________________ 6. If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election. Were ___________________________________________ 7. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door. No _____________________________________________ 8. You won’t be allowed in until your identity has been checked . Only ____________________________________________ 9. Just after the play started there was a power failure. Hardly ___________________________________________ 10. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as boring as this. Rarely ___________________________________________ 11. We had only just arrived home when the police called. Scarecely _________________________________________ 12. The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be a record. Never before ______________________________________ Exercise 5. Từ những từ cho sẵn , đổi những câu phép đảo sang câu thông thường. 1. Were Smith to resign, I might stand a chance of getting his job. (IF ) ______________________________________________ 2. Such was the demand for tickets that people queued day and night. ( GREAT ) __________________________________________ 3. Hardy had the ship left port, than a violent storm developed. ( SOON AFTER ) ____________________________________ 4. They would have discovered land sooner had they carried a compass. ( IF ) _______________________________________________ 5. Little did Brenda know what she was going to face. ( IDEA ) ____________________________________________ 6. So exhausted were the runners that none of them finished the race. ( TOO ) _____________________________________________ . BÀI LUYỆN NGỮ PHÁP PHÉP ĐẢO – 2 Exercise 1. Chọn đáp án thích hợp trong những câu sau. 1. Jim promised that. before ______________________________________ Exercise 5. Từ những từ cho sẵn , đổi những câu phép đảo sang câu thông thường. 1. Were Smith to resign, I might stand a chance of getting his job.