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Trang 1TOPIC : ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS & COMPARISONS
(Tính từ, trạng từ và các dạng so sánh)
I Use the correct kind of comparison form of adjectives and adverbs :
1 Your house is ……… than my house (big)
2 These books are ……… than those books (thick)
3 Hoi An Ancient Town is the ……… town in Vietnam (old)
4 The Great Wall of China is the world’s ……… structure (long)
5 It’s too noisy here Can we go somewhere ……… ? (quiet)
6 Hanoi is ……… than Ho Chi Minh City (small)
7 PETRONAS Twins Towers are ……… than Sears
Towers (tall)
8 Thanks to the progress of science, our life is becoming ………… and
………… (good)
9 In order to get good marks, we have to do ……… practice (far)
10 John is much ……… than I thought (strong)
11 Mr Kelly is ……… man in that organization (popular)
12 Nam is ……… than Ba He is ……… boy in class 6A (tall)
13 This girl is ……… than that girl (clever)
14 Mary is ……… as her sister (pretty)
15 The Nile River is the ……… river in the world (long)
16 A new house is ……… than an old one (expensive)
17 We’ve had ……… difficulty with this part than that one (little)
18 His English is ……… of these students (good)
19 Mount Everest is ……… mountain in the world (high)
20 Travelling by air or car, which is ……… ? (interesting)
II Use the correct tense or form of the words in parentheses :
1 Most of the students did ……… on their test Their test results were
………… (good)
2 James looked very (sad) ……… because she lost the game
3 The children seemed ……… They played ……… in the garden (happy)
4 He is a ……… man He always drives ………
(careful)
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6 I can’t remember ……… what happened (clear)
7 I was disappointed that I did so ……… in the exam (bad)
8 It was raining ……… so we stayed at home (heavy)
9 Mary speaks English very ……… (fluent)
10 Nam is a ……… student (good)
III Use the double comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs :
1 She speaks English ……… (fluently)
2 My chair was getting ……… (uncomfortable)
3 The man was getting ……… (angry)
4 Peter gets ……… at the time (selfish)
5 He is ……… for his book (famous)
6 Nowadays, people eat ……… sugar and salt (little)
7 The river flows ……… (gently)
8 We feel tired because the way is ……… (far)
9 These days ……… people learning Russian (little)
10 As the day went on, the weather got ……… (fine)
11 They feel ……… because of the fresh air (healthy)
Her children are old now She becomes ……… (busy)
12 She seems to be getting ……… (thin)
13 Life in the modern world is becoming ………
(complex)
14 As he was afraid, he walked ……… (fast)
15 As the soccer game progressed, the crowd became
……… (enthusiastic)
16 Her English is getting ……… (good)
17 I haven’t got a new job I am becoming ……… (discouraged)
18 The English lessons are ……… (difficult)
19 Meat is getting ……… (expensive)
IV Combine each pairs of sentences, using Adverbial clause of
comparison (as … as)
1 Lipton tea costs 10$ Oolong tea costs 9 $
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3 Mary isn’t big She was very big last year
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4 You are happier than she looks
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5 My bicycle is more expensive than yours
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6 Tom doesn’t try hard His brother tried hard
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7 The boy doesn’t run fast He used to run very fast
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8 Mai is the best violinist in her family
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9 The summer isn’t hot Last summer it was hot
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10 She is active now She didn’t use to be active
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11 Jimmy is clever We think he is clever
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12 This boy doesn’t help me much He can help me much
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13 We don’t export much wood this year We exported more wood last year.
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14 Miss Duyen’s house is the oldest house on this street.
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15 The exercises are not difficult I thought it was very difficult.
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17 The paper mill puts out more products than it did two years ago
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18 Miss Huong Tram is the best student in her English class.
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19 This boy doesn’t spend much money He spent much money last month.
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20 She doesn’t get up late She used to get up very late during her holidays
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V Combine these pairs of sentences into one, using the double
comparative clauses :
1 The sun is high The shadow is short
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2 He works a lot He earns much
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3 He works little He will be paid little
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4 It is heavy It becomes expensive
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5 She eats little, she becomes thin
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6 He talked much I became bored
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7 I waited long I got angry
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9 She drove fast I became nervous
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10 We ran fast to go home The sky went dark
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11 She does many exercises He gets healthy
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12 The air is polluted Diseases are great
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13 We went far We felt tired
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14 The soil was poor The famers tried hard
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15 The bread is bad It is cheap
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16 Peter is old He is clever
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17 The lesson is difficult We tried hard
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18 He talked a lot We disliked him very much
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19 If you eat much vegetable, you will feel healthy
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20 The workers built roads They needed a lot of equipment
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21 There is much co-operation We can recycle a lot of waste papers
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22 He thought about his family He felt homesick very much
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23 Tom wrote more His writing was becoming better
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24 He became poorer because he spent too much money
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25 We read this book carefully We understand it well
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