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(1)GRAMMAR SESSION 7 Adjective & Adverb & Comparision
NAME: CLASS I.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
1 The house was building.
A a large old stone B a nice stone large C a stone old large D an old large stone
2 Mrs Smith had everything in a bag.
A plastic green large B large green plastic C green large plastic D green plastic large
3 I saw a silk on the table
A sweet small green B sweet green small C green small sweet D small sweet green
4 A ship was moored at the quay.
A nice white sailing B sailing white nice C white nice sailing D sailing nice white
5 She was carrying a bag full of vegetables on her arm.
A shopping heavy cotton B heavy shopping cotton C cotton heavy shopping D heavy cotton shopping
6 They have bought a car.
A Japan new racing B new racing Japan C Japan racing new D new Japan racing
7 My mother only makes cakes with the
A best butter Danish B Danish best butter C best Danish butter D butter best Danish
8 The vicar lives to the church.
A nearly B close C hardly D deeply
9 They drove from Milan to Paris without stopping.
A quick B slow C pretty D direct
10 Graham has been sinking a lot into debt lately
A deeply B more deeply C deeper D deep
II Identify the underlined part A, B, C or D that isn’t correct:
11 I am sure that she will get a bad mark because she has a bad-prepared essay
A B C D
12 She is studying hard at the moment because she will have a forty five minutes test next week
A B C D
13 My friend ,Thu has black long hair that falls down her shoulder and surrounds her round face
A B C D
14 Jane has smooth skin and she is also a dark-eyes girl with black eyebrows
A B C D
15 There is a black mole in the left side of the bottom of Marry’s nose, which makes her more beautifully
A B C D
16 Looking at her mouth, one might think that she appears happily because it seems to be smiling all the time
A B C D
17 When Laura really smiles, her well-form and white teeth brighten up her face like a full moon
A B C D
18 Though it is one of the most rare, gold was one of the first to be discovered
A B C D
19 She is a brown-eyed girl with long hair and a face round
A B C D
20 Large, perfect shaped pearls rank in value with the most precious stones
A B C D
III Choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the original sentence: 21 Your car was cheaper than mine
A Your car cost cheaper than mine B Your car cost less than mine
C Your car and mine were different D Your car didn’t cost as less as mine
22 You are better at maths than me
A I am not as good at maths as you B I am not so good as at maths as you
C You learn maths better D I am much bad at maths than me
23 This is bumpiest road I have ever driven along
A I have never driven along such a bumpier road B I have never driven along a more bumpy road
C I have never driven along a bumpier road than this D I have never driven such a bumpy road than this
24 This year’s exam and last year’s exam were equally difficult
A This year’s exam wasn’t as difficult as last year’s exam B This year’s exam wasn’t as easy as last year’s exam
C This year’s exam was as difficult as last year’s exam D There is no difference between two exams
(2)A Fish costs just as much as meat in some countries B Fish costs as cheap as meat in some countries
C Fish and meat are not expensive in some countries D You can buy fish and meat at the same time
26 George said he couldn’t any better
A George said it was the most he could B George said it was the best he could
C George said he had tried his best he could D George said it was such a good work he could
27 Sally tried as hard as he could
A Sally did his best B Sally’s work was difficult so he had to try
C Sally worked hard so he got the best D Sally tried but he didn’t succeed
28 Mathematics was my worst subject at school
A There was no subject at school I was so bad at as maths B The subject I was bad at school was maths
C There was a subject at school I was bad at was maths D I learned maths better than any other subjects
IV Choose the best answer for each sentence from the word or phrase underlined
29 My brother is two years longer/older/later/shorter than me 30 The train takes just as long/longly/slow/lately as the bus
31 I have never tasted such delicious apples as/such a delicious apples as/ such delicious apples than/a delicious apple than these 32 I thought the second hotel we stayed in was much friendly/far friendly/a lot more friendly/a little friendly
33 I can’t stand this weather It is getting much cold and cold/more and more/ worse and worse/the more unpleasant 34 Marion doesn’t feel so happy as/ as happily as/ more happy than/ happier than she did at first
36 Do you think you could make a little / much / more / far less noise
37 These exercises seem to be getting harder and harder / more difficult and harder/ much difficult/far more hard 38 Jean doesn’t need as much help as Harry need/ is/ does/ doesn’t
39 The more you water this plant, the best/much quick /far wetter/faster it will grow 40 From now on we won’t be able to go out as much as we were/ had/ used to / will 4.1 I would feel far happy/ happily / happier / more happily if you let me help 42 Ruth wore her best / the best / better / worse dress to her sister’s wedding 43 Harry has got over the best / worst / worse/ better of his cold
44 What is the early / latest/ newest / bad news about the situation in India
45 I have never owned a more than/ such an / a so / as much independent cat as this one!
46 Brian has been working much harder/more hard/just as hardly/far more hardly since he was promoted 47 I have been feeling such a/ a little / much / more and more tired lately, doctor
48 This exercise will give you farther/ much more/ best/ a lot practice
49 The more you laugh, the much happily/ most happy/happier/ much more happily you feel
50 “ Who is your daughter beteen the two girls?”.” The tallest/ tall/ taller/ more tall.” V The following passage contains ten errors Find and correct them:
First of all, walking is obviously the cheaper means of travelling, and can be more quicker in a city centre Of course, the far you have to go, the more tired you will become In some ways walking is more healthy than travelling by bus or by car, but it can be just unhealthy because cities are much polluted than they used to Cars are faster of course and more conveniently, but as cities become more crowdedly, parking is getting harder Sometimes public transport is better, even though buses don’t go as fastly as cars Cars are a lot much convenient but they cause most pollution, it is better to avoid using them if possible In a city the fastest way of travelling is on a bike, which keeps you fitter and is not so noisily as a motorbike or a car
51. 53. 55. 57. 59.
52. 54. 56. 58. 60
VI Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it’s meaning stays the same:
61 Jill can run faster than Peter -> Peter can’t
62 I thought this journey would last longer than it did -> This journey didn’t 63 I didn’t arrive as early as I expected -> I arrived
64 You are working too slowly -> You will have to
65 Martin thought the second part of the film was more interesting.-> Martin didn’t think that the first 66 Paula’s work is less careful than before -> Paula has been working
67 There aren’t any trains earlier than this one -> This is 68 All other pubs are further away -> This pub is 69 Is this the best price you can offer? -> Can’t you 70 Nobody expected her to be so beautiful ->She was
71 That is the best meal I have ever eaten -> I have never 72 If you run a lot, you will get fitter -> The
73 The doctor can’t see you earlier than Wednesday.-> Wednesday is 74 Home computers used to be much more expensive.-> Home computers aren’t 75 I don’t know as much Italian as Sue does.-> Sue knows
76 I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t -> Learning to drive is 77 Barbara can’t swim as well as John can.-> John is
(3)79 If you walk slowly, it takes longer to get there -> The .