Short adj/ adv ( Tính töø ngaén/ traïng töø ngaén) : ñoïc chæ coù moät am tieát.. (Ex: useful, beautiful,.).[r]
(1)COMPARISON So sánh bằng:
EX: - He is as tall as his friend
- John drives as carefully as Tom So sánh không bằng:
EX: - He is not as tall as his friend
- John doesn’t drive so carefully as Tom So sánh hơn:
EX: - He is taller than his friend
- John drives more carefully than Tom
4 So sánh kém:
EX: - Today is less hot than yesterday was - John drives less carefully than Tom So sánh nhất:
EX:- Spring is the most beautiful season of the year
- This is the longest river in the world Short adj/ adv ( Tính từ ngắn/ trạng từ ngắn) : đọc có am tiết (Ex: tall, hot, fast,…) Long adj/ adv ( tính từ dài/ trạng từ dài ) : đọc có từ hai âm tiết trở lên (Ex: useful, beautiful,.)
Một số ý so sánh so sánh nhất:
1 Tính từ ngắn :
a Tận phụ âm, đứng trước nguyên âm ( a, e, i, o, u ) -> ta gấp đơi phụ âm cuối
Ex: Hot -> Hotter -> The hottest
b Tận –E ta thêm –R –ST
Ex: Large -> Larger -> the largest c Tận –Y, đứng trước phụ âm ta đổi –Y -> -I
Ex: Dry -> Drier -> The driest
2 Tính từ có hai âm tiết : tận – Y, -LE, -OW, -ER dùng tính từ ngắn
(tức thêm –ER –EST )
Ex: -Happy -> Happier -> The happiest ( hạnh phúc) -Simple -> Simpler -> The simplest ( đơn giản) -Narrow -> Narrower -> The narrowest ( heïp) -Clever -> Cleverer -> The cleverest ( kheùo leùo)
AS + adj/ adv + As
Short adj/adv + -ER
- + THAN MORE + long adj / adv
LESS + adj/ adv + THAN
Short adj/ adv + -EST
THE +
MOST + long adj/ adv
(2) Một số bất qui tắc so sánh so sánh kép:
- Good/ well -> Better -> The best (toát)
- Bad/ badly -> Worse -> The worst ( xấu, tệ)
- Much/ many -> More -> The most ( nhieàu)
- Little -> Less -> The least ( ít)
- Far -> Farther -> The farthest ( xa)
Further The furthest Sentence Transformation :
1 So sánh -> So sánh không bằng:
Ex: a-Love is more important than money -> Money ………
b-I can’t cook as well as my mother does -> My mother cooks ………
c-A horse stronger than a dog -> A dog isn’t ……… Note:
d-Mr Phan drives more carelessly than he used to. -> Mr Phan doesn’t ………
2 So sánh -> So sánh nhất:
Ex: a-No-one in the group is younger than her ->She ………
b-Tom is the tallest pupil in the class ->Tom ………
c-Jack is the best football player in the team ->No-one in the team is ……… d-Have you got a cheaper carpet than this ? ->Is this ………you have got ?
S1 + V + short adj/adv –ER + THAN + S2 MORE + long adj/ adv
-S2 + (not V) + AS + adj/ adv + AS + S1
(3)EXERCISE: Supply the correct forms of words in brackets
1 This chair is……… than that chair (comfortable)
A more comfortable B comfortabler
C the most comfortable D comfortable
2 Your flat is……… than mine ( large)
A more large B more larger
C larger D large
3 This dress is……… than that one (pretty)
A prettier B more pretty B more prettier D prettier than The………city in Canada is Toronto (large)
A largest B most large C most largest D larger
5 The Nile is the………river in the world (long)
A most longest B longest C most longgest D longgest My mother’s cooking is………than my mother’s (good)
A gooder B more gooder C better D better good
7 My father’s cooking is……… than my mother’s (bad)
A worse B worst C badder D bad
8 I think good health is the……… thing in the life (important)
A importantest B most important C more important D the most important Mt Everest is………mountain in the world (high)
A higher B the highest C the most highest D most highest 10 Canada is……… the United States in area (big)
A biggest B bigest C the biggest D the most biggest
11 Peter finished his work……… of all (fast)
A fastest B the most fastest C the fastest D the more fastest 12 You can write……….I can (well)
A better B worse C more well D weller
13 Mary sings……….Susan does (beautifully)
A beautifully B more beautifully C the most beautifullyD more beautifully than 14 Ted speaks English……… of all (fluently )
A more fluently B most fluently C the most fluently D fluently 15 Sally got……… food on the menu for dinner last night (expensive)
A the most expensive B most expensive
C more expensive D expensive
16 The Wilsons arrived at the party……… of all (early)
A earliest B the earliest C the most early D earlier 17 Ali speaks……… I (loudly)
A loudlier B more loudly C loudly D loudier
18 My sister works……… I (hard)
A harder B more hard C more harder than D harder than 19 February is ……… month of the year (short)
A the shortest B the most shortest C shorter D shorter than 20 In my opinion, Harry’s Steak House is……… restaurant in the city ( bad)