1- So sánh kép trong bản thân một sự vật , hiện tượng : ……..càng ngày càng ……..a- Tính từ ngắn : ( Short adjectives ) a- Tính từ ngắn : ( Short adjectives )
Adj –er and Adj-er
Ex: - Tom is growing fast. He is getting taller and taller
- The weather is getting hotter and hotter
b- Tính từ dài ( long adjectives ) hoặc trạng từ ( adverbs ) :
S + V + more and more + Adj / Adv
Ex : - Computers are becoming more and more complicated
- Jenny is becoming more and more beautiful
2- So sánh kép liên quan đến hai hay nhiều sự vật , hiện tượng : .... càng …càng …The + tính từ so sánh bậc hơn + S + V, The + tính từ so sánh bậc hơn + S + V The + tính từ so sánh bậc hơn + S + V, The + tính từ so sánh bậc hơn + S + V
( comparative ) , ( comparative ) Ex: - The more money you make, the more you spend
2 The harder you work, the better result you will get
3 The more expensive petrol becomes, the less people driveLƯU Ý : MỘT SỐ TÍNH TỪ/ TRẠNG TỪ BẤT QUI TẮC LƯU Ý : MỘT SỐ TÍNH TỪ/ TRẠNG TỪ BẤT QUI TẮC ADJ / Adv -1 good / well -2 bad / badly -3 far -4 old -5 much -6 many -7 little COMPARATIVE -1 Better -2 Worse -3 Farther/further -4 Older/elder -5 More -6 More -7 less SUPERLATIVE -1 best -2 worst -3 farthest/furthest -4 oldest/eldest -5 most -6 most -7 least
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer:
1. Ho Chi Minh city is much ... than Nha trang city.
A. larger B. smaller C. higher D. lower
2. Australia is the ... continent in the world.
A. large B. smallest C. biggest D. thinner 3. Living in the countryside is ... than in cities.
A. less peaceful B. more peaceful C. most peaceful D. least peaceful 4. Your car is in ... condition than mine.
A. worse B. worst C. bad D. good 5. That was the ... day in my life. 5. That was the ... day in my life.
A. excited B. happiness C. happiest D. interesting 6. Hoa doesn’t cook ... her mother.
A. as bad as B. as good as C. as quick as D. as well as
7. She is the ... beautiful girl I have ever met.
A. less B. more C. most D. best
8. The Queen of England is one of the ... women in the world.
A. richer B. richest C. most rich D. as rich as 9. I’m sorry I’m late. It took me ... to get here than I expected.
A. longer B. further C. more D. less
10. Her illness was more ... than we first thought.
A. fatal B. important C. severe D. serious
11. Health and happiness are more ... than money.
A. importantly B. important C. importance D. serious
12. We often go camping when we go on holiday because it’s ... than staying in a hotel.
A. much cheaper B. more cheaper C. less cheaper D. the most cheapest 13. Please let me know immediately if you hear any ... news. 13. Please let me know immediately if you hear any ... news.
14. There were ... people at this meeting than at the last one.
A. less B. much C. many D. fewer
15. That house over there is the ... building in the town.
A. eldest B. oldest C. ancientest D. antique 16. What’s the ... film you’ve ever seen?
A. good B. interesting C. best D. boring 17. What’s the ... river in the world?
A. short B. long C. wide D. longest
18. I stayed in one of the ... room in the hotel.
A. large B. nicest C. pretty D. nicer 19. Let’s walk. It’s just ... taking the bus.
A. as quick as B. as soon as C. as fast as D. as early as 20. There’s plenty of food, so eat ... you like.
A. as many as B. as much as C. as lot as D. as great as
Use the proper form of adjectives (or adverbs) in parentheses.
1. Mary is (pretty) _____________ as her sister.
2. A new house is (expensive) _____________than an old one. 3. His job is (important) _____________than mine.
4. Of the four ties, I like the red one (well) _____________. 5. Nobody is (happy) _____________ than Miss Snow.
6. Today English is the (international) _____________ of languages. 7. John is much (strong) _____________ than I thought.
8. Benches are (comfortable) _____________ than arm - chairs. 9. Bill is (good) _____________ than you thought.
10. Mr. Bush is the (delightful) _____________ person I have ever known. 11. Disk is the (careful) _____________ of the two workers.
12. Sam’s conduct is (bad) _____________ than Paul’s.
13. Thanks to the progress of science, human life is (good) _____________ and (good) _____________ . 14. Bill is (lazy) _____________ and (lazy) _____________ .
15. The teacher speaks English (fluently) _____________ than we.
16. These boys are (ill - prepared) _____________ for employment than my children.
17. The competition makes the price of goods (cheap) _____________ and (cheap) _____________. 18. Charles is (hard working) _____________ than Tom.
20. Of the two boys, Harry is the (ill - bred) _____________ .
The carjacking
An elderly woman did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags, drew her handgun, and proceeded to scream at them at the top of her voice,
“I have a gun and I know how to use it! Get out of the car, you scumbags!”
The four men didn’t wait for a second invitation but got out and ran like mad. The woman, somewhat shaken, proceeded to load her shopping bags in the back of the car and get into the driver’s seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, to no avail.
And then it dawned on her why. A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces father down. She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station.
The sergeant, to whom she told the story, nearly tore himself in two the other end of the counter, where four pale males were reporting a carjacking by a mad elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.
No charges were filed.
Một vụ cướp xe hơi
Một bà cụ đi mua sắm xong, quay trở lại nơi đỗ xe ô tô của mình. Cụ thấy bốn gã đàn ông đang định bỏ đi bằng chiếc xe của cụ. Cụ đánh rơi túi hàng, rút khẩu súng ngắn ra, tới gần và gắng hết sức hét lên: -“ Tôi có một khẩu súng trong tay và tôi biết cách dùng nó! Hãy ra khỏi chiếc xe, đồ cặn bã!”
Bốn gã đàn ông không đợi lời mời tới lần thứ hai mà vội vã ra khỏi xe và chạy như điên. Bà cụ run rẩy, tới đặt túi hàng phía sau xe và vào chỗ lái. Vì quá lập cập, bà cụ không thể cắm được chìa khóa vào ổ khóa. Bà đã thử đi, thử lại nhưng vẫn chẳng ích gì.
Và rồi bà cũng hiểu ra nguyên do. Vài phút sau, bà thấy xe của mình đỗ sau đó khỏang bốn đến năm chỗ để xe. Bà chất túi đồ của mình lên xe và lái tới đồn công an gần nhất.
Vị trung sĩ, người mà nghe bà thuật lại câu chuyện, gần như cười vỡ bụng và đưa tay chỉ về phía cuối dãy bàn tiếp tân, nơi bốn người đàn ông mặt xanh mét đang trình báo về vụ cướp xe do một bà lão điên được tả lại như sau: trắng, thấp hơn năm feet, đeo kính, tóc bạc, xoăn và cầm một khẩu súng lục lớn. Không thấy có vụ tấn công nào như thế được lưu trong hồ sơ.
Thời gian làm bài 60 phút; 50 câu trắc nghiệm
PRACTICE TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1 : A. leaves B. songs C. deserts D. knives
Question 2 : A. chalk B. chemistry C. chapter D. approach
Question 3 : A. visited B. decided C. engaged D. disappointed
Question 4 : A. hummock B. butter C. pollute D. justice Question 5 : A. clean B. head C. beat D. teacher
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: Mary _______ the country by the time this letter reaches her.
A. is going to leave B. will leave C. is leaving D. will have left
Question 7: What’s your hobby, Hoa?” – “_________.”
A. Well, I like collecting stamps B. Oh, with computersC. Well, I want stamps D. Oh, on the phone C. Well, I want stamps D. Oh, on the phone
Question 8: Our teacher came in when we ________ noisily.
A. had talked B. were talking C. are talking D. have been talking Question 9: Most Americans don’t object ________ being called by their first names.
A. for B. to C. in D. about
Question 10: Let’s go to the library, ________?
A. shall we B. will we C. would we D. should we
Question 11: _______ the rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more. A. While B. Despite C. Meanwhile D. Although Question 12: We can’t go now. Let’s wait ________ the rain stops.
A. until B. when C. after D. as
Question 13: - “You look nice today. I like your new hair style.” – “_________.”
A. It’s nice of you to say so B. Shall I? Thanks.
C. Oh, well done! D. I feel interesting to hear that. Question 14: - “A motorbike knocked Ted down!” – “_____________.”
A. What is it now? B. Poor Ted! C. How terrific! D. What a motorbike! Question 15: The bomb ________ in a crowded street.
A. went out B. went off C. came off D. came out Question 16: I’m sorry for ________ such a fuss about the unfruitful plan.
A. making B. doing C. paying D. taking
Question 17: This switch is ________ high for him to reach.
A. very B. too C. enough D. so
Question 18: I couldn’t go to your party last night ________ I had an important meeting.
A. and B. but C. so D. because
Question 19: I don’t mind _________ up early in the morning.
A. get B. to get C. getting D. to getting
Question 20: She doesn’t work _______ as my sister.
A. harder B. more hardly C. as hardly D. so hard
Question 21: This is the school _______ my mother used to teach.
A. that B. which C. where D. there
Question 22: If it rains this weekend, we __________ camping.
A. don’t go B. won’t go C. didn’t go D. wouldn’t go
Question 25: My friend is very ______ in listening to rock music.
A. interested B. amused C. surprised D. amazed
Question 26: He is very fond ______ riding a surfboard.
A. in B. with C. at D. of
Question 26: Most of the earth’s surface _________ by water.
A. have covered B. is covering C. is covered D. are covered Question 27: Our phone bill has risen ________ we bought a cell phone.
A. from B. for C. since D. during
Question 28: The weather is nice. ________ go sightseeing?
A. Should we B. Shall we C. Would we like to D. Must we Question 29: Smoke, dirt and noise are all kinds of ______.
A. pollute B. polluting C. pollutants D. pollution
Question 30: The speaker said _________ nothing worth listening to.
A. complete B. completing C. completely D. completion
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 31: I’ve been studying French since I have started high school. A B C D
Question 32: It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words. A B C D
Question 33: Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North America. A B C D
Question 34. Only when the famine gets worse world governments will begin to act. A B C D Question 35. Tom apologized to the postman for being impolitely to him.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct option to complete each of the following sentences.
Question 36: Although Tom is intelligent, ____________.
A. he doesn’t do well at school B. but he doesn’t do well at school
C. however he does well at school D. the fact that he does well at school Question 37: ______________, he would go fishing.
A. If today is Sunday B. If today were Sunday
C. Unless today was Sunday D. Unless today would be Sunday Question 38: Last week I met Mr. Lam, ______________.
A. who’s oldest son is studying abroad B. the oldest son of who is studying abroad