COMPARISON

Choose the best answer to fill in the gaps.

1. In Viet Nam , it is normally................ in the South than in the North.
a. hot
b. hotter
c. hottest
2. The food is ............... than the last time I ate it.
a. badder
b. bad
c. worse
3. Ho Chi Minh city is .............. than Hanoi.
a. big
b. bigger
c. biggest
4. Children often learn very .................... things around them.
a. quickly
b. quicker
c. quickest
5. She can not sing ............... but she can play the piano beautifully.
a. good
b. best
c. goodly
6. Helen always ............. with John in every school dancing competition.
a. dances
b. dance
c. dancing
7. It ............... dangerous to swim in deep rivers.
a. are
b. is
c. being
8. Jack is now ................. than he used to be.
a. happy
b. happier
c. happiest
9. The tourist company was .............. down the street than I had thought.
a. farther
b. far
c. farer
10. There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather.
a. gooder
b. good
c. better
11. He tried very ........... but still failed the exam.
a. hardly
b. hard
c. harder
12. She came to school ........... and had to stand outside for 15 minutes.
a. late
b. lately
c. latest
13. He was ................ successful with the business.
a. complete
b. completion
c. completeness
14. Tuan writes more .............. with fewer mistakes than the previous term.
a. careless
b. careful
c. carefully
15. My father is happy because I get ............... results at school.
a. bad
b. good
c. intelligent
16. Peter does better at school because he works ......................
a. harder
b. more carelessly
c. more lazily
17. He can do sums more ................... and read faster.
a. badly
b. quickly
c. difficultly
18. Mary is in ................ 8 in St Mary secondary school.
a. age
b. level
c. grade
19. She is very ............. pupil. She spends most of her time studying.
a. hard- working
b. difficult
c. hard
20. My English this term is ............. than that of last year.
a. good
b. gooder
c. better
21. Her math result is .............. than her English result.
a. bad
b. badly
c. worse
22. Detective books are..................... than science fiction ones.
a. more interesting
b. more interestingly
c. most interesting

d. hoter
d. worst
d. biger
d. quick
d. well
d, danced
d. be
d. happyer
d. farest
d. best
d. hardest
d. latter
d. completely
d. carelessly
d. well
d. worse
d. fastly
d, step
d. easy
d. best
d. well
d. more interested
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23. Lan is ................... than her sister.

a. lazy
b. lazily
c. lazier
24. He feels ........... than last year because his study results are .....................
a. happy/ good
b. happier/ gooder
c. more happy/more good
25. He is ............. at maths than at any other subjects.
a. better
b. more good
c. goodlier
26. Phuong can speak English ........... than Minh.
a. more fluent
b. fluently
c. fluent
27. Her voice is ................. than her sisters/.
a. beautiful
b. more beautiful
c. beautifully
beautifully
28. Her literature result is much ................... than it was last year.
a. good
b. well
c. more well
29. Cinderrella danced ............... than any other girls at the ball.
a. more graceful
b. gracefuler
c. gracefully
30. Chemistry is ................. than physics.
a. easy
b. easily
c. easier
31. Rabbits run.................. than tortoises.
a. fast
b . fastly
c. fastlier
63.Nam is bad at art but Minh is even ..........................
a. badder
b. bad
c. worse
32. Lan is her.................... sister.
a. old
b. elderly
c. elder
33. She can pronounce English words ............. than she could last term.
a. correctlier
b . more correct
c. more correctly
34. The country is .............. than the city.
a. quieter
b . less quiet
c. more quietly
35. In this class , the students are talking ............... than the teacher.
a. loudly
b. more loud
c. loudlier
36. We shouldnt be..................... on any subjects.
a. lazy
b. lazier
c. lazily
37. I can learn a subject ............... if I like it and ............ if I dont like it.
a. good/ bad
b. better/ worse
c. better/ badlier
70.My Dinh is the national ................. of Viet Nam .
a. city
b. theatre
c . stadium
71. She is the most ................. girl in our class.
a. intelligent
b. intelligentest
c. tall
72. That T-shirt is the ............... we have in stock.
a. big
b.bigger
c. small
73. I think Smatcafe is ............... than other kinds of coffee.
a. best
b. better
c. badder
74. This hat is the .................. of all.
a. expensivest
b. more expensive
c. cheapest
75. Of all the stories I have, this is the most .............. one.
a. better
b. best
c. interesting
76. That is the most ................ bed in the shop.
a. wide
b. widest
c. comfortable
77. Food becomes .............. during the time of the flood.

d. lazilier
d. happier/better
d. gooder
d. more fluently
d. more
d. better
d. more gracefully
d. more easily
d. faster
d. worser
d. oldly
d. correcter
d. quietlier
d. louder.
d. lazilier
d. gooder/worse
d. cinema
d. tallest
d. smallest
d. worst
d. cheaper
d. interestingest
d. comfortables
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a. more scarcer
b. most scarce
c. scarcest
78. Have you got any ................... shirt?
a. cheapest
b. cheaper
c. expensiver
79. The shop faces its most ............. time of the year when sales have fallen by half.
a. difficult
b. difficultest
c. easy
80.Lan is the most ................ student in my class.
a. hard-work
b. hard-working
c. good
81. The blue shirt is as ............... as the red one.
a. long
b. longer
c. more long
82. Mai dances as ................. as Lan.
a. gracefully
b. gracefuly
c. graceful
83. This book is the ..................... of all
a. bored
b.boring
c. more boring
84. Mary speaks English very ......................
a. fluent
b. fluently
c. more fluently
85. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ............ in the group.
a. fast
b. most fast
c. fastest
86. She has ........... books than I do.
a. least
b. fewer
c. more few
87. I work as ................. as you do.
a. hard
b .hardly
c. harder
88. She looks ........... than me.
a. thinner
b. thin
c. thinnest
89. He is one of the .............. men in the world.
a. rich
b. richer
c. richest
90. A train is not so .............. as a bus.
a. quick
b. quicker
c. quickest
91.The economic conditions today are .............. they were in the past.
a. much more good
b. much better than
c. much better
d. the best than
92. Peter is the ............. student in my class.
a. taller than
b. so tall as
c. the tallest
93. The deep oceans contain some of the .................. of all living creatures.
a. strangest
b. strange
c. as strange as
94. Jane is not ..her brother.
a. more intelligent as
b. intelligent as
c. so intelligent as
d. so intelligent that.
95. He drives as .his father does.
a. careful as
b. more carefully
c. the most careful
96. Whats the .film youve ever seen?
a. good
b. best
c. better
97. Jane is age as Marry/.
a. as same
b. the most same
c. the same
98. Ill be there .. I can.
a. sooner as
b . no sooner as
c. as soon as
99. The shirt and that one
a. alike
b. are alike
c. as alike as
100. I want to buy some shoes.the ones you have on.
a. like
b. are like
c. are alike

d. scarce
d. expensivest
d. easiest
d. best
d. longest
d. graceless
d. most boring
d. most fluently
c. most fastly
d. fewest
d. more hard
d. thinly
d. more rich.
d. more quick

d. tallest
d. stranger

d. carefully as
d. the best
d. more same
d. soonest as
d. the same
d. likely
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101. Mary and her mother do not.

a. alike
b. look like
c. look alike
d.like
102. Sharon.from other women I know.
a. different
b. as different
c. differs
d. more different
103. This one is prettier, but it costs.. as the other one.
a. as much as
b. twice as much
c. as many
d. twice as many
104. You can take..books as you want.
a. as many
b. as much
c. so much
d. too many
105. Of the two sisters, Linda
a. is beautiful
b. the most beautiful
c. is more beautiful
d. is so beautiful
as .
106. The ..accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.
a. badest
b. most bad
c. worse
d. worst.
107. He finished the test ..of all.
a. rapidly
b. the most rapidly
c. most rapidly
d. more rapidly
108. Many chemicals react ..in acid solutions.
a. more quick
b. more quickly
c. quicklier
d. as quickly more
109. The younger you are, it is to learn.
a. easier
b. you are easier
c. the easier
d. the easy
110. Its becoming ..to find a job.
a. more difficult and more
b. more and more difficult
c. most and more difficult d. more difficult than.
112. electricity you use, .your bill will be.
a. The more..the higher
b. The most..the higher
c. The morethe high d. More..higher
113. The more I got to know Tom, .I liked him.
a. least
b. the less
c. the least
d. the fewer
114. The rooms in the front .noisier than those in the back.
a. are more
.b . are little
c. are very
d. are much.
115. ..you are, you concentrate.
a. Tired..the least hard b. The more tired..the harder
c.The tirederthe harder
d. The tired..the harder
116. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably
a. the less qualified
b. the qualified less
c. the most little qualified
d. the least qualified.
117. The CDs here are more expensive over there.
a. those
b. than those
c. than that
d. than this.
118. These two girls .. that I cant tell them apart.
a. are so like
b. are so alike
c. are too alike
d. alike enough
119. I dont think our daughter is .to understand this matter.
a. too young
b. is such young
c. not enough old
d. not age enough
120. Mrs Harrison is .he owns many palaces.
a. so a rich man that
b. such an rich man that
c. such a rich man that
d. that os rich a man.
121. The ceiling is
a. too high for me to reach
b. too high for me to each it.
c. so high for me reaching
d. enough high of me reaching
122. The woman was so beautiful
a. that I couldnt help looking at
b. that I couldnt help looking at her
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c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at.

123.It is that I would like to go to the beach.
a. such a nice weather
b. too nice weather
c. such nice weather
d. such weather nice.
124. These are .tht I cant finish them.
a. a such long assignments
b. such long assignments
c. such a long assignments
d. too long assignments.
125. It is .that I have read it twice.
a. such an interesting book
b. so interesting a book.
c. too interesting a book d. A and B.
126. She dances ..everybody adores her.
a. such beautifully that b. so beautiful that
c. so beautiful that
d. too beautifully that
127.It is to go swimming.
a. too cold
b.so cold
c. such a cold
d. enough cold that
128. Jane is .. to do this exercise.
a. no intelligence enough b. not intelligent enough
c. not enough intelligent d. so intelligent enough
129. I am a car.
a. not rich enough to buy b. too rich enough to buy
c. too poor to buy
d. a and c.
130. Its ..home from here.
a. too far walking
b. too far for walking
c. far to walk too
d. too far to walk
131. The bed is not clean enough
a. to lie in it
b. to lie in
c. for lying in
d. in which to lie
132. The piano was too heavy ..
a. for nobody to move
b. for nobody moving
c. for anyone to move
d. for anyone to moving
133. to go to the cinema.
a. It was late so that
b. That it was late
c. It was too late
d. such too late.
134. We dont .to go there now.
a. have time enough
b. enough timec. have too time
d. have enough time
COMPARISON EXERCISES
I. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. I will give you the (big) steak; I am not very hungry.
2. The more I study, the (little) I learn
3. I speak English (fluent) now than last year.
4. She greeted me (polite) of all.
5. My jeans are (expensive) than yours.
6. The police found the car (far) away than they expected.
7. She is (pretty) girl in my class.
8. This is (cheap) book in the shop.
9. Climbing is (dangerous) than swimming.
10. It was (bad) day of my life.
11. She isnt (rich) woman in the world.
12. Its (dark) now than three hours ago.
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13. I feel (happy) today than yesterday.

14. She smiled (happy) than before.
15. This girl dances (graceful) of all.
16. John is (short) than Paul.
17. Ms Black is (tall) than Ms Laura.
18. Jane has got (short) hair in the class.
19. Ms Edwards is (old) than Linda.
20. Our English classroom is (nice) at school.
21. Chemistry is (hard) than English.
22. Andrew has got (long) hair in the class.
23. This exercise is (easy) of all.
24. My class is (cool) of all the classes at my school.
25. He plays (well) than everybody else in the team.
26. Planes can fly (high) than birds.
27. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful) than before.
28. Jim can run (quick) than John.
29. He worked (hard) than ever before.
30. My house is (big) than yours.
31. Our team played (bad) of all.
32. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.
33. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.
34. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.
35. I think the cow is (useful) of all animals.
36. This is the (good) of the two.
37. She is (careful) than John.
38. Nagoya is one of (large) cities in Japan.
39. New York is (large) than Seatle.
40. Summer is (hot) season of the year.
41. My mother walks (slow) than my father.
42. Georgraphy is much (easy) science.
43. There is nothing (exciting) than taking trips.
44. He has twice as (many) books as his sister.
45. The (soon) you get there, the (good) seat you will get.
46. This is (beautiful) scenery Ive ever seen.
47. My father is (strong) than yours.
48. Gold is (valuable) than silver.
49. This book is (difficult) than that one.
50. Nothing is (important) than health.
51. This morning I got up (early) than usual.
52. We like wearing the (late) fashion.
53. These trousers are (comfortable) than those jeans.
54. The red dress is the (attractive) in th
55. I always tell the (fun) jokes.
56. Your hair is (curly) than my hair.
57. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?
58. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.
59. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.
60. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?
61. English is not so (difficult) as Chinese.
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62. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.
63. He was the (clever) thief of all.
64. Could you write (clear)?
65. This cat is (nice) than my friend's cat.
66. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the (interesting) hobby in the world.
67. Homework is (boring) than school.
68. My grandparents' house is (smaall) than ours.
69. This was the (funny) joke I've ever heard.
70. My uncle is much (heavy) than my father.
71. My teacher's voice is (soft) than my mother's.
72. Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the (beautiful) baby on earth.
73. Carol is (clever) than Lucy.
74. It was the (old) castle we visited during our holidays.
75. Jim has (many) books than his brother.
76. Jack is much (tall) than his sister.
77. The grass is (wet) than the sidewalk.
78. My sister is (young) than my brother.
79. Whats (long) river in the world?
80. Everest is (high) mountain in the world. It is (high) than any other mountain.
81. That car is (expensive) in the market.
82. The Atacama desert is (dry) than the Amazonian region.
83. Mercury is (close) planet to the Sun.
84. Love is (important) than money.
85. The weather is (hot) than yesterday.
86. American Beauty was the (bad) film that year.
87. This exercise is (easy) than the others.
88. The school is ( far) away than the market.
89. She's (careful) girl in the class. She has never broken anything.
90. I've got (little) money than you.
II. Choose the best answer:
1. Sarah is ____ at chemistry than Susan.
A. good
B. well
C. better
2. I dont work so hard ____ my father.
A. so
B. as
C. than
3. Sam is the ____ student in my class.
A. tall
B. most tall
C. taller
4. No one in my class is ____ beautiful ____ her.
A. as/as
B. more/as
C. as/than
5. Going by train isnt ____ convenient as going by car.
A. so
B. as
C. more
6. The test is not ____ difficult ____ it was last month.
A. as / as
B. so / as
C. more / as
7. Peter usually drives ____ Mary
A. more fast
B. fast than
C. faster than
8. She cooked ____ than you.

D. best
D. more
D. tallest
D. the/more
D. A & B are correct.
D. A & B are correct.
D. B & C are correct.
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A. well
B. more good
C. better
9. This film is ____ interesting than that film.
A. most
B. less
C. as
10. My salary is ____ his salary.
A. high
B. more high
C. higher than
11. He works ____ we do.
A. harder
B. as hard as
C. harder
12. No one in this class is ____ Jimmy.
A. so tall as
B. tall than
C. the tallest
13. Apples are usually ____ oranges.
A. cheap than
B. more cheap
C. the cheapest
14. I know him ____ than you do.
A. better
B. more well
C. good
15. Marie is not ____ intelligent ____ her sister.
A. more/as
B. so/so
C. so/as
16. Janet is ____ tennis player in the club.
A. good
B. best
C. well
17. I ran ____ than Tom.
A. more fast
B. faster
C. fast
18. She can speak English ____ I can.
A. more well
B. best than
C. better than
19. Ann is 18 years old. Sue is 20 years old. Ann is ____ Sue.
A. older than
B. younger than
C. older
20. Nobody can cook as ____ as my mother.
A. well
B. best
C. good
21. Jane can swim ____ than I can.
A. far
B. further
C. more further
22. Tom drives ____ than Jim does.
A. carefully
B. more careful
C. careful
23. Today the weather is ____ than yesterday.
A. worse
B. more bad
C. more good
24. Sound travels ____ light does.
A. slower than
B. more slowly than C. slowly
25. My bicycle is ____ yours.
A. more new
B. as new as
C. new than
26. This ring is ____ that one.
A. valuable
B. more valuable
C. valuable than
27. Hue is ____ beautiful ____ Dalat.
A. as/as
B. more/as
C. as/so
28. Nam is ____ Tan.

D. more well
D. so
D. more higher than
D. so hard as
D. more tall than
D. cheaper than
D. the best
D. the/of
D. the best
D. the fastest
D. better
D. younger
D. better
D. more far
D. more carefully
D. well
D. slow
D. newer as
D. more valuable than
D. so/so

A. bigger

B. bigger than

C. the biggest

29. My computer is ____ modern ____ yours.

A. less/than
B. better/as
C. the/than
30. She doesnt work ____ her sister.
A. as hard as
B. so hard
C. more harder
31. What is ____ road in this city?
A. longest
B. the longest
C. the most long
32. Hoa is the ____ of the three students.
A. tallest
B. taller
C. tall
33. My brother sings ____ me.
A. as good as
B. well as
C. as well as
34. Thong is the ____ in my class.
A. clever
B. more clever
C. cleverest
35. What month is ____ in the year?
A. the hot
B. hotter than
C. the hottest
36. I have ____ job in the world.
A. the best
B. good
C. the better
37. Our team didnt play ____ I expected.
A. as well as
B. better
C. well
38. Could you talk ____? Im trying to work.
A. quiet
B. more quiet
C. more quietly
39. Sorry were late. Your house is much ____ than we thought.
A. far
B. the farthest
C. the farther
40. Write a report first. Its more important ____ your other work.
A. than
B. as
C. from
41. Thank you! Thats ____ gift I have ever received.
A. the nicer
B. a nice
C. nicest
42. Jordan played ____ skillfully____ ONeal.
A. as/than
B. more/than
C. more/as
43. The little boy spoke English ____ his brother.
A. more fast
B. fast than
C. the fastest
44. His job is ____ important than his friends.
A. as
B. more
C. so
45. He plays the guitar ____ well as my brother.
A. so
B. as
C. less
46. Tom reads ____ than his sister.
A. quicker
B. quickly
C. more quickly
47. California is farther from New York ____ Pennsylvania.
A. as
B. more
C. than

D. more big than

D. more/as
D. A & B are correct.
D. most long
D. most tall
D. more well than
D. clever than
D. more hotter
D. well
D. as bad as
D. quieter than
D. farther
D. then
D. the nicest
D. the most/than
D. faster than
D. the most
D. A & B are correct
D. A & C are correct
D. so
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48. China is the country with the ____ population.

A. larger
B. large
C. most large
49. My sister is much ____ than me.
A. pretty
B. prettier
C. the prettiest
50. Do you feel ____ today than yesterday?
A. well
B. good
C. best
51. He is the ____ person we know.
A. happy
B. happier
C. happiest
52. Mary is ____ as her sister.
A. prettier
B. as pretty
C. pretty
53. His job is ____ important than mine.
A. more
B. as
C. the most
54. Today English is ____ international of languages.
A. more
B. most
C. the most
55. Is this book more interesting ____ the one you read last week?
A. that
B. as
C. than
56. The teacher speaks English ____ we do.
A. fluently
B. more fluently
C. most fluently
57. John is much ____ I thought.
A. strong
B. more strong
C. stronger than
58. Im a ____ player than she is.
A. better
B. good
C. well
59. Nobody in this team plays ____ Tom.
A. as good as
B. as well as
C. as best as
60. We are not ____ you.
A. busy as
B. as busy than
C. as busier than

D. largest
D. more prettier
D. better
D. most happiest
D. more pretty
D. so
D. the more
D. of
D. more fluently than
D. more strong than
D. best
D. B & C are correct
D. as busy as

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