Name: UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY The+ short adj.-ER / more + long adj.

+ S + V,
Class: 12 COMPARISON The+ short adj.-ER / more + long adj. + S + V
1. EQUAL COMPARISON:
- Ta có thể dùng “twice as…as, three times as…as, half as…as,…” để chỉ gấp bao nhiêu E.g.: The hotter it is, the more uncomfortable I feel.
lần Note: The more expensive the hotel (is), the better its service (is).
Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. N N
Their house is about three times as big as ours. Task 1. Underline the correct form of comparison in each sentence.
- Chúng ta có thể dùng cấu trúc “the same + (Noun) + as” (không dùng the same … like) 1. Pat’s car is (faster / fastest) than Ban’s.
Ann’s salary is the same as Ho. 2. This poster is (colourfuler / more colourful) than the one in the hall.
Tom has the same shirt as me / as I do. 3. Does Fred feel (weller / better) today than he did yesterday?
2. COMPARATIVE FORM:(-y,-ow,-er,-ure,-et,-le) 4. This painting is (less impressive / least impressive) than that one.
- Trước các tính từ / trạng từ so sánh hơn ta có thể dùng những từ chỉ mức độ như: 5. George Washington is (famous / more famous) than John Jay.
Much / a lot / far (nhiều) a bit / a little / slightly (ít) 6. My sister’s much (taller / tallest) than me.
Let’s go by car. It’s much cheaper. 7. English is (easier / easiest) to learn than German.
Could you speak a bit more slowly, please? 8. This is the (creamier / creamiest) ice cream I have ever had.
- Chúng ta có thể sử dụng any và no trước các tính từ / trạng từ so sánh hơn. 9. I’m afraid my pronunciation is getting (worse / worst).
I’ve waited long enough. I’m not waiting any longer. 10. Phil is the (happier / happiest) person that we know.
We expected their house to be very big, but it’s no bigger than ours. / but it isn’t 11. The museum is the (farther / farthest) away of the three buildings.
any bigger than ours. 12. She’s the (taller / tallest) in our family.
3. SUPERLATIVE FORM:
- Sau tính từ / trạng từ so sánh nhất, ta sử dụng giới từ in + places (towns, building,…)
Task 2. Put the adjectives in brackets in correct form.
What is the longest river in the world? the youngest
It was one of the nicest room in this hotel.
1. Angela is (young) ________________ person in the class.
better
2. Mary speaks good French but Lucia speaks it (good) _____________.
- Chúng ta cũng có thể sử dụng in + organizations / group of people (a class / team /
as expensive
3. The bill isn’t (expensive) _______________ as I thought it would be.
company /…) the cheapest
Who is the best student in the class? 4. He bought (cheap) ________________ petrol he could find.
- Chúng ta thường dùng of + a period of time (khoảng thời gian) 5. Her teacher speaks (slow) ________________
more slowely than ours.
farther
6. They live (far) ________________ from school than I do.
What was the happiest day of your life?
Yesterday was the hottest day of the year. 7. There isn’t a room (comfortable) ________________
as cổmtable as this one.
- Chúng ta thường sử dụng thì hiện tại hoàn thành (present perfect) hoặc quá khứ hoàn the most boring film I had ever seen.
8. It was (boring) ________________
thành (past perfect) sau hình thức so sánh nhất. more beaitifully than anyone else in the choir.
9. She sings (beautiful) _______________
What’s the best film you’ve ever seen? 10. She works (quick) _________ than Julian but not (fast) ________
as fasstas Alison.
That was the most delicious meal I had ever had for a long time. more qiuckly
- Đôi khi chúng ta dùng most + adj với nghĩa là very. Task 3. Choose the best option.
The book you lent me was most interesting. 1. Parachuting is ______________ the sky-diving.
Thank you for the money. It was most generous of you. A. as interesting as B. interesting as C. more interesting D. the most interesting
4. DOUBLE COMPARISON 3. It costs _____________ postage to send a letter by ordinary mail than by airmail.
A. much less B. a little C. very little D. so much
S + V + short adj.-ER + and + short adj.-ER 4. My father used to earn ____________ a pound a week when he first started work.
S + V + more and more + long adj. A. fewer than B. less than C. much than D. fewest than
5. She has ______________ as her sister.
E.g.: It’s hotter and hotter. A. as good a voice B. as a good voice C. so good voice D. such good voice
You look more and more beautiful. 6. Your work isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do __________________.
A. worse B. better C. the best D. best
7. I go out less than I used to. I don’t go out________________________ I used to. 2. Nam is taller than Nga.
A. more than B. as much as C. most D. less than not as tall as Nam
Nga is _________________________________________________________.
8. I arrived at 10.25 and so did you. I arrived _______________ you. 3. Hung drives more carefully than Son.
A. sooner than B. at the same time as C. earlier than D. at the right time as drive as carefully as Hung
 Son doesn’t ____________________________________________________.
9. We had a great holiday. It was one of ______________ holidays we‘ve ever had. 4. This car is more expensive than that one.
A. the most enjoyable B. more enjoyable C. less enjoyable D. more enjoyable than That car is ______________________________________________________.
cheaper than this one
10. The United States is very large, but Canada is __________________________. 5. They don’t have as much money as we do.
A. less large B. the largest C. larger D. bigger than less money than we do
 They have _____________________________________________________.
11. The band must be made from a ______________ precious metal than silver. 6. My salary is high but yours is higher.
A. much B. most C. more D. as
 My salary isn’t _________________________________________________.
as high as yours
12. The garden looks _______________since you tidied it up.
7. The Pacific Ocean is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean.
A. better B. weller C. gooder D. more well Ocean is not as deep as the pacific Ocean
13. Mr. David doesn’t work here ___________________. He left six months ago.
 The Atlantic ___________________________________________________.
A. any long B. some long C. any longest D. any longer 8. He plays the guitar better than I do.
play the guitar as well as he does
 I don’t ________________________________________________________.
14. The younger you are, ……..it is to learn.
A. easier B. you are easier C. the easier D. the easy 9. No other season is as hot as summer.
the hottest season
 Summer is _____________________________________________________.
15. …… the man gets, …….. he becomes.
A. The more old/ the more weak B. The older/ the weaker 10. No one in this company drives as carefully as Mr. Jones.
C. The older/ the weakest D. Older/weaker hardest is the most carefull driver in this company
 Mr. Jones _______________________________________________________.
16. ……... difficult the lesson, ………. we try.
A. The more/the harder B. The more/the hardest Task 6. Rewrite the sentences, using The…, The …
C. The most/the harder D. The more/the most hard 1. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.
17. He speaks English ………..  ________________________________________________________________.
the longer the delay was, the angrier the crowd became
A. so quick B. more and more quickly 2. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is.
C. more quickly D. more quickly than the more famous an artist is, the more valuable the picture is
 ________________________________________________________________.
18. The problem seems to be ………. 3. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed.
A. most serious B. more serious than  ________________________________________________________________.
the earlier i go to bed, the better i sleep
C. more serious D. more and more serious 4. I don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard.
the harder i work, the less tỉme i spend with my family
 ________________________________________________________________.
Task 4. Find mistakes in each sentence and correct them. 5. The traffic moves slowly as more cars come into the city.
1. More you work, more money you earn. the more cars come into the city, the more slowly the traffic moves
 ________________________________________________________________.
 ________________________________________________________________.
the more...., the more... 6. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get.
2. The more it is difficult, more harder he tries.  ________________________________________________________________.
the hotter you get, the more you sweat
difficult it is the harder
 ________________________________________________________________. 7. The idea becomes less attractive as I think about it more.
3. He’s been working longer that you. The more I think about it, the less attractive the idea becomes.
 ________________________________________________________________.
 ________________________________________________________________.
than 8. How much petrol a car uses depends on the size of the engine.
4. This meat’s tougher as yesterday’s.  ________________________________________________________________.
than the bigger the engine is, the more the car uses
 ________________________________________________________________. 9. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired.
5. You’re the more infuriating person I’ve ever met.  ________________________________________________________________.
the more tired you are, the harder it is to concentrate
the most
 ________________________________________________________________. 10. The service of a hotel depends on how expensive it is.
The more expensive a hotel is, the better its service is.
 ________________________________________________________________.
Task 5. Rewrite the following sentences:
1. Bill is ten years old. Dick is twelve years old.
younger than Dick
 Bill is _________________________________________________________.