Student’name:………………………………… Date: 27/09/2022

Teachers: Ms. Trang Pham Class: Gia sư

HOMEWORK: COMPARISON
Ex1. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the
others by circling A, B, C, or D.
1. A. books B. pencils C.rulers D. bags
2. A. read B. teacher C. eat D. ahead
3. A. tenth B. math C. brother D. theater
4. A. has B. name C. family D. lamp
5. A. does B. watches C. finishes D. brushes

Ex2. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
1. A. teacher B. lesson C. action D. police
2. A. important B. happiness C. employment D. relation
3. A. possible B. cultural C. confident D. support
4. A. office B. nature C. result D. farmer
A. difficult B. popular C. effective D. national

Ex 3. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.

1. You must explain your problems …………....
A. as clear as you can B. as clearly as you can
C. as clear than you are D. as clearly as you are
2. Pil is ……………… person we know.
A. the happier B. the happiest C. happier D. happiest
3. Which woman are you going to vote for? –I ’m not sure. Everyone says that Joan is………….
A. smarter B. the smarter C. more smarter D. more smart
4. Bill is ………………
A. lazier and lazier B. more and more lazy
C. lazier and more lazy D. more lazy and lazier
5. It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere …………………?
A. noisier B. more quie C. more noisy D. quieter

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6. ………………..the time passes, …………….I feel ! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but
I have just finished half of it.
A. The faster / the nervous B. The more fast / the nervous
C. The fast / the more nervous D. The faster / the more nervous
7. China is the country with…………………..population.
A. the larger B. the more large C. the largest D. the most large
8. She sat there quietly, but during all that time she was getting…………….Finally she
exploded.
A. more and more angry C. the most angry
B. the more angry D. angrier and angrier
9. For ……………….., it is certain that in the future some things will be very different.
A. the better or the worse B. the good or the bad
C. good or bad D. better or worse
10. Her grandfather’s illness was…………………..we thought at first.
A. more seriously as B. as seriously as
C. more serious than D. as serious than
11. My brother was feeling tired last night, so he went to bed…………..usual.
A. more early than B. as early as C more earlier as D. earlier than
12._______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best D. The more hard / the more good
13. His house is _______ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as
C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
14. A: It’s hot there, isn’t it?
B: It’s very………..during the day.
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. hotter than
15. ……….apples are grown in Washington State.
A. Best B. The most good C. The best D. The better
16. The test becomes……….and…………
A. hard/ hard B. difficult/ difficult
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C. harder/ harder D. difficulty/ difficulty

17. His health is getting……….and…………….
A. good/ good B. better/ better
C. bad/ bad D. well/ well
18. The more paper we save,…………preserved.
A. more is wood pulp B. the more wood pulp is
C. wood pulp is D. the much wood pulp is
19. The more polluted air we breathe,…….we get.
A. the more weaker B. the more weak
C. the weaker D. weaker more
20. The more we study, the……we are.
A. more good B. better C. better than D. good
21. The more I tried my best to help her, ……….she became.
A. less lazy B. the lazier C. the more lazy D. lazier
22. The weather becomes………………
A. colder with colder B. colder and colder
C. colder and more colder D. more and more cold
23. The more he slept,…………….irritable he became.
A. the most B. the vey more C. much more D. the more
24. ………..he worked, the more he earned.
A. The more hard B. The hard C. The harder D. The hardest
25. ………I get to know Jim, the more I like him.
A. For more B. More C. The more D. The most
Ex 4. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, or D that needs correcting and correct it.
1. Richard feels good than several days ago.
A B C D
2. Mary and Daisy are both intelligent students. Mary is so intelligent as Daisy.
A B C D
3. I found the conversation as most interesting and I was glad to practice my English.
A B C D
4. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is the largest than any other lakes in the world.
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A B C D
5. He drives the car more dangerous than his brother does.
A B C D
6. It was the most biggest building that I had ever seen.
A B C D
7. I wish my house were so large as Jone’s.
A B C D
8. The Mekong is one of the longer river in the world.
A B C D
9. She can play the piano more good than her sister.
A B C D
10. Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.
A B C D
Ex 5. Rewrite these sentences:
1. He works much. He feels tired.
 The more …………………………………………………
2. The apartment is big. The rent is high.
 The bigger ………………………………………………….
3. The joke is good. The laughter is loud.
 The better ……………………………………………….……..
4. She gets fat. She feels tired.
 The fatter ……………………………………………….………
5. The children are excited with the difficult games.
 The more ……………………………………………….………
6. As he gets older, he wants to travel less.
 The older ……………………………………………….………
7. The children are excited with the difficult games.
 The more ……………………………………………….………
8. People dive fast. Many accidents happen.
 The faster……………………………………………….………

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9. I meet him much. I hate him much

 The more ……………………………………………….………
10. My boss works better when he is pressed for time,
 The less ……………………………………………….………
11. As he has much money, he wants to spend much.
 The more ……………………………………………….……….
12. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
 The more ……………………………………………….………
13. He speaks too much and people feel bored.
 The more ……………………………………………….………
14. The growth in the economy makes people’s living condition better.
 The more ……………………………………………….………
15. He learned a lot of things as he traveled far.
 The farther ……………………………………………….………
Ex 6. Correct the mistake:
1. The more she study, the smarter she will become.
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2. The more I looks into your eyes, the more I love you.
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3. The bigger the apartment is, the high the rent is.
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4. The more heavy the rain is, the more people can’t go home.
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5. The more money he has, the most he wants to spend.
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Ex 7. Choose the correct answers:
1. In Viet Nam , it is normally................ in the South than in the North.
a. hot b. hotter c. hottest d. hoter
2. The food is ............... than the last time I ate it.
a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worst
3. Ho Chi Minh city is .............. than Hanoi.
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a. big b. bigger c. biggest d. biger

4. Children often learn very .................... things around them.
a. quickly b. quicker c. quickest d. quick
5. Jack is now ................. than he used to be.
a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happyer
6. The tourist company was .............. down the street than I had thought.
a. farther b. far c. farer d. farest
7. There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather.
a. gooder b. good c. better d. best
8. He tried very ........... but still failed the exam.
a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest
9. Tuan writes more .............. with fewer mistakes than the previous term.
a. careless b. careful c. carefully d. carelessly
10. Peter does better at school because he works ......................
a. harder b. more carelessly c. more lazily d. worse

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