COMPARISION

I. Read the situation and complete the sentences, using the words in brackets.
1. Hoa and Tim are both 13 years old. (the same...as)
Tim is ___________________ age_____________________.
2. She speaks English very well, and her sister speaks well too. (as...as)
She speaks ________________________________ her sister.
3. They like spaghetti; but I like hamburger. (different from)
Their tastes are ____________________________________.
4. They’ve lived here for a long time but we’ve lived here longer. (as…as)
They haven’t ___________________________________ us.
5. He is wearing a red cap, and she is wearing a red cap too. (like)
He is _________________________________________ hers.
6. My birthday is 12 August. Tom’s birthday is 12 August. (the same as)
My birthday is ________________________________ Tom’s.
7. Sandra spent 100 dollars; but Susan spent 120 dollars. (as…as)
Sandra _________________ much money ________________.
8. I thought she was an intelligent girl; but she is so stupid. (different from)
She is ____________________ what _____________________.
9. Nam drives carefully but his sister drives more carefully. (as…as)
Nam doesn’t ________________________________________.
10. We left the meeting at 10 pm; they left the meeting at 10 pm too. (the same…as)
We left ____________________ time ____________________.
II. Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use comparative form with given adjectives.
1. The CD is 20,000 dong, the cassette is 12,000 dong. (expensive)
The CD ____________________________________________.
2. The church is built in 1878 and the library in 1925. (old)
The church _________________________________________.
3. Andrew doesn’t have many friends. Clare has lots of friends. (popular)
Clare _______________________________________________.
4. The film lasts two and a half hours, but the videotape is only two hours long. (long)
The film ____________________________________________.
5. It takes four hours to go by car and five hours to go by train. (slow)
Going by train ________________________________________.
6. Laura’s room has a lot of pictures and flowers. Mark’s room doesn’t have any pictures. (interesting)
Laura’s room _________________________________________.
7. Daniel can lift 90 kilos, but Matthew can lift 120 kilos. (strong)
Matthew _____________________________________________.
8. There are a lot of vehicles on the streets in the city. There are a few vehicles on the streets in the
countryside. (crowded)
The streets in the city ___________________________________.
9. The buses run every 30 minutes. The trains run every hour. (frequent)
The buses _____________________________________________.
10. Yesterday the temperature was six degrees. Today it’s only three degrees. (cold)
It ____________________________________________________.
III. Write the comparative form of the words in brackets.
1. Your house is _________ than my house. (big)
2. Hoi An is the _________ town in Vietnam. (old)
3. Tokyo is __________ than London. (big)
4. The Mekong River is __________ than the Red River. (long)
5. Her hair is __________ than his hair. (short)
6. Mai’s house is the __________ one in the village. (big)
7. Her nose is __________ than my nose. (small)
8. It is the ___________ building in this city. (big)
9. Nam is ___________ than Ba. He is the ___________ boy in his class. (tall)
10. The Great Wall of China is the world’s ___________ structure. (long)
IV. Write the comparative form or superlative form of the words in brackets.
1. Sport is ________________________________ politics. (interesting)
2. Can’t you think of anything ______________________ to say? (intelligent)
3. It’s __________________ day of the year. (short)
4. London is ___________________________ Birmingham. (big)
5. I prefer this chair to the other ones. It’s ____________________. (comfortable)
6. The weather is getting _____________________. (bad)
7. I like living in the countryside. It’s ___________________ living in a town. (peaceful)
8. Who is ___________________ in the class? (clever)
9. That’s ___________________ meal I’ve had for a long time. (delicious)
10. It was _______________________ speech I’ve ever heard. (boring)
V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
1. Richard is younger than he looks. (old)
Richard isn’t ________________________________________________.
2. This hotel is more comfortable than all the others. (most)
This hotel ___________________________________________________.
3. The table and the desk are the same size. (big)
The table ____________________________________________________.
4. I’m not as fit as my brother. (am)
My brother is _________________________________________________.
5. The dress is cheaper than the skirt. (expensive)
The skirt _____________________________________________________.
6. The living room isn’t as big as the kitchen. (than)
The kitchen ___________________________________________________.
VI. Complete the sentences with Double Comparison.
1. If the fruit is fresh, it tastes good.
 ______________ the fruit is, ______________ it tastes.
2. We got close to the fire. We felt warm.
 ______________ we got to the fire, ______________ we felt.
3. If a knife is sharp, it is easy to cut something with.
 ______________ a knife is, ______________ it is to cut something.
4. The party got noisy next door. I got angry.
 ______________ it got, ______________ I got.
5. Bill talked very fast. I became confused.
 ______________ Bill talked, ______________ I became.
VII. Complete the sentences.
E.g. The bigger a flat is, (the rent is high.) the higher the rent is.
The younger you are, (you learn quickly.) the more quickly you learn.
1. (The roads are quiet.) The earlier you leave, _____________________________.
2. (The choice is wide.) The bigger a supermarket is, _____________________________.
3. (I get confused.) The more I try to work this out, _____________________________.
4. (You can speak fluently.) The more you practice, _____________________________.
5. (The beaches get crowded.) The better the weather is, _____________________________.
6. I like warm weather. The warmer the weather, (feel) _____________________________.
7. I didn’t really like him when we first met. But the more I got to know him, (like)
_____________________________.
8. If you’re in business, you want to make a profit. The more goods you sell, (profit)
_____________________________.
9. It’s hard to concentrate when you’re tired. The more tired you are, (hard)
_____________________________.
10. She had to wait a very long time. The longer she waited, (become impatient)
_____________________________.