EXERCISES ON COMPARISON

Bài 1: Hoàn thành các câu so sánh sau:

* So sánh ngang bằng.
a. Mary/ tall/ her brother.
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b. A lemon/ not sweet/ an orange.
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c. A donkey/ not big/ a horse.
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d. This dress/ pretty/ that one.
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e. the weather/ not cold/ yesterday.
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* So sánh hơn:
a. A rose/ beautiful/ a weed.
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b. A dog/ intelligent/ a chicken.
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c. Ba/ friendly/ Nam.
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d.Your house/ far/ from school / my house.
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e. A horse/ strong/ a person.
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* So sánh nhất:
a. The Nile/ long/ river/ in the world.
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b. Lan/ tall/ student / in my class.
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c. English coffee/ bad/ of all.
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d. Australia/ small/ continent in the world.
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e. That/ high/ mountain in the world.
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Bài 2: Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. My grandmother was _______ than yesterday.
A. better B. the best C. the most D. good
2. Nam is _______ in his class.
A. taller B. the most tall C. the tallest D. more tall
3. Traveling by plane is _______ than traveling by car.
A. fast B. more fast C. the most fast D. faster
4. Actually, today I feel ______ than I did yesterday.
A. the worst B. worst C. worse D. bad
5. Could you speak Vietnamese _______ , so I can understand what you mean?
A. more clearly B. clearly C. the most clearly D. the clearest
6. That flight ticket is _________ of all.
A. expensive B. the most expensive C. more expensive D. the expensive
7. Phong works ________ than most of his friends.
A. a lot more hardly B. more hardly C. many harder D. much harder
8. I tried to spend ______ money.
A. little B. less C. the least D. the less than
9. My friend is much _______ than me.
A. prettier B. pretty C. the prettiest D. more prettier
10. My mom speaks Korean ______ I do.
A. fluently B. more fluently than C. more fluently D. most fluently
Bài 3: Viết lại những câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi.
1. My best friend is the best in my class.
→ (no one) ________________________________________________________________________ .
2. Chicken is cheaper than beef.
→ (more) __________________________________________________________________________ .
3. To my knowledge, speaking English is easier than listening to conversations in English.
→ (harder) ________________________________________________________________________ .
4. This is the most delicious lunch she’s even had.
→ (more) __________________________________________________________________________ .
5. There is no better doctor in this hospital than Mr.Long.
→ (best) ___________________________________________________________________________ .
6. This is the fastest moving car I’ve ever driven.
→ (faster) _________________________________________________________________________ .
7. There isn’t anywhere as old as this castle.
→ (oldest) ________________________________________________________________________ .
8. Have you got any bigger shirts than that one?
→ (biggest) _______________________________________________________________________ .
9. I am not taller than anyone in the class.
→ (lowest) _______________________________________________________________________ .
10. The company’s revenue in May is the highest compared to the previous months.
→ (lower) ________________________________________________________________________ .
Bài 4: Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. Jay is __________ everyone in my class.
A. the best B. better than C. good
2. Paris is __________ to get to than Rome.
A. easier B. more easy C. easy
3. Who is __________ ? You or your sister?
A. cleverly B. cleverer C. a clever
4. He is ___________ than his sister at school.
A. badder B. worse C. the worse
5. My book is __________ yours.
A. more interesting than B. interesting that C. more interesting
6. My car is __________ his.
A. older than B. more old than C. older
7. We read ___________ books than before.
A. fewer B. less C. few
8. I have __________ time today.
A. many B. fewer C. less
9. I think that Chemistry is more difficult ___________ Biology.
A. than B. that C.
10. he was ___________ when she was a child.
A. happyer B. more happiest C. happier
Bài 5: Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc.
1. Summer in the North of Vietnam is ………..........................………..… (hot) than in the South.
2. The price in the countryside is…………….........................…..… (cheap) than that in big cities.
3. Canada is far …………….............................……..… (large) than Vietnam.
4. My garden is a lot more colorful……..............................………… (colorful) than this park.
5. My friend is quieter….......................................………..(quiet) than me.
6. Art-related subjects are ………................................……… (interesting) than science classes.
7. My current apartment is……….............................…… (comfortable) than the one, I rented 2 years ago.
8. The weather this autumn is even …...................................……….. (nice) than last autumn.
9. These products in this grocery are ………...............................….. (natural) than these in the near one.
10. A holiday in the mountains is more memorable….........................…………(memorable) then a holiday in the sea.
Bài 6: Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. You run faster/more fast than your father.
2. Is the North Sea more big/bigger than the Mediterranean Sea?
3. Are you a better/good student than your sister?
4. My dad’s funny/funnier than your dad!
5. Crocodiles are more dangerous than/as dolphins.
6. Physics is badder/worse than chemistry.
7. Cars are much more safer/much safer than motorbikes.
8. Australia is far/further hotter than Ireland.
9. It is strange but often a coke is more expensive/ expensiver than a beer.
10. Non-smokers usually live more long/longer than smokers.
Bài 7: Viết lại các câu sau sao cho nghĩa không đổi.
1. This is a nice cat. It’s much ………………..........................………. than my friend’s cat.
2. Here is Emily. She’s six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ……………........................…………. .
3. This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk is the ……......…………………. exercise on the worksheet.
4. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the ………………..............………. one in the world.
5. In the last holidays I read a good book, but my father gave me an even ……….....………………. one last weekend.
6. School is boring, but homework is ………………....................………. than school.
7. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ……………….................………. than skateboarding.
8. This magazine is cheap, but that one is …………….....................…………. .
9. We live in a small house, but my grandparents’ house is even ………...................………………. than ours.
10. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the …………….............…………. joke I’ve ever heard.
Bài 8 Hoàn thành câu bằng dạng so sánh đúng của từ trong ngoặc:
1. Her daughter is............................................................her (beautiful).
2. Summer is............................................................................season of the year (hot)
3. That dog isn't...............................................................it looks (dangerous)
4. In the past, people were.....................................................................than today (polite)
5. It is...............................................................today than it was yesterday (cold)
6. Our hotel was..........................................................than all the others in the town (cheap)
7. What's.......................................................................river in the world (long)
8. It was an awful day. It was............................................................day of my life (bad)
9. Everest is......................................mountain in the world. It is........................................than any other mountain (high)
10. I prefer this chair to the other one. It's....................................................... (comfortable)
11. It's.................................................................. than mine. (small)
12. Yours is........................................................... than mine. (big)
13. It cost........................................................... than I thought. (little)
14. He's............................................................ than he looks. (intelligent)
15. The road is............................................................. than the motorway. (narrow)
16. She talks........................................................ than I do. (quickly)
17. It's............................................................ than it looks. (bad)
18. It's.......................................................... than it was. (good)
19. It was..................................................... than I thought it would be. (quick)
20. I'd like some........................................................... information about your courses. (far)
Bài 9: Viết lại những câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi.
1. My house is bigger than your house.
=> Your house is________________________________________________________________________________
2. The black car is cheaper than the red car.
=> The red car__________________________________________________________________________________
3. This film is more interesting than that one.
=> That film is__________________________________________________________________________________
4. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
=> Your kitchen________________________________________________________________________________
5. My grandmother is older than every one in my family.
=> My grandmother is the____________________________________________________________________
6. No one in my class is as tall as Tam.
=> Tam is the___________________________________________________________________________________
7. I can't cook as well as my mother.
=> My mother can cook_______________________________________________________________________
8. He does not play tennis as well as Jack.
=> Jack can_____________________________________________________________________________________
9. I did not spend as much money as you.
=> You spent___________________________________________________________________________________
10. I don't think this book is expensive as it is.
=> This book is________________________________________________________________________________
11. He is the tallest boy in his class.
=> No one in___________________________________________________________________________________
12. This is the most interesting film of all.
=> No other films are__________________________________________________________________________
13. No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones.
=> Japanese cars ______________________________________________________________________________
14. This exercise is easier than that one.
=> That exercise is not_______________________________________________________________________
15. He drives more carefully than Jack does.
=> Jack_________________________________________________________________________________________
16. No one in the group plays better than he.
=> He can______________________________________________________________________________________
17. No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this.
=> This hotel is the ___________________________________________________________________________
18. Other oceans in the world aren't as large as the Pacific one.
=> The Pacific Ocean is _______________________________________________________________________
19. The Phillipines is more populous than Vietnam.
=> Vietnam isn’t_______________________________________________________________________________
20. Orchids are more beautiful than any other flower.
=>No flower___________________________________________________________________________________

NEW WORS AND PHRASES:

1. luxurious (adj) sang trọng 18. fluent (adj) trôi chảy

2. convenient (adj) tiện nghi 19. perfect (adj) hoàn hảo

3. comfortable (adj) thoải mái 20. professional (adj) chuyên nghiệp

4. attractive (adj) hấp dẫn 21. memorable (adj) đáng nhớ

5. narrow (adj) hẹp 22. forgetful (adj) hay quên

6. shallow (adj) nông 23. complicated (adj) phức tạp

7. deep (adj) sâu 24. arrogant (adj) kiêu căng

8. asterisk (n) dấu hoa thị 25. modest (adj) khiêm tốn

9. polite (adj) lịch sự 26. honest (adj) thật thà, lương thiện

10. impolite (adj) bất lịch sự 27. ambitious (adj) có hoài bão

11. civilized (adj) văn minh 28. colorful (adj) có nhiều màu

12. worksheet (n) giấy chấm công, bảng tính 29. difficult (adj) khó

13. skateboarding (n) môn trượt ván 30. simple (adj) đơn giản

14. Pacific Ocean Thái bình dương 31. enthusiastic (adj) nhiệt tình

15. Mediterranean Sea Biển địa trung hải 32. lucky/fortunate (adj) may mắn

16. natural (adj) thuộc về tự nhiên 33. wealthy/rich (adj) giàu có

17. Atlantic Ocean Đại tây dương 35. penniless/poor (adj) nghèo