Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the

others

1. A. narrow B. crowd C. now D. about

2. A. crowded B. interested C. bored D. polluted
3. A. sing B. mine C. hit D. sit
Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences with the comparatives of the adjectives.
1. Your flat is ____________ than mine. (large)
2. Love is __________ than money. (important)
3. My mother's cooking is _________ than my father's. (good)
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer
1. _________ nice the weather is!
A. What
B. How
C. Which
D. Who
2. Father likes swimming and ___________ we.
A. so do
B. so did
C. so can
D. nor do
3. “How about ___________ me a hand? - Sure, I‟d be glad to help”.
A.giving
B. give
C. to give
D. you giving
4. Mr. Lam cannot earn ______________ his wife.
A.as many money as
B. as much money as
C. as many money than
D. as much money than
5. Living in a city is ________ convenient than living in the countryside.
A. a lot
B. much
C. many
D. more
6. _______ go past the traffic lights, and ________ turn left.
A. First - than
B. First - then
C. Then - first
D. Finally - then
Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentence so that it contains the word in capitals.
1. Can you tell me the way to the nearest post office? (HOW)
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2. The first question in the test was easier than the second one. (DIFFICULT)
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3. I expected my exam results to be better. (THAN)
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Exercise 5. Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following
questions.
1. She is not happy because her results are worse than her sister.
A. is
B. because
C. worse
D. her sister
2. The pink flower are more beautiful than the yellow one.
A. beautiful
B. are
C. the
D. more
3. A post office is a place where we going to buy stamps or send letters.
A. going
B. A post office
C. place
D. or
4. There are many shops near here, because the streets are very busy and noisy during
the day.
A. many shops
B. and
C. because
D. are
5. I think French food is the best than English food.
A. is
B. English food
C. I think
D. the best
Exercise 6. Write comparison sentences.
1. Tom’s brothers are not as noisy as Tom.
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2. Wealth is not as good as health.
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3. Mr. Chan is not as old as he looks.
_____________________________________________________________________.
4. Losing weight is not as easy as putting on weight.
_____________________________________________________________________.
5. In a basketball match there are fewer players than in a football match.
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Exercise 7. Give the correct form of comparative in the blank.
1. Mr. Tan works _____ hours than my father. (many)
2. Summer vacation is the ________ vacation. (long)
3. Vietnamese students have ________ vacations than American students. (few)
4. He drinks ________ wine than Mr. Hai. (little)
5. Christmas is one of the ________- vacations in America. (important)
6. This old woman has _______ money than all of her daughters. (much)
7. Bill is ___________ than you. (good)
8. These shoes are ____________ than those shoes. (expensive)
Exercise 8. Rearrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences
1. intelligent/ his/ Peter/ than/ more/ classmates/ is
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2. better/ old/ new/ than/ This / one/ car/ the/ is.
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3. than/ My/ shorter/ Nam’s/ is/ ruler
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4. would be/ The English/ easier/ thought/test/ it/ than/ was/ I
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5. mine/ Her office/ farther/ than/ away/ is
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