COMPARISONS

I. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets:
1. Vinh is as tall as I am. ( tall)
2. My car is as expensive as Tam’s ( expensive)
3. He is younger than I am ( young)
4. You write faster than I do ( fast)
5. The city is noisier than the country ( noisy)
6. That is the highest building in the city. ( high)
7. Thu is the tallest in the class. ( tall)
8. This chair is more comfortable than that one. ( comfortable)
9. He speaks English more fluently than she does ( fluent)
10. Tuan’s car is more expensive than mine. ( expensive)
11. This is the most beautiful building in the city. ( beautiful)
12. Of all the students he does his work the most carefully. ( careful)
13. He visits his family more frequently than she does. ( frequent)
14. His job isn’t as/so difficult as mine ( difficult)
15. Their house is bigger than that one (big)
16. Who is the richest person in Vietnam? ( rich)
17. Her English is better than mine ( good)
18. Who is the worst in maths in the class? ( bad)
19. He plays the guitar as well as she does. ( good)
20. Nobody is happier than Mai ( happy)
II. Choose the best answer:
1, My car __________ your car.
A. is as not expensive as B. is not as expensive as
C. as expensive not as D.is not as expensively as
2, You must explain your problems________ .
A. as clear as you can B. as clearly as you can
C. as clear that you are D. as clearly as you are
3, Nobody in our class plays_______ Patrick.
A.as good as B. so well than C. as best as D. as well as
4, Her motor is ______ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as C.as two time big as D. as big as twice
5, My clothes ________ hers.
A. is as not modern as B. as is modern as
C. is as modern as D. as is modern not as
6. My Japanese class is _______ than his English class.
A. funny B. funnier C. funniest D. the funny
7.This chair is _________ than the other.
A. comfortable B. the comfortable C. more comfortable D. most comfortable
8. No one in my group is _______ than Duong.
A. kinder B. kind C more kind D. most kind
9.Hoang visits his parents ________ than she does.
A. little B. least C. the less D. less
10. If Cuong had run ________ , his brother could not have caught him.
A. fast B. faster C. the fastest D. more faster
III.Rewrite these sentences as suggested:
1. Travelling by train is more comfortable than travelling by bus
Travelling by bus isn’t as comfortable as travelling by train.
2. He is not as old as I thought
He is younger than I thought.
3. He jogs more regularly than I do
I don’t jog as regularly as he does.
4. I can’t work as hard as I used to
I used to work harder.
5. John’s father is handsome, and so is John.
John is as handsome as his father.
6. Jane plays tennis better than Susan.
Susan doesn’t play tennis as well as Jane.
7. I’ve never seen a more interesting film than that one
That is the most interesting film that I’ve ever seen.
8. Today the food is not as good as it was yesterday
Yesterday the food was better than it is today.
9. He isn’t as interested in sport as I am
I am more interested in sport than he is.
10. He was the tallest person in my class
No one in the class was as tall as he was/him.
11. Her English is better than mine
My English isn’t as good as hers.
12. She plays the piano more carefully than anyone else in her class
No one in her class plays the piano as carefully as she does/ her.
13. The children don't behave as well as they did.
The children behaved better (than now/ they do now.)
14. My school isn’t as modern as yours
Your school is more modern than mine.
15. The theatre is nearer than I thought
The theatre isn’t as far as I thought.
16. My book isn’t as thin as yours
Your book is thinner than mine.
17. This test isn’t as easy as the last one
The last test is easier than this one.
18. I am 18 years old. Lan is 17 years old
Lan is younger than I am.
19. He runs faster than he used to
He doesn’t run as slowly as he used to.
20. John swims farther than Peter
Peter can’t swim as far as John.
21. I play chess worse than my brother
My brother plays chess better than I do.
22. I think a book is better than a film
I think a film is not as good as a book.
23. I don’t earn as much money as he does
He earns more money than I do.
24. Today it isn’t as cold as it was yesterday
Yesterday it was colder than it is today.
25. No one in the class is as intelligent as Nam
Nam is the most intelligent (student) in the class.
26. The second lesson is more difficult than the first one
The first lesson is not as difficult as the second one.
27. I speak English more fluently than I did
I didn’t speak English as fluently as I do (now).
28. The exam is easier than we expected
The exam isn’t as hard/difficult as we expected.
29. David does his homework more carefully than you
You don’t do your homework as carefully as David does.
30. My father can’t cook as well as my mother
My mother can cook better than my father.