COMPARISON Choose the best answer to fill in the gaps. 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. 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. She can not sing but she can play the piano beautifully. a. good b. best c. goodly d. well 6. Helen always with John in every school dancing competition. a. dances b. dance c. dancing d, danced 7. It dangerous to swim in deep rivers. a. are b. is c. being d. be 8. Jack is now than he used to be. a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happyer 9. The tourist company was down the street than I had thought. a. farther b. far c. farer d. farest 10. There is nothing than going swimming in hot weather. a. gooder b. good c. better d. best 11. He tried very but still failed the exam. a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest 12. She came to school and had to stand outside for 15 minutes. a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter 13. He was successful with the business. a. complete b. completion c. completeness d. completely 14. Tuan writes more with fewer mistakes than the previous term. a. careless b. careful c. carefully d. carelessly 15. My father is happy because I get results at school. a. bad b. good c. intelligent d. well 16. Peter does better at school because he works a. harder b. more carelessly c. more lazily d. worse 17. He can do sums more and read faster. a. badly b. quickly c. difficultly d. fastly 18. Mary is in 8 in St Mary secondary school. a. age b. level c. grade d, step 19. She is very pupil. She spends most of her time studying. a. hard- working b. difficult c. hard d. easy 20. My English this term is than that of last year. a. good b. gooder c. better d. best 21. Her math result is than her English result. a. bad b. badly c. worse d. well 22. Detective books are than science fiction ones. a. more interesting b. more interestingly c. most interesting d. more interested 23. Lan is than her sister. 1 a. lazy b. lazily c. lazier d. lazilier 24. He feels than last year because his study results are a. happy/ good b. happier/ gooder c. more happy/more good d. happier/better 25. He is at maths than at any other subjects. a. better b. more good c. goodlier d. gooder 26. Phuong can speak English than Minh. a. more fluent b. fluently c. fluent d. more fluently 27. Her voice is than her sister’s/. a. beautiful b. more beautiful c. beautifully d. more beautifully 28. Her literature result is much than it was last year. a. good b. well c. more well d. better 29. Cinderrella danced than any other girls at the ball. a. more graceful b. gracefuler c. gracefully d. more gracefully 30. Chemistry is than physics. a. easy b. easily c. easier d. more easily 31. Rabbits run than tortoises. a. fast b . fastly c. fastlier d. faster 63.Nam is bad at art but Minh is even a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worser 32. Lan is her sister. a. old b. elderly c. elder d. oldly 33. She can pronounce English words than she could last term. a. correctlier b . more correct c. more correctly d. correcter 34. The country is than the city. a. quieter b . less quiet c. more quietly d. quietlier 35. In this class , the students are talking than the teacher. a. loudly b. more loud c. loudlier d. louder. 36. We shouldn’t be on any subjects. a. lazy b. lazier c. lazily d. lazilier 37. I can learn a subject if I like it and if I don’t like it. a. good/ bad b. better/ worse c. better/ badlier d. gooder/worse 70.My Dinh is the national of Viet Nam . a. city b. theatre c . stadium d. cinema 71. She is the most girl in our class. a. intelligent b. intelligentest c. tall d. tallest 72. That T-shirt is the we have in stock. a. big b.bigger c. small d. smallest 73. I think Smatcafe is than other kinds of coffee. a. best b. better c. badder d. worst 74. This hat is the of all. a. expensivest b. more expensive c. cheapest d. cheaper 75. Of all the stories I have, this is the most one. a. better b. best c. interesting d. interestingest 76. That is the most bed in the shop. a. wide b. widest c. comfortable d. comfortables 77. Food becomes during the time of the flood. a. more scarcer b. most scarce c. scarcest d. scarce 78. Have you got any shirt? 2 a. cheapest b. cheaper c. expensiver d. expensivest 79. The shop faces its most time of the year when sales have fallen by half. a. difficult b. difficultest c. easy d. easiest 80.Lan is the most student in my class. a. hard-work b. hard-working c. good d. best 81. The blue shirt is as as the red one. a. long b. longer c. more long d. longest 82. Mai dances as as Lan. a. gracefully b. gracefuly c. graceful d. graceless 83. This book is the of all a. bored b.boring c. more boring d. most boring 84. Mary speaks English very a. fluent b. fluently c. more fluently d. most fluently 85. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the in the group. a. fast b. most fast c. fastest c. most fastly 86. She has books than I do. a. least b. fewer c. more few d. fewest 87. I work as as you do. a. hard b .hardly c. harder d. more hard 88. She looks than me. a. thinner b. thin c. thinnest d. thinly 89. He is one of the men in the world. a. rich b. richer c. richest d. more rich. 90. A train is not so as a bus. a. quick b. quicker c. quickest d. more quick 91.The economic conditions today are they were in the past. a. much more good b. much better than c. much better d. the best than 92. Peter is the student in my class. a. taller than b. so tall as c. the tallest d. tallest 93. The deep oceans contain some of the of all living creatures. a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger 94. Jane is not …………… her brother. a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as c. so intelligent as d. so intelligent that. 95. He drives as ………….his father does. a. careful as b. more carefully c. the most careful d. carefully as 96. What’s the ………….film you’ve ever seen? a. good b. best c. better d. the best 97. Jane is ……………age as Marry/. a. as same b. the most same c. the same d. more same 98. I’ll be there ………… I can. a. sooner as b . no sooner as c. as soon as d. soonest as 99. The shirt and that one…………… a. alike b. are alike c. as alike as d. the same 100. I want to buy some shoes………….the ones you have on. a. like b. are like c. are alike d. likely 101. Mary and her mother do not……………. a. alike b. look like c. look alike d.like 102. Sharon………….from other women I know. 3 a. different b. as different c. differs d. more different 103. This one is prettier, but it costs………… as the other one. a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. twice as many 104. You can take………… books as you want. a. as many b. as much c. so much d. too many 105. Of the two sisters, Linda ……… a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as . 106. The ………… accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway. a. badest b. most bad c. worse d. worst. 107. He finished the test ………… of all. a. rapidly b. the most rapidly c. most rapidly d. more rapidly 108. Many chemicals react …………… in acid solutions. a. more quick b. more quickly c. quicklier d. as quickly more 109. The younger you are, ……………it is to learn. a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy 110. It’s becoming …………… to find a job. a. more difficult and more b. more and more difficult c. most and more difficult d. more difficult than. 112. ……………electricity you use, ………….your bill will be. a. The more…… the higher b. The most…… the higher c. The more……the high d. More……… higher 113. The more I got to know Tom, ……….I liked him. a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer 114. The rooms in the front …………….noisier than those in the back. a. are more .b . are little c. are very d. are much. 115. ………… you are, …………you concentrate. a. Tired… the least hard b. The more tired…… the harder c.The tireder……the harder d. The tired…… the harder 116. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably………… a. the less qualified b. the qualified less c. the most little qualified d. the least qualified. 117. The CDs here are more expensive ……………over there. a. those b. than those c. than that d. than this. 118. These two girls ………… that I can’t tell them apart. a. are so like b. are so alike c. are too alike d. alike enough 119. I don’t think our daughter is ……….to understand this matter. a. too young b. is such young c. not enough old d. not age enough 120. Mrs Harrison is ………….he owns many palaces. a. so a rich man that b. such an rich man that c. such a rich man that d. that os rich a man. 121. The ceiling is ……………… a. too high for me to reach b. too high for me to each it. c. so high for me reaching d. enough high of me reaching 122. The woman was so beautiful……………… a. that I couldn’t help looking at b. that I couldn’t help looking at her c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at. 123.It is …………that I would like to go to the beach. a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather c. such nice weather d. such weather nice. 4 124. These are ………….tht I can’t finish them. a. a such long assignments b. such long assignments c. such a long assignments d. too long assignments. 125. It is ……….that I have read it twice. a. such an interesting book b. so interesting a book. c. too interesting a book d. A and B. 126. She dances …………… everybody adores her. a. such beautifully that b. so beautiful that c. so beautiful that d. too beautifully that 127.It is ………………to go swimming. a. too cold b.so cold c. such a cold d. enough cold that 128. Jane is ……… to do this exercise. a. no intelligence enough b. not intelligent enough c. not enough intelligent d. so intelligent enough 129. I am ……………a car. a. not rich enough to buy b. too rich enough to buy c. too poor to buy d. a and c. 130. It’s ………… home from here. a. too far walking b. too far for walking c. far to walk too d. too far to walk 131. The bed is not clean enough…………… a. to lie in it b. to lie in c. for lying in d. in which to lie 132. The piano was too heavy …………… a. for nobody to move b. for nobody moving c. for anyone to move d. for anyone to moving 133. ……………………to go to the cinema. a. It was late so that b. That it was late c. It was too late d. such too late. 134. We don’t ……………….to go there now. a. have time enough b. enough timec. have too time d. have enough time COMPARISON EXERCISES I. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. I will give you the (big) steak; I am not very hungry. 2. The more I study, the (little) I learn 3. I speak English (fluent) now than last year. 4. She greeted me (polite) of all. 5. My jeans are (expensive) than yours. 6. The police found the car (far) away than they expected. 7. She is (pretty) girl in my class. 8. This is (cheap) book in the shop. 9. Climbing is (dangerous) than swimming. 10. It was (bad) day of my life. 11. She isn’t (rich) woman in the world. 12. It’s (dark) now than three hours ago. 13. I feel (happy) today than yesterday. 14. She smiled (happy) than before. 15. This girl dances (graceful) of all. 16. John is (short) than Paul. 5 17. Ms Black is (tall) than Ms Laura. 18. Jane has got (short) hair in the class. 19. Ms Edwards is (old) than Linda. 20. Our English classroom is (nice) at school. 21. Chemistry is (hard) than English. 22. Andrew has got (long) hair in the class. 23. This exercise is (easy) of all. 24. My class is (cool) of all the classes at my school. 25. He plays (well) than everybody else in the team. 26. Planes can fly (high) than birds. 27. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful) than before. 28. Jim can run (quick) than John. 29. He worked (hard) than ever before. 30. My house is (big) than yours. 31. Our team played (bad) of all. 32. This flower is (beautiful) than that one. 33. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read. 34. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers. 35. I think the cow is (useful) of all animals. 36. This is the (good) of the two. 37. She is (careful) than John. 38. Nagoya is one of (large) cities in Japan. 39. New York is (large) than Seatle. 40. Summer is (hot) season of the year. 41. My mother walks (slow) than my father. 42. Georgraphy is much (easy) science. 43. There is nothing (exciting) than taking trips. 44. He has twice as (many) books as his sister. 45. The (soon) you get there, the (good) seat you will get. 46. This is (beautiful) scenery I’ve ever seen. 47. My father is (strong) than yours. 48. Gold is (valuable) than silver. 49. This book is (difficult) than that one. 50. Nothing is (important) than health. 51. This morning I got up (early) than usual. 52. We like wearing the (late) fashion. 53. These trousers are (comfortable) than those jeans. 54. The red dress is the (attractive) in th 55. I always tell the (fun) jokes. 56. Your hair is (curly) than my hair. 57. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world? 58. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains. 59. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer. 60. Who is the (rich) woman on earth? 61. English is not so (difficult) as Chinese. 62. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer. 63. He was the (clever) thief of all. 64. Could you write (clear)? 65. This cat is (nice) than my friend's cat. 66. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the (interesting) hobby in the world. 6 67. Homework is (boring) than school. 68. My grandparents' house is (smaall) than ours. 69. This was the (funny) joke I've ever heard. 70. My uncle is much (heavy) than my father. 71. My teacher's voice is (soft) than my mother's. 72. Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the (beautiful) baby on earth. 73. Carol is (clever) than Lucy. 74. It was the (old) castle we visited during our holidays. 75. Jim has (many) books than his brother. 76. Jack is much (tall) than his sister. 77. The grass is (wet) than the sidewalk. 78. My sister is (young) than my brother. 79. What´s (long) river in the world? 80. Everest is (high) mountain in the world. It is (high) than any other mountain. 81. That car is (expensive) in the market. 82. The Atacama desert is (dry) than the Amazonian region. 83. Mercury is (close) planet to the Sun. 84. Love is (important) than money. 85. The weather is (hot) than yesterday. 86. American Beauty was the (bad) film that year. 87. This exercise is (easy) than the others. 88. The school is ( far) away than the market. 89. She's (careful) girl in the class. She has never broken anything. 90. I've got (little) money than you. II. Choose the best answer: 1. Sarah is ____ at chemistry than Susan. A. good B. well C. better D. best 2. I don’t work so hard ____ my father. A. so B. as C. than D. more 3. Sam is the ____ student in my class. A. tall B. most tall C. taller D. tallest 4. No one in my class is ____ beautiful ____ her. A. as/as B. more/as C. as/than D. the/more 5. Going by train isn’t ____ convenient as going by car. A. so B. as C. more D. A & B are correct. 6. The test is not ____ difficult ____ it was last month. A. as / as B. so / as C. more / as D. A & B are correct. 7. Peter usually drives ____ Mary A. more fast B. fast than C. faster than D. B & C are correct. 8. She cooked ____ than you. A. well B. more good C. better D. more well 9. This film is ____ interesting than that film. A. most B. less C. as D. so 10. My salary is ____ his salary. A. high B. more high C. higher than D. more higher than 7 11. He works ____ we do. A. harder B. as hard as C. harder D. so hard as 12. No one in this class is ____ Jimmy. A. so tall as B. tall than C. the tallest D. more tall than 13. Apples are usually ____ oranges. A. cheap than B. more cheap C. the cheapest D. cheaper than 14. I know him ____ than you do. A. better B. more well C. good D. the best 15. Marie is not ____ intelligent ____ her sister. A. more/as B. so/so C. so/as D. the/of 16. Janet is ____ tennis player in the club. A. good B. best C. well D. the best 17. I ran ____ than Tom. A. more fast B. faster C. fast D. the fastest 18. She can speak English ____ I can. A. more well B. best than C. better than D. better 19. Ann is 18 years old. Sue is 20 years old. Ann is ____ Sue. A. older than B. younger than C. older D. younger 20. Nobody can cook as ____ as my mother. A. well B. best C. good D. better 21. Jane can swim ____ than I can. A. far B. further C. more further D. more far 22. Tom drives ____ than Jim does. A. carefully B. more careful C. careful D. more carefully 23. Today the weather is ____ than yesterday. A. worse B. more bad C. more good D. well 24. Sound travels ____ light does. A. slower than B. more slowly than C. slowly D. slow 25. My bicycle is ____ yours. A. more new B. as new as C. new than D. newer as 26. This ring is ____ that one. A. valuable B. more valuable C. valuable than D. more valuable than 27. Hue is ____ beautiful ____ Dalat. A. as/as B. more/as C. as/so D. so/so 28. Nam is ____ Tan. A. bigger B. bigger than C. the biggest D. more big than 29. My computer is ____ modern ____ yours. A. less/than B. better/as C. the/than D. more/as 30. She doesn’t work ____ her sister. A. as hard as B. so hard C. more harder D. A & B are correct. 8 31. What is ____ road in this city? A. longest B. the longest C. the most long D. most long 32. Hoa is the ____ of the three students. A. tallest B. taller C. tall D. most tall 33. My brother sings ____ me. A. as good as B. well as C. as well as D. more well than 34. Thong is the ____ in my class. A. clever B. more clever C. cleverest D. clever than 35. What month is ____ in the year? A. the hot B. hotter than C. the hottest D. more hotter 36. I have ____ job in the world. A. the best B. good C. the better D. well 37. Our team didn’t play ____ I expected. A. as well as B. better C. well D. as bad as 38. Could you talk ____? I’m trying to work. A. quiet B. more quiet C. more quietly D. quieter than 39. Sorry we’re late. Your house is much ____ than we thought. A. far B. the farthest C. the farther D. farther 40. Write a report first. It’s more important ____ your other work. A. than B. as C. from D. then 41. Thank you! That’s ____ gift I have ever received. A. the nicer B. a nice C. nicest D. the nicest 42. Jordan played ____ skillfully____ O’Neal. A. as/than B. more/than C. more/as D. the most/than 43. The little boy spoke English ____ his brother. A. more fast B. fast than C. the fastest D. faster than 44. His job is ____ important than his friend’s. A. as B. more C. so D. the most 45. He plays the guitar ____ well as my brother. A. so B. as C. less D. A & B are correct 46. Tom reads ____ than his sister. A. quicker B. quickly C. more quickly D. A & C are correct 47. California is farther from New York ____ Pennsylvania. A. as B. more C. than D. so 48. China is the country with the ____ population. A. larger B. large C. most large D. largest 49. My sister is much ____ than me. A. pretty B. prettier C. the prettiest D. more prettier 50. Do you feel ____ today than yesterday? A. well B. good C. best D. better 51. He is the ____ person we know. 9 A. happy B. happier C. happiest D. most happiest 52. Mary is ____ as her sister. A. prettier B. as pretty C. pretty D. more pretty 53. His job is ____ important than mine. A. more B. as C. the most D. so 54. Today English is ____ international of languages. A. more B. most C. the most D. the more 55. Is this book more interesting ____ the one you read last week? A. that B. as C. than D. of 56. The teacher speaks English ____ we do. A. fluently B. more fluently C. most fluently D. more fluently than 57. John is much ____ I thought. A. strong B. more strong C. stronger than D. more strong than 58. I’m a ____ player than she is. A. better B. good C. well D. best 59. Nobody in this team plays ____ Tom. A. as good as B. as well as C. as best as D. B & C are correct 60. We are not ____ you. A. busy as B. as busy than C. as busier than D. as busy as Ngữ điệu tiếng Anh Ngữ điệu được xem như là một tiêu chí cốt lõi (core criteria) để đánh giá khả năng nói của người sử dụng và người học tiếng Anh. Ngữ điệu (Intonation) được hiểu đơn giản là sự lên và xuống của giọng nói. Người nghe có thể hiểu nhầm hoặc hiểu sai hoàn toàn ý của người nói nếu như người nói sử dụng sai ngữ điệu, bởi ngữ điệu được so sánh như là hồn của câu. Trong tiếng Anh có hai loại ngữ điệu đó là ngữ điệu lên (the rising tune) và ngữ điệu xuống (the falling tune). Ngoài ra bạn có thể kết hợp cả hai và gọi là ngữ điệu kết hợp lên xuống (the rising – falling / the falling – rising tune). Các trường hợp cụ thể như sau: 1. The Falling Tune (Ngữ điệu xuống / Ngữ điệu giáng) Ngữ điệu xuống được thể hiện bằng cách hạ âm điệu giọng nói xuống thấp ở trong các trường hợp sau: - Dùng trong câu chào hỏi: Good morning! ↓ (Chào buổi sáng) 10 [...]... hỏi (who, whose, whom, which, what, when, where, why, và how) What are you doing? ↓ (Anh đang làm cái quái gì vậy?) - Dùng trong yêu cầu hoặc mệnh lệnh: Get out of my life! ↓(Hãy cút ra khỏi cuộc đời tôi!) - Dùng trong câu hỏi láy đuôi (khi người nói chờ đợi sự đồng ý của người nghe) You love him, don’t you? ↓ (Em yêu anh ấy phải không?) 2 The rising tune (Ngữ điệu lên / Ngữ điệu thăng) Ngữ điệu lên... you play Piano? ↑ (Anh có chơi được Piano không?) - Dùng trong câu láy đuôi khi người nói muốn hỏi thông tin: He stole your bike, didn’t he? ↑(Hắn lấy trộm xe đạp của cậu, phải không?) - Dùng trong câu mệnh lệnh (nhưng ít mang tính chất ra lệnh hơn ngữ điệu xuống) 11 Turn on the light, please ↑ (Làm ơn tắt đèn giúp tôi) - Dùng trong câu xác định nhưng hàm ý câu hỏi: You are Kerry? ↑ (Anh là Kerry à?)... ↑ (Làm ơn tắt đèn giúp tôi) - Dùng trong câu xác định nhưng hàm ý câu hỏi: You are Kerry? ↑ (Anh là Kerry à?) - Dùng với từ xưng hô: My friend ↑, nice to meet you here (Ông bạn, thật vui khi gặp anh ở đây) 12