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Lý thuyết và bài tập về các loại câu so sánh trong tiếng Anh. Chia làm 2 phần, for teacher (có đáp án) và for students (không có đáp án). Dành cho ôn thi học sinh giỏi trung học phổ thông và học sinh ôn thi tuyển sinh.
COMPARISON I FORMATION: A Complete the following table ADJECTIVE tall short big red clean quiet clever gentle narrow happy gay old beautiful intelligent good bad little many much forth far SUPERIORITY SUPERLATIVE EQUALITY NOTES: So sánh danh từ: the same + noun + as - The high school is in the same building as the elementary school - He came at the same time as I did So sánh với từ: similar, like, alike, different A and B are alike (similar / different) - My car and yours are alike (similar) - My car and yours are different A is like B A is similar to B A is different from B - My car is like yours (My car is similar to yours.) - My car is different from yours So sánh không ngang bằng: not so + adjective + as not as + adjective + as - French is not so difficult as English French is not as difficult as English So sánh KÉM nhau: less + adjective + than - This car is less expensive than that one = This car is not so expensive as that one = This car is cheaper than that one So sánh KÉM NHẤT: the least + adjective - This is the least beautiful building in the city II STRUCTURES OF COMPARISOM: Càng ngày … / Mỗi lúc …… a) Adj.-ER and Adj.-ER b) more and more + Adj - The weather gets warmer and warmer - He is more and more studious Càng ngày ……… / Càng ngày …………… less and less + Adj - Her grandfather becomes less and less strong - She is less and less joyful Càng ………… ……………… a) The + Adj.-ER + Subject + Verb, the + Adj.-ER + Subject + Verb b) The + more +Adj + Subject + Verb, the + more +Adj + Subject + Verb c) The more + Subject + verb + (Object), the more + Subject + verb + (Object) - The darker it gets, the colder it is - The more beautiful she is, the more miserable her husband is - The more I hate him, the more he likes me (So sánh động từ) Notes: - The richer he is, the more miserable he gets (a) (a) - The more she smiles, the more graceful she is (adv) (a) - The more he worked, the richer he was (adv) (a) Càng … / Càng … a) The less + Adj + Subject + Verb, the less + Adj + Subject + Verb b) The less + Subject + verb + (Object), the less + Subject + verb + (Object) - The less cold it is, the less well I am - The less he cuts school, the less they hate him Hơn = RATHER THAN - I drink water rather than coffee - We want to be poor rather than rich Thích … = WOULD RATHER / HAD RATHER - We had rather go to the theater (than to the cinema.) - He would rather play (than work.) Khác = OTHER … THAN … - I want to read other novels than these - I have no friends than you PRACTICE Jane is the of the two sisters A elder B eldest C old D oldest Michael is the member of the team A young B younger C more young D youngest Tim is I am A so old as B as old as C older as D oldest This box is than that one A more heavy B heavy C the more heavier D heavier He ran than his friend A fast B faster C more fast D as fast He was only nine, but he ate his father did A much than B more that C as much as D as much than Who is , David or John? A tall B as tall C taller D tallest Mr Brown returned home as as he could A quick B quicker C quickly D more quickly David is short He is not to be a policeman A so tall B tall enough C quite tall D tall that 10 This is elephant I have ever seen A the most big B most big C the bigger D the biggest 11 Janet prefers singing dancing A than B to C before D rather 12 Lit is two years than Jane A old B older C elder D eldest 13 Which woman are you going to vote for? - I'm not sure Everyone says that Joan is A smartest B more smart C the smartest D more smarter 14 No machines are computers in our modern time A as effective as B as effective so C as effective than D more effective than 15 I would rather wait here the bus A than risking to miss B as risk missing C than risk missing D better than to risk missing 16 people use their computers, self-confident they become A More/ more B The most/the least C The more/the more D More and more/more and more 17 Inside, the old house was a church A as darker than B darker than D darker that D as dark that 18 My car is hers A cheaper and more convenient than B more cheap and convenient than C more cheaper and convenient as D as cheap and more convenient than 19 His sister is than his wife A more prettier B prettier C very pretty D most pretty 20 He was A more greatly disappointed as we thought B more disappointed greatly than we thought C more greatly disappointed than we thought D the more greatly disappointed than we thought 21 "That's a nice bike." "We bought one we could find because we don't plan to use it very much A cheapest B a cheapest C the cheapest D of cheapest 22 He prefers playing football tennis A as B to C more D more than 23 This bicycle is not that one A as expensive so B so expensive as C expensive alike D so expensive like 24 There are fewer dogs in Cardiff A than Bristol B than in Bristol C as Bristol D as Bristol as 25 This film was the one we saw last night A as funnier as B as the funniest than C funnier than D more funny than 26 Look at these two beautiful vases Which you like ? A most B better C more than D best 27 He is A taller than anyone else in the team B so tall as anyone else in the team C more tall than anyone in the team D the tallest as anyone in the team 28 Eloise has Chantal A more money than B much money than C as many as D as much money than 29 It was I thought A more later than B much later than C a little more late D much more later than 30 The tusk of a mastodon is A the bigger than that of an elephant B bigger than of an elephant C bigger than that of an elephant D bigger than of an elephant's 31 The more we travel, A the more we get knowledge B the more knowledge we get C the more knowledge we get D the most knowledge we get 32 We should walk fast It gets A dark and dark B darker and darker C darkest and darkest D the darker and darker 33 The new dictionary gives us A more information than the old one B more information than the old C information more than the old one D information much more the old one 34 I spend A time on homework less than you B time on homework less than you are C less time on homework than you D less time on homework than you are 35 We became by his selfish behavior A more irritated than B much than irritated C much and more irritated D more and more irritated 36 Among the students that Mr Pike has ever taught, Peter is A better B the better C best D the best 37 After he has got his Bachelor Degree, he can earn he used to A twice as much as B twice as many as C as much twice as D as much as twice 38 Your car is mine A same with B the same to C the same as D as same as 39 Today, industry turns out products at speed and with labor to meet the demands of the increasing population A more than / the greatest / least B more / greater / less C as much as / greatest / the less D as many as / more greater / less 40 This is I have ever heard A more exciting story than B so exciting story as C the most exciting story that D most exciting story 41 His new digital camera is that one A far expensive than B many more expensive than C far more expensive than D much expensive more than 42 I am not so good at math Mary A than B as C so as D more than 43 , the more we try to solve it A The most difficult the problem is B The more difficult the problem is C The most difficult is the problem D More and more difficult the problem is 44 live in Washington as in New York A Not so many people B Not as much people C More people D Not more people 45 The less you spend, A the most you save B as most as you save C more you save D the more you save 46 Rivers carry to the sea A more calcium with chloride B as calcium as chloride C much calcium than chloride D more calcium than chloride 47 The oceans contain about A more forty-six times chloride than calcium B forty-six times more chloride than calcium C more chloride than calcium forty-six times D forty-six times much chloride than calcium 48 San Francisco ……………………………… Los Angeles A is so big as B is not so big as C is less big as D is not so more big as 49 Russian is …………………………… language to learn than English is A a more difficult B the most difficult C a least difficult D difficult 50 The flowers of alpine pastures are …………………………………… A more colorful than the lowlands B more colorful than that of the lowlands C more colorful than those of the lowlands D more colorful than the lowlands' 51 His house is ………………………………… mine A larger and more expensive than B more large and expensive than C large and expensive more than D more expensive and larger than 52 Of fifty-two states in the US, Alaska is …………………………… A larger B a larger C a largest D the largest 53 Ho Chi Minh City is much ……………………… Hanoi capital A large B larger than C so large as D largest 54 Australia is the ……………………………… continent in the world A smallest B more small C most small D as small as 55 Living in the countryside is …………………………………… than in cities A as peaceful B most peaceful C more peaceful D least peaceful 56 Your car is in …………………………… condition than mine A worse B worst C bad D more badly 57 That was the ……………………… day in my life A excited B happiest C interesting D exciting 58 His sister doesn't cook …………………………… his mother A as bad as B as good as C as quick as D as well as 59 She is the ……………………… beautiful girl I have ever met A less B more C most D much 60 The Queen of England is one of the ……………………… women in the world A richer B richest C much rich D most rich 61 I'm sorry I'm late It took me ……………………… to get here than I expected A longer B further C more D less 62 Her illness was …………………… we first thought A so fatal as B more severe than C more serious than D the most important as 63 Health and happiness are …………………………………………… money A more importantly than B more important than C as importance as D more importance than 64 We often go camping when we go on holiday because it's ……………… than staying in a hotel A much cheaper B more cheaper C less cheaper D least cheaper 65 Please let me know immediately if you hear any ……………………… news A farther B further C extra D earlier 66 There were …………………… people at this meeting than at the last one A less B much C many D fewer 67 That house over there is the ……………………… building in the town A eldest B oldest C ancientest D antique 68 What's the ………………… film you've ever seen? A good B interesting C best D boring 69 What's the …………………… river in the world? A short B big C wide D longest 70 I stayed in one of the ……………………… rooms in the hotel A larger B nicest C most pretty D better 71 His bicycle is ………………………………………………………………… A better than her B more better than she is C much better than she is D much better than hers 72 Let's walk It's just ………………………… taking the bus A as quick as B so fast as C as soon as D as early as 73 There's plenty of food, so eat ………………………… you like A as many as B as much as C as lot as D as great as 74 The US spends ……………………………………… the UK A more on food than B much on food than C as many food as D less food as than 75 ………………………… contribution to architecture is skyscrapers A America's the more unique B America's the most unique C America's as much as unique D America's most unique 76 Summer is usually ………………………… time of the year A the drier B so dry as C the most dry D the driest 77 The Japanese use seven times …………………………… for food as Americans A fish B more fish C as much fish D as fish 78 I think we cannot find places in a big city that are ………………………… the country A so quiet as B as quiet as C as and as quiet D more and more quiet 79 ……………………………………………………………, the less she talks A Whenever she is sad B The sad is she C The sadder she is D The more she is sad 80 He plays the guitar ……………………………… my brother A as well as B as good as C as better thanD so good as Exercise 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means exactly the same as the sentence given I'd rather stay at home than go to see that film > Staying at home is better than going to see that film Nam was shorter than he is today > Nam wasn't so (as) tall as he is today Have you got a cheaper watch than this? > Is this the cheapest watch you have got? He drives more carelessly than he used to > He doesn't drive as (so) carefully as he used to Mum doesn't speak English as well as Dad does > Dad speaks English better than Mum does No one in the class is taller than Dave > Dave is the tallest in the class Julia is shorter than her sister > Julia's sister is taller than Julia > Julia's sister is not so short as Julia (is) My kitchen is smaller than yours > Your kitchen is bigger than mine is > Your kitchen is not as small as mine is I've never read a better book than this > This is the best book I've ever read 10 Ann is a better cook than Peter > Peter can't cook as well as Ann (can/does) 11 Minh is better at Chemistry than Hung > Hung is worse at Chemistry than Minh > Hung is not as good at Chemistry as Minh 12 Jane can swim further than I can > I can't swim as far as Jane can 13 He prefers golf to tennis > He'd rather play golf than tennis 14 I can't cook as well as my mother does > My mother cooks better than I > My mother is a better cook than I am For Students PRACTICE Jane is the of the two sisters A elder B eldest C old D oldest Michael is the member of the team A young B younger C more young D youngest Tim is I am A so old as B as old as C older as D oldest This box is than that one A more heavy B heavy C the more heavier D heavier He ran than his friend A fast B faster C more fast D as fast He was only nine, but he ate his father did A much than B more that C as much as D as much than Who is , David or John? A tall B as tall C taller D tallest Mr Brown returned home as as he could A quick B quicker C quickly D more quickly David is short He is not to be a policeman A so tall B tall enough C quite tall D tall that 10 This is elephant I have ever seen A the most big B most big C the bigger D the biggest 11 Janet prefers singing dancing A than B to C before D rather 12 Lit is two years than Jane A old B older C elder D eldest 13 Which woman are you going to vote for? I'm not sure Everyone says that Joan is A smartest B more smart C the smartest D more smarter 14 No machines are computers in our modern time A as effective as B as effective so C as effective than D more effective than 15 I would rather wait here the bus A than risking to miss B as risk missing C than risk missing D better than to risk missing 16 people use their computers, self-confident they become A More/ more B The most/the least C The more/the more D More and more/more and more 17 Inside, the old house was a church A as darker than B darker than D darker that D as dark that 18 My car is hers A cheaper and more convenient than B more cheap and convenient than C more cheaper and convenient as D as cheap and more convenient than 19 His sister is than his wife A more prettier B prettier C very pretty D most pretty 20 He was A more greatly disappointed as we thought B more disappointed greatly than we thought C more greatly disappointed than we thought D the more greatly disappointed than we thought 21 "That's a nice bike." "We bought one we could find because we don't plan to use it very much A cheapest B a cheapest C the cheapest D of cheapest 22 He prefers playing football tennis A as B to C more D more than 23 This bicycle is not that one A as expensive so B so expensive as C expensive alike D so expensive like 24 There are fewer dogs in Cardiff A than Bristol B than in Bristol C as Bristol D as Bristol as 25 This film was the one we saw last night A as funnier as B as the funniest than C funnier than D more funny than 26 Look at these two beautiful vases Which you like ? A most B better C more than D best 27 He is A taller than anyone else in the team B so tall as anyone else in the team C more tall than anyone in the team D the tallest as anyone in the team 28 Eloise has Chantal A more money than B much money than C as many as D as much money than 29 It was I thought A more later than B much later than C a little more late D much more later than 30 The tusk of a mastodon is A the bigger than that of an elephant B bigger than of an elephant C bigger than that of an elephant D bigger than of an elephant's 31 The more we travel, A the more we get knowledge B the more knowledge we get C the more knowledge we get D the most knowledge we get 32 We should walk fast It gets A dark and dark B darker and darker C darkest and darkest D the darker and darker 33 The new dictionary gives us A more information than the old one B more information than the old C information more than the old one D information much more the old one 34 I spend A time on homework less than you B time on homework less than you are C less time on homework than you D less time on homework than you are 35 We became by his selfish behavior A more irritated than B much than irritated C much and more irritated D more and more irritated 36 Among the students that Mr Pike has ever taught, Peter is A better B the better C best D the best 37 After he has got his Bachelor Degree, he can earn he used to A twice as much as B twice as many as C as much twice as D as much as twice 38 Your car is mine A same with B the same to C the same as D as same as 39 Today, industry turns out products at speed and with labor to meet the demands of the increasing population A more than / the greatest / least B more / greater / less C as much as / greatest / the less D as many as / more greater / less 40 This is I have ever heard A more exciting story than B so exciting story as C the most exciting story that D most exciting story 41 His new digital camera is that one A far expensive than B many more expensive than C far more expensive than D much expensive more than 42 I am not so good at math Mary A than B as C so as D more than 43 , the more we try to solve it A The most difficult the problem is B The more difficult the problem is C The most difficult is the problem D More and more difficult the problem is 44 live in Washington as in New York A Not so many people B Not as much people C More people D Not more people 45 The less you spend, A the most you save B as most as you save C more you save D the more you save 46 Rivers carry to the sea A more calcium with chloride B as calcium as chloride C much calcium than chloride D more calcium than chloride 47 The oceans contain about A more forty-six times chloride than calcium B forty-six times more chloride than calcium C more chloride than calcium forty-six times D forty-six times much chloride than calcium 48 San Francisco ……………………………… Los Angeles A is so big as B is not so big as C is less big as D is not so more big as 49 Russian is …………………………… language to learn than English is A a more difficult B the most difficult C a least difficult D difficult 50 The flowers of alpine pastures are …………………………………… A more colorful than the lowlands B more colorful than that of the lowlands C more colorful than those of the lowlands D more colorful than the lowlands' 51 His house is ………………………………… mine A larger and more expensive than B more large and expensive than C large and expensive more than D more expensive and larger than 52 Of fifty-two states in the US, Alaska is …………………………… A larger B a larger C a largest D the largest 53 Ho Chi Minh City is much ……………………… Hanoi capital A large B larger than C so large as D largest 54 Australia is the ……………………………… continent in the world A smallest B more small C most small D as small as 55 Living in the countryside is …………………………………… than in cities A as peaceful B most peaceful C more peaceful D least peaceful 56 Your car is in …………………………… condition than mine A worse B worst C bad D more badly 57 That was the ……………………… day in my life A excited B happiest C interesting D exciting 58 His sister doesn't cook …………………………… his mother A as bad as B as good as C as quick as D as well as 59 She is the ……………………… beautiful girl I have ever met A less B more C most D much 60 The Queen of England is one of the ……………………… women in the world A richer B richest C much rich D most rich 61 I'm sorry I'm late It took me ……………………… to get here than I expected A longer B further C more D less 62 Her illness was …………………… we first thought A so fatal as B more severe than C more serious than D the most important as 63 Health and happiness are …………………………………………… money A more importantly than B more important than C as importance as D more importance than 64 We often go camping when we go on holiday because it's ……………… than staying in a hotel A much cheaper B more cheaper C less cheaper D least cheaper 65 Please let me know immediately if you hear any ……………………… news A farther B further C extra D earlier 66 There were …………………… people at this meeting than at the last one A less B much C many D fewer 67 That house over there is the ……………………… building in the town A eldest B oldest C ancientest D antique 68 What's the ………………… film you've ever seen? A good B interesting C best D boring 69 What's the …………………… river in the world? A short B big C wide D longest 70 I stayed in one of the ……………………… rooms in the hotel A larger B nicest C most pretty D better 71 His bicycle is ………………………………………………………………… A better than her B more better than she is C much better than she is D much better than hers 72 Let's walk It's just ………………………… taking the bus A as quick as B so fast as C as soon as D as early as 73 There's plenty of food, so eat ………………………… you like A as many as B as much as C as lot as D as great as 74 The US spends ……………………………………… the UK A more on food than B much on food than C as many food as D less food as than 75 ………………………… contribution to architecture is skyscrapers A America's the more unique B America's the most unique C America's as much as unique D America's most unique 76 Summer is usually ………………………… time of the year A the drier B so dry as C the most dry D the driest 77 The Japanese use seven times …………………………… for food as Americans A fish B more fish C as much fish D as fish 78 I think we cannot find places in a big city that are ………………………… the country A so quiet as B as quiet as C as and as quiet D more and more quiet 79 ……………………………………………………………, the less she talks A Whenever she is sad B The sad is she C The sadder she is D The more she is sad 80 He plays the guitar ……………………………… my brother A as well as B as good as C as better thanD so good as Exercise 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means exactly the same as the sentence given I'd rather stay at home than go to see that film > Staying _ Nam was shorter than he is today > Nam wasn't Have you got a cheaper watch than this? > Is this ? He drives more carelessly than he used to > He doesn't _ Mum doesn't speak English as well as Dad does > Dad No one in the class is taller than Dave > Dave _ Julia is shorter than her sister > Julia's sister _ > Julia's sister is not so short as Julia (is) My kitchen is smaller than yours > Your kitchen _ > Your kitchen _ I've never read a better book than this > This 10 Ann is a better cook than Peter > Peter can't _ 11 Minh is better at Chemistry than Hung > Hung _ > Hung _ 12 Jane can swim further than I can > I can't _ 13 He prefers golf to tennis > He'd 14 I can't cook as well as my mother does > My mother _ > My mother _ 10 KEY: A 11 B 21 C 31 C 41 C 51 A 61 A 71 D D 12 B 22 B 32 B 42 B 52 D 62 C 72 A B 13 C 23 B 33 A 43 B 53 B 63 B 73 B D 14 A 24 B 34 C 44 A 54 A 64 A 74 A B 15 C 25 C 35 D 45 D 55 C 65 B 75 D C 16 C 26 B 36 D 46 D 56 A 66 D 76 D C 17 B 27 A 37 A 47 B 57 B 67 B 77 C C 18 A 28 A 38 C 48 B 58 D 68 C 78 B B 19 B 29 B 39 B 49 A 59 C 69 D 79 C 10 D 20 C 30 C 40 C 50 C 60 B 70 B 80 A 11