EXERCISE 2. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:
1. The more she smiles , ................ she becomes.
A. more graceful B. the most graceful C. most graceful D. the more graceful
2. Hotels have developed …………………… restaurants.
A. as rapidly as B. so rapidly as C. as rapid as D. more rapid
3. Can Tho bridge is the …………………… one in the South of Viet Nam.
A. long B. shortest C. longest D. longer
4. Albert Einstein’s contributions to scientific theory were ................ those of Galileo and Newton.
A. important than B. more important C. the most important D. as important as
5. Impalas cannot move as ................ cheetahs but they are more efficient runners.
A. faster than B. fast as C. fast D. are fast as
6. Both are informative articles, but this one is ................ .
A. best B. the best C. most D. better
7. She is the .………… girl in our town.
A. more beautiful B. beauty C. most beautiful D. more beautifully
8. The harder you learn.............
A. The better is your English B. The better will be your English
C. The better becomes your English D. The better your English will be
9. Jim is the ................. in his class.
A. clever B. cleverest C. cleverer D. more clever
10. Of the two shirts, this one is ...................
A. the prettiest B. the most pretty C. prettier D. the prettier
11. Your house is ................. mine.
A. as bigger as B. many times as big as C. much big as D. not many times big
12. Last year it wasn’t as cold as this year.
A. This year it is as colder than last year. B. This year it is colder than last year.
C. This year it isn’t as cold as last year. D. This year it isn’t colder than last year.
13. She is older than me.
A. I’m more younger than her. B. I’m as younger as her.
C. I’m more young than her. D. I’m younger than her.
14. The test is not …………………
A. as difficult as it was last month. B. so difficult as it was last month
C. more difficult as it was last month. D. Both A & B are correct
15. The Nile River is ………………… of all.
A. longer B. the longest C. long D. longest
16. .................. we read, .................. we know.
A. The most/ the most B. The more/ the more C. Most/ most D. More/ more
17. It gets ................... Let’s go swimming.
A. hot and hot B. the more hot C. more and more hot D. hotter and hotter
18. Peter usually drives .................. Mary.
A. more fast B. more fast than C. more fast D. faster
19. The problem seems to be ..................
A. more serious B. more serious than C. more serious as D. more and more serious
20. Peter can not earn .................. his wife.
A. as many money as B. as much money as C. as many money than D. as much money than
21. Prices get ..................
A. high and high B. highest and highest C. more and more high D. higher and higher
22. The more manufacturers advise, .................. they sell.
A. the most products B. the products more C. the more products D. most products
23. ................. a car is ................. it is.
A. The more expensive/ the comfortabler B. The most expensive/ the most comfortable
C. The more expensive/ the more comfortable D. The less expensive/ the more comfortable
24. Of the five students. Mary is .................
A. more intelligent B. the more intelligent C. most intelligent D. the most intelligent
25. Steel is ................ than wood.
A. more heavy B. as heavy C. heavier D. more heavier
26. A super market is …………………… a shopping center.
A. less convenient as B. less convenient than
C. not so convenient than D. the most convenient as
27. Viet Nam becomes …………………… to foreign tourists.
A. more and most attractive B. the more attractive
C. much and more attractive D. more and more attractive
28. This car is …………………… than mine.
A. less expensive B. as expensive C. expensive D. not so expensive
29. Tim’s grades are …………………… than John.
A. worse B. worst C. as bad D. so bad
30. The …………………… we start, the sooner we will be back.
A. early B. earliest C. earlier D. more early
EXERCISE 3. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before it.
1. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
Your kitchen ………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. No one in the class is taller than Dave.
Dave is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Mum doesn’t speak English as well as Dad.
Dad ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………
4. Lan is better cook than Hoa.
Hoa can’t …………………………………………………………………………………………...……
5. No restaurant in the city is better than that one.
That restaurant is …………………………………………………………………………………………
6. This watch is worse than that one.
That watch ………………………………………………………………………………………….……
7. My sister writes more carefully than she did.
My sister …………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. This story is more interesting than any other story that I have ever read.
This is the …………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever known.
I’ve never .....................................................................................................................................................
10. Peter does not drive so carefully as Tom.
Tom ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
EXERCISE 4. Identify the mistake in each sentence by choosing a suitable option.
- Mr. Mender learned English rapidly and easy.
A B C D
- The maid was careful to keep the room cleanly.
A B C D
- His knowledge of English grammar is quite well.
A B C D
- The last story was as interested as the other ones.
A B C D
- Mr. Slater’s house is biger than ours.
A B C D
- That brown chair is most comfortable than this one.
A B C D
- Lan is the most pretty of all the girls.
A B C D
- That lesson is a most difficult of all the lessons.
A B C D
- Does your country have worse weather as this?
A B C D
- This girl is the most beautiful of the two daughters that he has.
A B C D
- Frank plays tennis worse of all the players.
A B C D
- The most he tries, the more he succeeds.
A B C D
13. She can pronounce English words more correct than she could last term.
A B C D
14. In this class, the students are talking more loudlier than the teacher.
A B C D
15. This summer is hotter and winder than last summer.
A B C D
16. You should practise English oftener to be a better speaker of English.
A B C D
17. Ha Anh can now speak English more well than the last time I met him.
A B C D
18. She is much more intelligent than Nam does.
A B C D
19. The more rich he is, the more miserable he gets.
A B C D
20. The harder we studied, the most confused we got.
A B C D
1. It's ___to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken.
a.the easiest
b.the easier
c.a lot easier
d.easier than
2. In the past, people were___today.
a.more polite than
b.as polite than
c.the most polite
d.politer than
3. Of the two gardens, mine___
a.is beautiful
b.the most beautiful
c.is more beautiful
d.is so beautiful as
4. Tuition at an American university runs___one thousand dollars a semester.
a.so high as
b.as high to
c.as high as
d.as high than
5.___I get to know her, the more I like her.
a.For more
b.more
c.the more
d.the most