Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.(Chọn đáp án đúng với các dạng câu so sánh)
Question 1: I think spring is_______season of the year.
A. beautiful B. very beautiful C. more beautiful
D. the most beautiful
Question 2: The larger the apartment is, the_______its price is.
A. expensive B. more expensive C. expensively
D. most expensive
Question 3: The faster we walk,_______we will get there.
A. the soonest B. the soon C. the more soon D. the sooner
Question 4: “Why did you buy these oranges? ” “They were_______I could find.”
A. cheapest B. cheapest ones C. the cheapest ones D. the most cheapest
Question 5: She plays the piano_______as her sister does.
A. as beautifully B. more beautifully C. as beautiful D. the most beautifully
Question 6: The streets are getting more and_______these days.
A. crowded B. less crowded
C. more crowded D. most crowded
Question 7: New York City's Central Park is nearly twice as large_______second smallest country.
A. as B. is the C. as is D. as the
Question 8: You must explain your problems_______.
A. as clear as you can B. as clearly as you can
C. as clear than you are D. as clearly as you are
Question 9: Phil is_______person we have ever known.
A. the happier B. the happiest C. happier D. happiest
Question 10: Which woman are you going to vote for? -I’m not sure. Everyone says that Joan is_______.
A. smarter B. the smarter C. more smarter D. more smart
Question 11:I thought this test would be difficult, but it is_______test I've ever taken.
A. the easiest B. easier C. the most easy D. easily
Question 12: It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere_______?
A. noisier B. more quiet C. more noisy D. quieter
Question 13:_______the time passes,_______I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I have just finished half of it.
A. The faster / the nervous B. The more fast / the nervous
C. The fast / the more nervous D. The faster / the more nervous
Question 14: China is the country with_______population.
A. the larger B. the more large C. the largest
D. the most large
Question 15: She sat there quietly, but during all that time she was getting_______. Finally she exploded.
A. more and more angrily B. the more angry
C. angrier and angrier D. the most angry
Question 16: For_______, it is certain that in the future some things will be very different.
A. the better or the worse B. the good or the bad
C. good or bad D. better or worse
Question 17: Her grandfather’s illness was_______we thought at first.
A. more seriously as B. as seriously as C. more serious than D. as serious than
Question 18: My brother was feeling tired last night, so he went to bed_______usual.
A. more early than B. as early as C. more earlier as D. earlier than
Question 19:_______you study for these exams,_______you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best D. The more hard / the more good
Question 20: That is his house which is_______mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as
C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
Question 21: My town is_______this city.
A. more peaceful
B. more peacefully than
C. peaceful than D. more peaceful than
Question 22: I was ill yesterday but I am_______today.
A. better B. gooder C. weller D. best
Question 23: Monkeys are_______learners than elephants.
A. faster B. very fast C. more faster D. more fast
Question 24: The use of detail is_______method of developing a controlling idea and almost all students employ this method.
A. more common B. common C. most common
D. the most common
Question 25: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that_______it is at night, _______he plays his music!
A. the less/ the more loud B. the less/less
C. the more late/ the more loudly D. the later/the louder
Question 26: It gets_______when the winter is coming.
A. cold and cold B. the coldest and coldest
C. colder and colder D. more and more cold
Question 27: The cuisine of France is_______.
A. more famous than that of England
B. famous than the cuisine of England
C. more famous than which of England
D. as famous than that of England
Question 28: My sister is two years_______than me.
A. young B. so young C. younger D. the youngest
Question 29: What is the_______movie you have ever seen?
A. worst B. baddest C. most bad D. the worst
Question 30: The Missouri River is the_______river in the United States.
A. most long B. longer C. longest D. the longer
Question 31: That whale is_______than this dingo.
A. big B. most big C. biggest D. bigger
Question 32: Our crazy Uncle Pete is the_______fisherman in all of Oregon.
A. talented B. most talentedC. more talented D. talentedly
Question 33: The people applauded_______than before when Bobo the Clown came out.
A. most loudly B. louder C. loudest D. more loud
Question 34: I'm positive that I am_______and beautiful than my opponent.
A. more intelligent B. most intelligent C. as intelligent D. intelligent
Question 35: Of all two sisters, Kizzy is the_______.
A. hard-working B. more hard-working
C. most hard-working D. as hard-working
Question 36:_______in Stevenson's landscapes, the more vitality and character the painting seems to possess.
A. The brushwork is loose B. The looser brushwork
C. The loose brushwork is D. The looser the brushwork is
Question 37: Horace found his Magical Bean Maker_______than he originally thought.
A. useful B. less useful C. less least useful D. least useful
Question 38: The relative size of an insect's wing is much greater than_______.
A. that of a bird's wing B. of a bird's wing
C. that wing of a bird D. a wing of a bird is
Question 39: The richer you are,_______.
A. you may become more worried
B. you more worried may become
C. the more worried you may become
D. the more worry you may become
Question 40: Ann works_______than most of her friends.
A. much harder B. a lot more hardly C. more hardly D. more harder
I don't know!