III. Followings are exercises on Simple Present and Simple Present Continuous, try to give the best form of the verbs in brackets.

21.            He (not see) her very often.                     _____________________________________

22.            He (not work) on Sundays.                     _____________________________________

23.            Look at Peter! He (ride) his bicycle with no hands.               _________________________________

24.            Be quiet! Can't you see I (speak) on the telephone?              _________________________________

25.            We (plant) trees in the garden at this time.     _________________________________

26.            This morning I (have) coffee although I generally (take) tea.    ________________________________________________________________________

27.            In summer he often (lie) down in the afternoon. He (rest) now. Sometimes he (fall) asleep.

________________________________________________________________________

28.            They usually (go) to school on Mondays but today they (visit) the dentist.

________________________________________________________________________

29.            Maria (live) with her aunt in London where she (study) English at present.

________________________________________________________________________

30.            We never (expect) many birthday presents. We always (receive) some presents but this year our father (give) us a cheque, instead.

It’s Saturday . The children want to go somewhere nice . they decide to go to the circus. The children were going by bus to the circus. They can't go in because it's too expensive. They were sad. They go to the café. They were bought icec reams. Some clowns have come into the café. The clowns are dancing on the tables in the café and the children are laughing. Chuyển bài văn sang thì quá khứ đơn , 

chọn từ phát âm khác với các từ còn lại;

a.children          b.ten          c.pen          d.twelve                    từ gạch chân e

a.books          b.chairs          c.stools          d.televisions        từ gạch chân s

a.lamp          b.table          c.family           d.bag                     từ gạch chân a

I. Fill in the table with correct forms

Thin                   ..................... ........................            good                ....................               ......................

long                 .....................   ........................            boring              ...................                 ......................

short                .....................   ........................            little                 ..................                  ......................

busy                 .....................   ........................            hard                 ..................                  ......................

noisy                .....................   ........................            much               ..................                  ......................

new                 .....................   ........................            bad                  ..................                  ......................

old                   .....................   ........................            dangerous        ...................                 ......................

quiet                .....................   ........................            easy                 ...................                 ......................

nice                  .....................   ........................            beautiful          ....................                ......................

sad                   .....................   ........................            quick               ....................               ........................

II. Fill in the words in brackets as an adjective or an adverb :

1. Apples are                              than chips.  (healthy)    2. Elephants are                          than bears. (big)

3. Gold is                                 than silver. (expensive)   4. Bikes are                                   than cars. (slow)  

5. I am                        at English than my brother .(good)  6. My friend is                                 than me. (tall)

7. Sandy is                         than Tamara. (thin)8. My father is                                  than Tom's father. (strong)

9. "Harry Potter "books are                                        than "The Book of the Jungle". (interesting)

10. The tiger is                           than a fox .(heavy) 11. The weather is                  than it was yesterday . (hot)

12. The girls are                       than the boys. (happy)  13. Berta is                                than Debby.(beautiful)

14.French is                                         than English. (difficult)

15. Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old. Sandra is                       than Tina.(old)

16. Russia is                  than France. (large)             17. I am                   at maths than my best friend (bad) 

18. Love is                              than money.(important)     19. His car is                        than mine. (cheap)

20. The first movie is                                           than the second. I don't recommend it.  (boring) 

21. Sarah is the ___________ girl in the class. (intelligent)
22. He is the __________ boy in the school. (lucky)
23. This is the _________________ book I have ever read. (good)
24. That is the _________________ painting in the museum. (valuable)
25. Yesterday was the ________________ day of the year. (hot)
26. She is the _______________ student in the school. (new)
27. This movie is the _________________. (entertaining)
28. He is the _______________ man in the village. (brave)
29. Summer is usually the _________________ time of the year. (dry)
30. He is the _________________ player on the team. (talented)
31. This is the ________________ route into town. (direct)
32. The library is the _________________ building on the street. (old)

III. Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentences below.

1. The blue car is                                                the red car. (fast)

2. Peter is                          Fred. (not/tall)                   3. The violin is                       the cello. (not/low)

4. This copy is                           the other one. (bad)   5. Oliver is                                     Peter. (optimistic)

6. Today it's                                               yesterday. (not/windy)

7. The tomato soup was                                               the mushroom soup. (delicious)

8. Grapefruit juice is                                                lemonade. (not/sweet)

9. Nick is                                     Kevin. (brave)    10. Silver is                                       gold. (not/heavy

IV. Rewite the following sentences.

1. I am shorter than my sister. ( tall)-->  My sister ........................................................................

2. That plane is bigger than this one. (small)

 This plane is ........................................................................................................................................

3. My house is higher than Lan’s house and Nga’s house. ( highest)

My house.................................................................................................................................................

4. Hoa is 15 years old. lan is 16 years old and her sister is 17 years old. ( youngest)

Hoa is .....................................................................................................................................................

5. Thailand is hotter than Korea. ( cool) --> Korea is ...................................................................

V.  Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.

1. The Truong Sa Islands / large / than /The Hoang Sa Islands/.

……………………………is larger than ……………………………….

2. Ayers Rock / the / strange / rock / Australia/.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Which / high / Fansipan / or / Mount Everest/?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. I think / Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park / as / wonderful/Cat Tien National Park!.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. Ha Long Bay / famous / than / Phu Quoc Island/.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

VI. Pronunciation

1. a. advice      b. price              c. nice  d. police         2. a. express    b. exciting       c. expensive     d. excellent

3. a. coffee      b. see               c. agree            d. free   4. a. city         b. cathedral     c. central          d. cinema

5. a. treat         b. clean            c. great                        d. beach

VII.  Write sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives.

1. Mail/  intelligent/ Kien. …………………………………………..…………………………………

2. My brother/ strong/ my sister. ……………………………………………………………………….

3. My school/ big/ my brother's school. ………………………….…………………………………….

4. Life in the city/ exciting/ life in the countryside. ……………………………………………………

S. Peter's exam results/ bad/ Nick's exam results. ………………………………………………………

VIII.  Fill in the blanks with the adjectives in brackets:

1.      Tom is …………………………………………………… his brother. (old)

2.      This problem is ……………………………………………. that problem. (easy)

3.      John is …………………………………………………. boy in our class. (tall)

4.      My friend is …………………………………………. my sister. (fat)

5.      My room is ………………………………………  room in our house. (small)

6.      Konya is ………………………………………… city in Turkey. (large)

7.      The Kızılırmak is ………………………………… river in Turkey. (long)

8.      Madonna is ………………………………………….. Sandra. (popular)

9.      My English is ……………………………………….. your English. (good)

10.  The weather today is ………………………………………. the weather yesterday. (bad)

11.  This garden is …………………………………………….. that garden. (large)

12.  Elizabeth is ……………………………………………. girl in our group. (beautiful)

13.  I am ……………………………………………… girl in the class. (short)

14.  What is ……………………………………….. film on TV today? (funny)

15.  Who is ………………………………………… girl in your class? (pretty)

IX. Complete the sentences, using the suitable adjectives

11. She isn’t very clever. You are                                               than her.

12. He isn’t very tall. You’re                                      than                                 .

13. She isn’t very old. You’re                                               than                   .

15. I don’t work very hard. You work                                      than                                      .

16. He doesn’t smoke very much. You smoke                                      than                                      .

17. I’m not a very good cook. You cook                                      than                                      .

18. We don’t know many people. You know                                      than                                      .

19. They haven’t got much money. You’ve got                                      than                                      .

20. I can’t run very fast. You can run                                      than                                       .

21. I didn’t get up very early. You got up                                      than                                      .

22. This is a nice cat. It's much                                      than my friend's cat.

23. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is                                      .

V.  Complete the letter using the words in the box.

turning /number /get /until /meet /so

Dear Ha,

Let's (1) ………. on Sunday evening at Quynh Cafe on Tran Quang Dieu Street. There's a post office on

the corner of the street. The cafe is next to the post office. There's a cinema opposite the cafe (2) ……. we can see a film after we have coffee.

To (3) ………… to the cafe, take bus (4) …………… 8 to Truong Thi Street. Get off at the bus stop in front of a park. Go along the street (5) …………… you get to the traffic lights and then turn right. Take the first (6) …………. on your right. Go straight ahead - just about 500 metres and it's on your left.

See you there!

Khang

VI. Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words

1. Peter is lazier than Mary. (HARD-WORKING)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. A city is noisier than a village. (PEACEFUL)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. There's a post office on one side of my house and a cafe on the other. (BETWEEN)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Please tell me something about your neighbourhood. (CAN)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Oranges are cheaper than apples. (EXPENSIVE)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

6. Nick likes to do computer studies. ( FAVOURITE)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………