COMPARISON

Exercise 1: Completes the following sentences with comparatives or superlatives. Use the words in
brackets and add any other necessary words.
1. Sometimes I feel all of my friends are (intelligent)……………….. I am, and yet, sometimes they tell
me that they think I am (smart)……………..person …..............the class.
2. Mercury is (close)…………..planet to the sun. It moves around the sun (fast)……………any other
planet in the solar system.
3. One of (popular) ………….holidays……………Vietnam is New year’s.
4. In terms of area, (large) ……..state………..United states is Alaska, but it has one of (small)
…………..populations………….all the states.
5. Nothing is (important)……….good health. Certainly, gaining health is much (important)…………
enjoying good health.
6. You can trust her. You will never meet a (honest)………….person…………she is.
7. Both Bangkok and Venice are famous for their waterways, but Bangkok has (extensive)
…….canals…………….Venice has.
8. I feel (safe)………in a plane …………I do in a car.
9. My friend has studied many languages. He thinks Japanese is (difficult)…………all the languages he
has studied.
10. One of (bad)………..nuclear accidents…………..the world occurred at Chernobyl in 1986.
11. Jakarta is (large)…….city in Indonesia.
12. Mountain climbing takes (strength)……………….walking on a level path.
13. The (short)………….distance between two points is straight line.
14. Cheese usually tastes (good)……………..at room temperature than it does just after you take it out of
the refrigerator.
15. I think learning a second language is (hard)…………learning chemistry or mathematics.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. Her illness is………..serious than we first thought.
A. much more B. much C. more much D. much much
2. It is…..today than it was yesterday.
A. warm B. more warm C. warmer D. more warmer.
3. You are driving too fast. Can you drive…………?
A. a bit slowly B. a bit more slowly C. slowly a bit D. slowlier.
4. Mary is one of………girls in our class.
A. the most intelligent B. the more intelligent C. most intelligent D. the intelligentest.
5. Tom is………….of the two brothers.
A. older B. oldest C. old D. elder.
6. Is this ……….pen you’ve got.
A. the cheap B. the cheapest C. cheapest D. cheaper
7. My job is boring. I’d like to do something…………………
A. interesting B. most interesting C. more interesting D. interestingly.
8. Mercedes is ………car of all.
A. the most expensive B. the more expensive C. expensive D. the expensivest.
9. Your hair has….co lour as mine.
A. the same B. different C. as same D. as different.
10. Do it as……… as you can.
A. good B. well C. better D. very good.
11. Dogs make more noise than cats do.
A. Cats are as noisy as dogs B. Cats aren’t as noisy as dogs
C. Cats aren’t noisier than dogs.
12. Tom and Peter are the same height.
A. Tom is as tall as Peter B. Tom isn’t as tall as Peter
C. Tom and Peter are very tall
13. The air in the big city is more polluted than it is in the countryside.
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 A. The air in the countryside is fresh and clean
B. The air both in the countryside and in the city are polluted.
C. The air in a big city isn’t as fresh and clean as the air in the countryside.
14. Living in a dormitory isn’t as comfortable as living at home.
A. It’s more comfortable to live in a dormitory than at home.
B. It’s more comfortable to live at home than in a dormitory.
C. Living at home is less comfortable than living in s dormitory.
15. Some school subjects interest me, but others don’t.
A. Some school subjects are as interesting as others
B. Some school subjects aren’t as interesting as others
C. All school subjects interest me.
16. I think that no city is more beautiful than Paris.
A. I think Paris is the most beautiful city in the world.
B. I think Paris is as beautiful as other cities in the world.
C. I think Paris is less beautiful than other cities in the world.
17. Can you understand words more easily than gestured?
A. Do you find it difficult to understand gesture?
B. Is it easy for you to understand gesture than words?
C. Are you better at understanding words than gestures?
18. Home computers used to be much more expensive.
A. Home computers are more expensive than they used to be.
B. Home computers are much more expensive than they used to be.
C. Home computers aren’t as expensive as they used to be.
19. That’s the best meal I’ve ever eaten.
A. I’ve never eaten a good meal B. I’ve never eaten a better meal
C. I’ve never eaten the best meal
20. Sue don’t know as much as Italian than I do.
A. Sue knows more Italian than I do. B. Sue knows as much Italian than I do
C. Sue knows as much Italian as I do,
Exercise 3: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stay the same.
1. He works hard. We work hard, too.
We..........................................................................................................................................................
2. I can't cook as well as my mother.
My mother..............................................................................................................................................
3. Sang is better at English than Mai is
Mai isn't..................................................................................................................................................
4. No one in this club plays tennis as well as Janet
Janet plays..............................................................................................................................................
5. He run fast, I can run faster
I can........................................................................................................................................................
6. This is the pumpiest road I've ever driven along.
I've never................................................................................................................................................
7. She didn't draw as beautifully as Tim.
Tim.........................................................................................................................................................
8. Barbara can skate just as well as John can.
John can't skate.......................................................................................................................................
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer.
1. Examinations make me __ . I always get __( angry/ being nervous, anger/ nervous, angrily/ nervous,
angry/ nervous)
2. Goodyear worked _____ for the benefit of mankind. ( devote, devoted, devotedly, more devotedly)
3. Mike was not feeling very well so we gave him __to do than you. ( fewer works, less work, little
works, least work)
4. Everyone looks much ____today than he did yesterday. ( happy, happily, more happily , happier)
5. I found it very _____ to read the book. ( amusing, amused, amuse, amusingly)
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6. A man whom people can not trust will have ____ friends. ( little, few, a few, a lot)
7. My younger brother grew very quickly and he was ____ his mother. (more big that, so big than, as big
as, too big than)
8. The mother looked _____ at her naughty child. ( anger, angry, angrily, angered)
9. It was _____ that we decided to buy it. ( a such beautiful house, such a beautiful house, so beautiful
house, so a beautiful house)
10. ____ these mangoes taste____? ( Do/ sweetly, Do/ sweet, Have/ sweetly, Are/ sweet)
11. Your plan sounds ____ to me, ( perfect, perfected, perfectly, perfection)
12. This room is _____ small for six of us to live in.( as, much, too, as much)
13. The younger you are , ___you learn. ( the quicker, the quicklier, the more quickly, the less quickly.
14. Yesterday was _____ day of the year. ( the cold, the coldest, the colder, coldest)
15. Do it as _____ as you can. ( good, well, better, very good)
16. The smaller the room, _____ furniture it needs. ( the fewer, the more, the smaller, the less)
17. Our English lessons are becoming _____ ( more and more difficult, more difficult and more difficult,
more difficult and difficult, most difficult)
18. Her house is twice _____ mine. ( as big as, bigger than, the biggest, big)
19. Is this ______ pen you’ve got? ( the cheap, the cheapest, cheapest, cheaper)
20. My job is boring. I’d like to do something __( interesting, most interesting, more interesting,
interestingly)
21. Tom is the ______ of the 2 brothers . ( older, oldest, old, elder)
22. You are driving too fast . Can you drive__? ( a bit slowly, a bit more slowly, slowly a bit, slowlier)
23. He is _____ than I first thought. ( little stupid, few stupid, less stupid, the least stupid)
24. She is a _____ and______ driver than her brother. ( slower/ more careful, more slowly/ more
carefully, slower/ careful, more slower/ more careful
25. Mercedes is the __ car of all. (the most expensive, the more expensive, expensive, the expensivest)
26. It’s _____ to learn a foreign language in a country where it is spoken. ( a lot easier, easier a lot, a lot
easy, a lot more easy)
27. Of all the girls she sang _____. (better, good, the best, very well)
28. Rose is a _____ working student ; she ____ waste a minutes of her time. ( hardly/ hard, hard/ hard,
hardly/ hardly, hard/ hardly)
29. I drive much_____ than I did 2 years ago. ( careful, carefully, more careful, more carefully)
30. He got up _____ miss the first bus. (so earlier as to, so early to, so early as not to, too early to)
31. The Pacific is ____ the largest ocean in area. ( by far, far, a little, so)
32. The horse is getting old and cannot run _____ it did. (as fast, so fast than, so faster as, as faster as)
33. Standing____ helped him look ______, attractive and special. (straight/ wonderful, straight/
wonderfully, straightly/ wonderfully, straightly/ wonderful)
34. The more you work, the _____ you'll pass your exams. ( good, better, best, the best)
35. At college the work is harder than the work we did at school, but it is much ______ interesting. ( more,
many, most, a few)
36. We don’t think you were _ in ancient history. ( interested, not interesting, interesting, less interested)
37. This is ______ film I’ve ever seen. ( good, worse, the best, better)
38. You look a lot _____ than you did last time I saw you. (sadder, saddest, as sad, more sadder)
39. I wish you were _____ pretty ______ your mother. ( as/as, more/ than, more/ as, as/ than)
40. I earn _____ much money _____ he does. But she earns more______ we both. ( more/ than/ as, as/
as/ than, as / than/ than, as/ more/ than)
41. I ordered __drink __he did. ( the same/ than, the same/ as, the same/ more than, the same/ much)
42. Your car is much more powerful ________ mine, but my small car is _____ expensive _____ yours.
( as/ as/ as, than/ as/ than, than/ as/ as, than/ more/ as)
43. Prices are not ____ in the 1990s. ( much more, more than, the same as, as the same)
44. Paris is ____ exciting ____ London. ( as/ than, as/ as , more/ as, more/ that)
45. He lives quite _____ . ( near, nearly, nearer, nearest)
46. You’ve come too ____ ( later, latest, late, lately)
47. It is _____ difficult to speak to her. (pretty, prettily, prettier, prettiest)
48. We have seen very little of you _____ ( late, lately, later, latest)
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49. She is always ____ dressed. ( pretty, prettier, prettily, prettiest)
50. She looked at me ____ and told me to leave the room. ( angry, angrily, angrier, as angry)
51. “ Have you seen him ? “ – “ Yes, he looks ___but he says he feels __” . ( good/ bad, well/ badly,
well/ bad, good/ badly
52. His cough sounds ____ . H e should see a doctor. ( terrible, terribly, as terrible, less terrible)
53. Be ___ . Stop talking, behave yourselves. ( quiet, quietly, quieter, quietest)
54. Nurses are required to look after _____ . ( sick and wound, sick and wounded, the sick and wound,
the sick and wounded)
55. My mother is _____ than me. ( a head shorter, taller a head, shorter a head, a head tall)
56. I got to the station _ than Tom( early 10 minutes, earlier 10 minutes, 10 minutes early,10 minutes
earlier)
57. I think ____ people look after their cars better than young people. ( elderly, elder, older, oldest)
58. I think the board is too wide. I want a ____ one. (narrow, the narrow, narrower, more narrow)
59. Tom is the shortest of _____ in the Smith family. ( any other member, any of the members, anyone
of the members, all the members)
60. Among them Mark swims ______. (the fastest, the most fast, the most fastly, most fastly)

EXERCISE 5. Choose the best answer

1. Jane doesn’t speak English _________.
A. well as Betty B. as well as Betty C. as good as Betty D. better as Betty
2. This is _____ most interesting film I’ve ever seen.
A. an B. a C. the D. no article
3. This coat and that one are _______.
A. like B. alike C. same D. likely
4. Mary is __________ in our class.
A. prettier B. more pretty C. most pretty D. the prettiest
5. The more manufacturers advertise, ________ they sell.
A. the more products B. the most products C. the products more D. most products
6. Jogging makes our health ___________.
A. more good B. better C. the more good D. the most good
7. _________ we jog, _________ we are.
A. The most/ the healthiest B. The most/ the healthier
C. The more/ the most healthy D. The more/ the healthier
8. Thanks to advertisements, things cost ____________.
A. the less B. little C. the more less D. less
9. The test is not ________ difficult _____ it was last month.
A. as/ as B. so/ as C. more/ as D. A and B
10. The winter is coming, it is getting ___________.
A. more cold B. the more cold C. colder and colder D. the most cold
11. He learns English ________ than we do.
A. badly B. badlier C. more badly D. worse
12. Peter usually drives ________ Mary.
A. more fast B. more fast than C. more fast D. faster than
13. The problem seems to be _____________.
A. most serious B. more serious than C. more serious D. more and more serious
14. Their house is __________ beautiful than mine.
A. as B. more C. much D. so
15. My car is _________ yours.
A. more cheap and beautiful than B. cheaper and more beautiful than
C. more cheap and more beautiful than D. cheaper and beautiful as
16. She gave me the same advice _________ you did.
A. like B. than C. as D. who
17. ________ you are, the more you laugh.
A. The happier B. More happy C. The happy D. Happier
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Exercise 6 : Give the correct forms of adjectives in the brackets
Dear Kate,
Dave and I are having the (good)............... holiday of our life. We are in Barbados, one of the
(lovely) .................. islands in Caribbean. Although it is much ( small).............. than Jamaica, there seems
to be (much) ............ to do than in Jamaica. Moreover, the people here seem to be
( friendly)..................than those on other islands. We are staying in the (modern) ............... hotel I have
ever seen. It is far comfortable).................................. than any of other hotels and it is even
(big)...................... than the world famous Belton Hotel. The (near) ..................... beach is
(little) ........................ than a hundred meters away, so we can go swimming a lot. It's really good and I
wish you were here.
Love
Mike
Exercise 8: Give the correct forms of words in the brackets
1. The movie was (interest) .................................. than the one on TV.
2. We've got (little) ............... time than I thought.
3. This shirt is too small. I need a (large) ........................ one.
4. Lan is (clever) ................... and (pretty) ..................... than Lien.
5. You are standing too near the camera. Can you move a bit (far) ................ away?
6. Could you speak a bit (slowly) ......................, please?
7. Health and happiness are (important) .................................... than money.
8. You look (thin) ........................... Have you lost weight?
9. This was the ( big) ................ farm I've ever visited.
10. Who between the two workers is the ( good) ................................?
11. This old machine is (powerful) ....................... than we thought.
12. The farmers have never had a (rich) ....................... harvest than that.
13. Which is ( difficult) ...................................., English or Math?
14. The lessons are ( interesting ) ............................ and ( boring)............................... than some years ago.
15. It is the ( expensive) ....................................... of the two cars.
16. My sister drives ( fast) .................................... but ( cares ).................................. than I do.
17. Which is the ( expensive ) ............................................ of these two coats?
18. What is the (long ) ................................... river in Vietnam?
Exercise 9 :Rewrite these sentences.
1. Jane is the best tennis player in the team.
No one ...................................................................................................................................................
2. The bus takes longer than the train.
The train ................................................................................................................................................
3. I can't cook as well as my mother.
My mother cooks....................................................................................................................................
My mother is .........................................................................................................................................
4. He runs faster than I can
I can't .....................................................................................................................................................
He is .......................................................................................................................................................
5. Is this the cheapest carpet you have got ?
Have you got .........................................................................................................................................?
6. Lan is a better cook than Hoa.
Hoa can't ................................................................................................................................................
Hoa is .....................................................................................................................................................
7. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
Apples aren't ..........................................................................................................................................
8. This is the best cake I have ever eaten.
This is the ..............................................................................................................................................
I have never ...........................................................................................................................................

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9. Pat is the tallest girl in her class.
No one ...................................................................................................................................................
10. She liked Rome a little and Paris less.
She thought that Rome ..........................................................................................................................
11. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
I don't know ...........................................................................................................................................
12. I'd like to visit India more than any other country in the world.
India is ...................................................................................................................................................
13. No restaurant in the city is better than that one.
That restaurant is ...................................................................................................................................
14. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
Your kitchen is ......................................................................................................................................
My kitchen is ........................................................................................................................................
15. He drives more carefully than he used to.
He doesn't drive .....................................................................................................................................
16. Jane can swim farther than I can
I can't .....................................................................................................................................................
17. This exercise is easier than that one.
This exercise is ......................................................................................................................................
That exercise is .....................................................................................................................................
18. A play is often longer than a film.
A film is .................................................................................................................................................
A film doesn't ........................................................................................................................................
19. He drives faster than I do.
He is .......................................................................................................................................................
I am ........................................................................................................................................................
I don't .....................................................................................................................................................
20. No one can run faster than me.
I am ........................................................................................................................................................
21. I don't have any bigger problem than pronunciation.
My .........................................................................................................................................................
22. They understand more than we do.
We don't ................................................................................................................................................

Exercise 10:Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:

1. No one else in the class plays the guitar ______ John.
A. as well B. as far as C. so well as D. as soon as
2. The town was nearer _____ we thought it would be.
A. then B. that C. as D. than
3. 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
4. Peter is ______ student in my class.
A. taller than B. so tall as C. the tallest D. tallest
5. The deep oceans contain some of the ______ of all living creatures.
A. strangest B. strange C. as strange as D. stranger
6. Jane is not _____ her brother.
A. more intelligent as B. intelligent as C. so intelligent as D. so intelligent that
7. He drives as ______ his father does.
A. careful as B. more carefully C. the most careful D. carefully as
8. What’s the ______ film you’ve ever seen.
A. good B. best C. better D. the best
9. I’ll be there _______ I can.
A. sooner as B. no sooner as C. as soon as D. soonest as
10. Mr. Lam cannot earn _______ his wife.
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 A. as many money as B. as much money as C. as many money than D. as much money than
11. I like English ______ French.
A. than B. more C. less D. better than
12. My car is _______ yours.
A. more fast and economical than B. more fast and more economical than
C. faster and economical as D. faster and more economical than
13. Of the two sisters, Linda _______ .
A. is beautiful B. the most beautiful C. is more beautiful D. is so beautiful as
14. The lab is _____ from the bus stop than the library.
A. far B. farther C. further D. B and C
15. The ______ accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.
A. badest B. most bad C. worse D. worst
16. He finished the test _______ of all.
A. rapidly B. the most rapidly C. most rapidly D. more rapidly
17. Many chemicals react ______ in acid solutions.
A. more quick B. more quickly C. quicklier D. as quickly more
18. 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
19. ______ 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
20. The more I got to know Tom, _______ I liked him.
A. least B. the less C. the least D. the fewer
21. The rooms in the front ______ noisier than those in the back.
A. are more B. are little C. are much D. are very
22. ______ 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
23. ______ the man gets, ______ he becomes.
A. the more old / the more weak B. the older / the weaker
C. the older / the weakest D. older / weaker
24. Of all the candidates, Mr. Hung is probably ______.
A. the less qualified B. the qualified less
C. the most little qualified D. the least qualified
25. _______ a car is, ______ it is.
A. the expensive / the comfortabler B. the most expensive /the most comfortable
C. the more expensive / the more comfortable D. the less expensive / the more comfortable
26. His house is _____ mine.
A. larger and more comfortable than B. the most large and comfortable than
C. more large and comfortable than D. the largest and more comfortable than
27. The larger the drop of water, ______ freezing temperature.
A. the higher its B. its higher C. higher than its D. higher of its
28. Automobiles, airplanes, and buses use more energy per passenger ______ .
A. trains do B. as trains C. as are trains D. than trains do
29. A cat would be _______ to look after ______ a dog.
A. easy / than B. easier / than C. easy / to D. the easiest / than
30. The younger you are, _______ it is to learn.
A. easier B. you are easier C. the easier D. the easy
31. His job is ______ as mine.
A. not so difficult B. not that difficult C. nor so difficult D. not more difficult
32. _______ the horse tried to free itself from the restraint, ______ it became.
A. The most / the tighter B. The more / the tighter
C. The more / tighter D. More / tighter
33. This is _____ man of all I’ve ever known.
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 A. best B. better C. good D. the best
34. ______we finish the project, _______ we can start the next one.
A. The soonest / the sooner B. The soonest / the most soon
C. The sooner / the sooner D. The soonest / the soonest
35. Jays are ______ and more colorful than crows.
A. short B. shortest C. more short D. shorter
36. As a rule, ______ the heart rate, the faster the pulse.
A. the more rapid B. the more rapidly C. rapid D. the most rapid
37. Yesterday I felt a little ill and today I feel ______ .
A. more ill B. most ill C. worse D. worst
38. Thousands of years ago giraffes had much ______ necks than they have now.
A. short B. shorter C. less short D. least short
39. Special airplane fares for tourists make travel _______ than ever before.
A. less expensive and more attractive B. less expensive but attractive
C. not only expensive and attractive D. less expensive therefore attractive
40. Advertising is _____ in the world.
A. one of the biggest business B. one of the business biggest
C. one business of the biggest D. one of the more big business
41. Mary is ______ in our class.
A. prettier B. more pretty C. most pretty D. the prettiest
42. Jogging makes our health _____.
A. more good B. better C. the more good D. the most good
43. ______ we jog, _______ we are.
A. the most / the healthiest B. the most / the healthier
C. the more / the most healthy D. the more / the healthier
44. The winter is coming, it is getting _______.
A. more cold B. the most cold C. colder and colder D. the more cold
45. The _____ things are produced, the ______ prices are.
A. more / cheaper B. most / cheapest C. much / cheap D. many / cheaper
46. _____ we read, ______ we know.
A. the most / the most B. the more / the more C. most / most D. more/ more
47. It gets ______ . let’s go swimming.
A. hot and hot B. the more hot C. more and more hot D. hotter and hotter
48. Minh usually runs ______ Hung.
A. more fast B. more fast than C. the fastest D. faster than
49. The problem seems to be _____.
A. most serious B. more serious than C. more serious as D. more and more serious
50. Prices get ______.
A. high and high B. highest and highest C. more and more high D. higher and higher
51. The more waste paper we recycle, _______ .
A. the more trees we preserve B. the less trees we preserve
C. the most trees we preserve D. the least trees we preserve
52. There are ______ diseases being treated by laser beams.
A. more or less B. more than C. more and more D. less than
53. “We produce more food. It gets cheap. ”means _______.
A. the more food we produce, the cheaper it gets B. the most food we produce, the cheapest it gets
C. the least food we produce, the less cheap it gets D. most food we produce, cheapest it gets
Exercise 11:
1. “Tomorrow Never Die” is one of the more exciting films.
2. Most babies will grow up to be as cleverer as their parents.
3. New York is the larger of all American cities.
4. The new models are not only less expensive but also the more efficient.
5. The more they advertise, the least expensive things are.
6. The problem is the more serious because there has been no relevant solution up to now.
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7. The more he earns, the most happy he is.
8. Nam plays the piano better than I am.
9. Mary looks more prettier than she used to be.
10. Jim has failed the examination. He is the baddest in our class.
11. Minh can play table tennis better more than I can.
12. Your computer works faster than my.
13. His father’s health gets worst and worst.
14. The most we work, the more money we earn.
15. This car is more economical as that one.
16. Not everyone has realized that the most largest organ of the human body is the skin.
17. The more fast you drive, the more dangerous you get.
18. All the athletes are trying to run as fastly as they can.
19. Rice is most important in Vietnam.
20. The more that she tried to remove the strain from her shirt, the worst it looks.
Exercise 12: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. If we leave early, we'll arrive soon.
The earlier .............................................................................................................................................
2. If you work harder, you make more products.
The harder .............................................................................................................................................
4. When you eat a lot, you get fat.
The more ..............................................................................................................................................
5. If you run a lot, you will get fitter.
The more ...............................................................................................................................................
6. If you run a lot, you will get fitter.
The more ...............................................................................................................................................
7. When you eat a lot, you get fat.
The more
8. If you walk slowly, it takes longer to get there.
The more ...............................................................................................................................................
9. If you have a better job, you get higher salary.
The better the job you have, ..................................................................................................................