

EXERCISE 1. Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. Ha Anh can now speak English more well than the last time I met him.
2. The maid was careful to keep the room cleanly.
3. The more rich he is, the more miserable he gets.
4. The last story was as interested as the other ones.
5. Mr. Slater’s house is biger than ours.
6. That brown chair is most comfortable than this one.
7. Lan is the most pretty of all the girls.
8. That lesson is a most difficult of all the lessons.
9. The fastest you drive, the greater you get.
10. Prevention is more cheaper and more effective than any kind of treatment.
EXERCISE 2.Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the sentence printed before it.
1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
-> Her new house…………………………………….........
2. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
-> Peter ……………………………………………….
3. My sister writes more carefully than she did.
->My sister …………………………………………………………………
4. He works much. He feels tired.
-> The more …………………………………………………
5. This computer works better than that one.
-> That computer ……………………………………………..
6. The apartment is big. The rent is high.
-> The bigger ………………………………………………….
7. We set off soon. We will arrive soon.
-> The sooner ……………………………………………………
8. Peter does not drive so carefully as Tom.
-> Tom …………………………………………………………………………
9. Mai doesn’t speak English as well as Nga.
-> Nga………………………………………………………………………
10. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
-> The more ……………………………………………………………
EXERCISE 3. Give the correct form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets:
1. This chair is ..........................………………….. than that one. (comfortable)
2. Your flat is .....................………....... than mine. (large)
3. The weather today is ........................……… than it was yesterday. (hot)
4. The Nile is the ........................……………………….. river in the world. (long)
5. Chinese bicycles are ................…........……………….. than Japanese ones. (bad)
6. Mathematics is ........................…………………...….. than English. (difficult)
7. Ho Chi Minh is the ............................………………. city in Viet Nam. (big)
8. He drives ................................. ..……………than his friend. (carefully)
9. She sings ........................……………………….. in this school. (beautifully)
10. I read ............................……………………….. than my sister. (slowly)
11. He is ...........................………………….. girl in our class. (old)
12. This exercise is .........................…….…………..than that one. (easy)
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13. Rivers are (big)……………………………. than lakes.
14. The Mekong river is (long)………………….. than the Red river.
15. Everest is the (high)……………………. mountain in the world.
16. Hoa is the (short) ……………………girl in our class.
17. My mother is (old) …………………….than my teacher.
18. The Amazon River is the (deep)……………… river in the world
19. The Summer is the (hot)………………………. season in a year.
20. Ha Noi is (small)………………….than Ho Chi Minh city.
21. The Great Wall is the (long) …………….structure in the world
22. Our parents are the (good)……………………….. people.
23. The winter is the (cold)…………………. season in a year.
24. He is (clever) ……………………. student in my group.
25.Who is the (rich) ……………………….woman on earth?
1. Ha Anh can now speak English more well than the last time I met him.
2. The maid was careful to keep the room cleanly.
3. The more rich he is, the more miserable he gets.
4. The last story was as interested as the other ones.
5. Mr. Slater’s house is biger than ours.
6. That brown chair is most comfortable than this one.
7. Lan is the most pretty of all the girls.
8. That lesson is a most difficult of all the lessons.
9. The fastest you drive, the greater you get.
10. Prevention is more cheaper and more effective than any kind of treatment.
EXERCISE 2.Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the sentence printed before it.
1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
-> Her new house…………………………………….........
2. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
-> Peter ……………………………………………….
3. My sister writes more carefully than she did.
->My sister …………………………………………………………………
4. He works much. He feels tired.
-> The more …………………………………………………
5. This computer works better than that one.
-> That computer ……………………………………………..
6. The apartment is big. The rent is high.
-> The bigger ………………………………………………….
7. We set off soon. We will arrive soon.
-> The sooner ……………………………………………………
8. Peter does not drive so carefully as Tom.
-> Tom …………………………………………………………………………
9. Mai doesn’t speak English as well as Nga.
-> Nga………………………………………………………………………
10. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
-> The more ……………………………………………………………
EXERCISE 3. Give the correct form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets:
1. This chair is ..........................………………….. than that one. (comfortable)
2. Your flat is .....................………....... than mine. (large)
3. The weather today is ........................……… than it was yesterday. (hot)
4. The Nile is the ........................……………………….. river in the world. (long)
5. Chinese bicycles are ................…........……………….. than Japanese ones. (bad)
6. Mathematics is ........................…………………...….. than English. (difficult)
7. Ho Chi Minh is the ............................………………. city in Viet Nam. (big)
8. He drives ................................. ..……………than his friend. (carefully)
9. She sings ........................……………………….. in this school. (beautifully)
10. I read ............................……………………….. than my sister. (slowly)
11. He is ...........................………………….. girl in our class. (old)
12. This exercise is .........................…….…………..than that one. (easy)
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13. Rivers are (big)……………………………. than lakes.
14. The Mekong river is (long)………………….. than the Red river.
15. Everest is the (high)……………………. mountain in the world.
16. Hoa is the (short) ……………………girl in our class.
17. My mother is (old) …………………….than my teacher.
18. The Amazon River is the (deep)……………… river in the world
19. The Summer is the (hot)………………………. season in a year.
20. Ha Noi is (small)………………….than Ho Chi Minh city.
21. The Great Wall is the (long) …………….structure in the world
22. Our parents are the (good)……………………….. people.
23. The winter is the (cold)…………………. season in a year.
24. He is (clever) ……………………. student in my group.
25.Who is the (rich) ……………………….woman on earth?