Unit 4 : At school

put the following sentences in correct tenses

18. at the moment, he ..................(lie) on the chair and .............................(watch) TV

19. Mr. Tuan ...............................(build) this house in 2009 

20. they ..................................(hold) the festival 3 days ago

21. we......................................(not do) our homework now

22. my brother and i ...............................(wait) for a bus at present 

23. my mother .....................................(tie) her hair in the bedroom now

24. my friends .....................................(visit) Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum three weeks ago 

25. my sisters ...................................(be) at home yesterday 

26. this teacher usually ..................................(read) newspapers when she has free time

27. my mother .................................(teach) my sister how to cook some favourite dishes now 

put the following sentences in correct tenses

1. i (not/see) .............................................. Lan lasst month 

2.jane (buy) ................................ thiss dress 2 weeks ago, but she( not wear) .........................it now

3. in all over the world, there (be) ................................... only 14 mountains that (reach) .............................. above 8,00 meters 

4. hesometimes (come) ...............................to see hiss parents 

5. my grandfather never(fly) ........................ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so 

6. i (visit) .............................my uncle's home regularly when i(be) .................................. a child 

7. david (wash) ................................... his hands at the moment 

8. it(rain) .............................hard. we can't do anything until it(stop)...........................................

9. she (have) ....................................... a hard life,but she's always smiling

10. her brother(work)............................. in caada at present

11. my father ................................(not take) me to school yesterday

12. he ..........................(write) the poems when he wwas young

13. i .................................(give) one of my friends my best books on her last birthday 

14. they .........................................(water) the trees every day

15. they ........................................(employ) five hunded people each year

16. i .......................................(not study) english two years ago 

17. he .................................(not be) in Ha Noi last year

rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning 

30. lan is shorter than thu 

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31. my mother is thinner than my father 

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32. living in the city is more expensive than living inthe country 

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33. this book is more interesting than that book 

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34. my hair is longer than your hair

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35. Quang is lazier than Ha 

ha is ................................................

36. a city is noisier than a village 

a village ......................................

37. there's a post office on one side of my house and a café on the other 

my house is .....................................................

38. please tell me something about your neighbourhood (can)

can ..............................................................................................?

39. oranges arre cheaper than apples 

apples ....................................................................

rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning 

22. this tower is taller than that tower 

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23. Ho Chi Minh city is nooisier than my city 

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24. things in this shop is cheaper than the ones in that shop 

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25. this museum is more modern than that museum 

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26. listening to music is more boring than watching film 

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27. living in the city is more conveient than living in the countryside 

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28. ny schoolbag is morew beautiful than yours

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29. rainy season is wetter than dry season 

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rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning 

11. he is the tallest boy in his class

=> no one in .....................................................

12. this is the most interesting film of all

=> no other films are ........................................

13. no cars in the world are more expensive than Janpanese ones 

=> japanese cars .................................................

14. this exercise is easier than that one 

=> that exercise is not ............................................

15. he drives more carefully than Jack does

=> Jack .............................................................

16. no one in the group plays better than he does 

=> he plays .....................................................

17. no hotel in the city is as comfortable as this 

=> this hotel is the ...............................................

18. other oceans in the world aren't as large as the pacific one 

=> the pacific oceans is ........................................

19. her book is the same as time 

=> her book isn't .....................................................

20. this house  isn't as expensive as that one 

=> that house .....................................

21. mai is fatter than her younger sister 

=> mai's younger sister ...........................

rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning 

1. my house is bigger than your house

=> your house is ...............................................

2. the black car is cheaper than the red car

=> the red car ....................................................

3. this film is more interesting than that one 

=> that film is ...................................................

4. my kitchen is smaller than yours 

=> your kitchen ...............................................

5. my grandmother is older than every one in my family 

=> my grandmother is the ...................................

6. no one in my class is as tall as Tam

=> Tam is the ..........................................

7. i can't cook as well as my mother 

=> my mother .............................................

8. he does not play tennis as well as Jack 

=> Jack plays ..........................................

9. i did not spend as much money as you earned 

=> you spent ..........................................

10. i think this book is as expensive as it is 

=> this book is .......................................

complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjectives

1. her daughter is ........................................ than her(beautiful)

2. summer is .................................... season ò the year (hot )

3. that dog isn't ................................. as it looks (dangerous)

4. in the past, people were ........................................ than today (polite)

5. it is ..................... today than it was yesterday(cold)

6. our hotel was .................................... than all the others in the town (cheap)

7. what's ...................................... river in the world(long)

8. it was an awful day. it was .................................. day of my life (bad)

9. everest is .................... mountain in the world. it is ............................... than any other mountain (high)

10. i prefer this chair to the other one. it's ..................................(comfortable )

11. i think the temple of literature is as ...............................Quan Thanh Temple(old)

12. i don't like this film very much. it is ..................... the original book (different)

13. some students say maths is ..................................... than music, but i don't think so (important)

14. my grandma thinks modern life is ........................... as life in the past (not/good )

15. learning to play the guitar is ............................... i thought (not/easy)

16. my cows produce ................................. milk than your cows(much)

17. my pen is ........................... than yours (good )

18. this exercise is .............................................. than that exercise (easy)

19. i have ............................... pens thanyou do (many)

20. he grows ...................................... trees than i do (few)

21. my pen is ................................ than your pen (good)

22. my sister is .................................... than i am (confident)

23. my mother drinks ...................................... milk than my father does (little)

24. coffee is ..................................... for health than orange juice (bad)

25. a bicycle is often ....................... than a car in busy cities (convenient)

write sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives 

1. son/tall/hung

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2. mai/intelligent/ kien

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3. my brother/ strong/my sister 

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4. my school/ big/ my brother's school

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5. living in the city/ exciting / living in the countryside 

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6. peter's exam results/ bad/ nick's exam results

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7. this dress/ expensive / that one 

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8. life in the city/ interesting/ life in the countryside 

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9. my exam results/ bad/ yours

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10. tuan/ clever/his brother

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11. a new house/ expensive/ an old house

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12. jane/ pretty/ her sister 

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13. she/ beautiful/ her sister 

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14. she/ intelligent/ i 

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15. can /you/tell/ me/ way/ post office ?

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so sánh nhất / công thức:S+BE+THE ADJ(EST)........................

1. the nile/ long/river/in the world

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2. lan/tall/student/in my class

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3. english coffee/bad/of all

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4. australia / small/continent in the world 

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5. that/high/mountain in the world 

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so sánh hơn / công thức :A+BE+ADJ(ER)+THAN+B

1. a rose/beautiful/a weed

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2. a dog/ intelligent/ a chicken 

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3. ba / friendly / Nam

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4. your house/far/from school/my house

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5. a horse/strong/a person 

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