My name’s Nam. I live in Ha Noi. I have two friends, Lan and Minh. Lan lives in Da Nang.

Minh lives in Can Tho. The weather in our places is not the same. This weekend, it will be cold and dry in Ha Noi, but it will be cool and sunny in Da Nang, and it will be hot and cloudy in Can Tho. The seasons are different, too. There are four seasons in Ha Noi: spring, summer, autumn and winter. But there are only two seasons in Da Nang and Can Tho: the dry season and the rainy season.

A. Write the opposites. (Viết các điều trái ngược)

Rainy: ______________________

Read and do the tasks.

My name’s Nam. I live in Ha Noi. I have two friends, Lan and Minh. Lan lives in Da Nang.

Minh lives in Can Tho. The weather in our places is not the same. This weekend, it will be cold and dry in Ha Noi, but it will be cool and sunny in Da Nang, and it will be hot and cloudy in Can Tho. The seasons are different, too. There are four seasons in Ha Noi: spring, summer, autumn and winter. But there are only two seasons in Da Nang and Can Tho: the dry season and the rainy season.

A. Write the opposites. (Viết các điều trái ngược)

Diferent:_____________________

Read and do the tasks.

My name’s Nam. I live in Ha Noi. I have two friends, Lan and Minh. Lan lives in Da Nang.

Minh lives in Can Tho. The weather in our places is not the same. This weekend, it will be cold and dry in Ha Noi, but it will be cool and sunny in Da Nang, and it will be hot and cloudy in Can Tho. The seasons are different, too. There are four seasons in Ha Noi: spring, summer, autumn and winter. But there are only two seasons in Da Nang and Can Tho: the dry season and the rainy season.

A. Write the opposites. (Viết các điều trái ngược)

 Hot: ______________________

1. Today is a ................ day. The sun shines all the time. a. windy b. sunny c. cloudy d. rainy 2. Ba is a hard- working student and he works ...................... on all the subjects . a. hard b. slowly c. carelessly d. carefully 3. In the South of Viet Nam, there are only two ............. a year. a. times b. days c. seasons d. periods 4. It is very .............. because the wind blows quite hard. a. sunny b. rainy c. snowy d. windy 5. In class you must listen .................. to the teacher. a. hardly b. boringly c. carelessly d. carefully 6. The children are playing ................. . They should be quite. a. quietly b. eagerly c. happily d. noisily 7. In the sunny season, the .............. shine(s) almost all the days. a. snow b. clouds c. floods d. sun 8. The ................ today is higher than yesterday. It must be over 37 C . a. degree b. level c. humidity d. temperature 9. Viet Nam has a tropical................... a. climate b. weather c. temperature d. season 10. My mother can dance very .............. She is a professional dancer. a. sweetly b . softly c. loudly d. beautifully 11. In Viet Nam , it is normally................ in the South than in the North. a. hot b. hotter c. hottest d. hoter 12. The food is ............... than the last time I ate it. a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worst 13. Ho Chi Minh city is .............. than Hanoi. a. big b. bigger c. biggest d. biger 14. Children often learn very .................... things around them. a. quickly b. quicker c. quickest d. quick 15. She can not sing ............... but she can play the piano beautifully. a. good b. best c. goodly d. well 16. Helen always ............. with John in every school dancing competition. a. dances b. dance c. dancing d, danced 17. It ............... dangerous to swim in deep rivers. a. are b. is c. being d. be 18. The boy ................. at home yesterday evening. a. stay b. staying c. stayed d. stays 19. Last time, he .................. very slowly. a. driving b. drove c. driven d. drived 20. I now .............. speak English perfectly. a. can b. was c. could d. did 21. Jack is now ................. than he used to be. a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happyer 22. The tourist company was .............. down the street than I had thought. a. farther b. far c. farer d. farest 23. There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather. a. gooder b. good c. better d. best 24. He tried very ........... but still failled the exame. a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest 25. She came to school ........... and had to stand outside for 15 minutes. a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter 26. He was ................ successful with the business. a. complete b. completion c. completeness d. completely 27. I ........... everything will be all right soon. a. hope b. hopes c. hoping d. hoped 28. I often ................. up early in the morning. a. gets b. getting c. got d. get 29. Lan ................ you some minutes ago. a. phones b. phoning c. phoned d. phone 30. Don’t ........... the door open when you go out. a. leave b. leaves c. leaving d. left 31. David’s school ........... is very bad this term. a. report b. period c. day d. semester 32. The ............. this year are longer and more difficult than those last year. a. schools b. notebooks c. time d. lessons 33. Our friends are more .................. than us . a. difficult b. intelligent c. easy d. tall 34. Lan, how are you doing this ............? a. school b. day c. class d. term 35. He can do better than the ........... in his group. a. everyone b. another c. all d. others 36. Tuan writes more .............. with fewer mistakes than the previous term. a. careless b. careful c. carefully d. carelessly 37. My father is happy because I get ............... results at school. a. bad b. good c. intelligent d. well 38. Peter does better at school because he works ...................... a. harder b. more carelessly c. more lazily d. worse 39. He can do sums more ................... and read faster./ a. badly b. quickly c. difficultly d. fastly 40. I can dance more ...................... than my friends. a. fluently b. attentively c. interestingly d. gracefully 41. Mary is in ................ 8 in St Mary secondary school. a. age b. level c. grade d, step 42. She is very ............. pupil. She spends most of her time studying. a. hard- working b. difficult c. hard d. easy 43. They always complete all their .................. before going to bed. a. things b. homework c. book d. activities 44. He is very good at ................ He can do sums more quickly than the other pupils in his class. a. literature b. maths c. geography d. English 45. Mary rarely makes ................ when she writes. a. mistakes b. fault c. things d. sums 46. I often go to the school .................. to borrow books in my free time. a. library b. yard c. room d. class 47. He always helps his friends with .............. exercises. a. easy b. bad c. difficult d. short 48. Her parents are .............. because she often gets bad marks in the exams. a, happy b. disapponinted c. tired d. boring 49. I am interested in natural science subjects like mathematics, physics and ................. a. England b. literature c. chemistry d. language 50. In her free time, Jane often plays the .............. a. piano b. football c. game d. basket ball 51. My English this term is ............. than that of last year. a. good b. gooder c. better d. best 52. Her math result is .............. than her English result. a. bad b. badly c. worse d. well 53. Detective books are..................... than science fiction ones. a. more interesting b. interestingly c. interstinger d. interesting 54. Lan is ................... than her sister. a. lazy b. lazily c. lazier d. lazilier 55. He feels ........... than last year because his study results are ..................... a. happy/ good b. happier/ gooder c. more happy/ more good d. happier/ better 56. He is ............. at maths than at any other subjects. a. better b. more good c. goodlier d. gooder 57. Phuong can speak English ........... than Minh. a. more fluent b. fluently c. fluent d. more fluently 58. Her voice is ................. than her sister’s/ . a. beautiful b. more beautiful c. beautifully d. more beautifully 59. Her literature result is much ................... than it was last year. a. good b. well c. more well d. better 60. Cinderrella danced ............... than any other girls at the ball. a. more graceful b. gracefuler c. gracefully d. more gracefully 61. Chemistry is ................. than physics. a. easy b. easily c. easier d. more easily 62. Rabbits run.................. than tortoises. a. fast b . fastly c. fastlier d. faster 63.Nam is bad at art but Minh is even .......................... a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worser 63. Lan is her.................... sister. a. old b. elderly c. elder d. oldly 64. She can pronounce English words ............. than she could last term. a. correctlier b . more correct c. more correctly d. correcter 65. The country is .............. than the city. a. quieter b . more quiet c. more quietly d. quietlier 66. In this class , the students are talking ............... than the teacher. a. loudly b. more loud c. loudlier d. louder. 67. We shouldn’t be..................... on any subjects. a. lazy b. lazier c. lazily d. lazilier 68. I can learn a subject ............... if I like it and ............ if I don’t like it. a. good/ bad b. better/ worse c. better/ badlier d. gooder/ worse 69 . I will take these shoes. What’s the .................? a. price b. fare b. cost d. fee 70.My Dinh is the national ................. of Viet Nam . a. city b. theatre c . stadium d. cinema 71. She is the most ................. girl in our class. a. intelligent b. intelligentest c. tall d. tallest 72. That T-shirt is the ............... we have in stock. a. big b.bigger c. small d. smallest 73. I think Smatcafe is ............... than other kinds of coffee. a. best b. better c. badder d. worst 74. This hat is the .................. of all. a. expensivest b. more expensive c. cheapest d. cheaper 75. Of all the stories I have, this is the most .............. one. a. better b. best c.interesting d. interestingest 76. That is the most ................ bed in the shop. a. wide b. widest c. comfortable d. comfortables 77. Food becomes .............. during the time of the flood. a. more scarcer b. most scarce c. scarcest d. scarce 78. Have you got any ................... shirt? a. cheapest b. cheaper c. expensiver d. expensivest 79. The shop faces its most ............. time of the year when sales have fallen by half. a. difficult b. difficultest c. easy d. easiest 80.Lan is the most ................ student in my class. a. hard-work b. hard-working c. good d. best 81. The blue shirt is as ............... as the red one. a. long b. longer c. more long d. longest 82. Mai dances as ................. as Lan. a. gracefully b. gracefuly c. graceful d. graceless 83. This book is the ..................... of all a. bored b.boring c. more boring d. most boring 84. Mary speaks English very ...................... a. fluent b. fluently c. more fluently d. most fluently 85. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ............ in the group. a. fast b. most fast c. fastest c. most fastly 86. She has ........... books than I do. a. least b. fewer c. more few d. fewest 87. I work as ................. as you do. a. hard b .hardly c. harder d. more hard 88. She looks ........... than me. a. thinner b. thin c. thinnest d. thinly 89. He is one of the .............. men in the world. a. rich b. richer c. richest d. more rich. 90. A train is not so .............. as a bus. a. quick b. quicker c. quickest d. more quick 91.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 92. Peter is the ............. student in my class. a. taller than b. so tall as c. the tallest d. tallest 93. The deep oceans contain some of the .................. of all living creatures. a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger 94. Jane is not ……………..her brother. a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as c. so intelligent as d. so intelligent that. 95. He drives as ………….his father does. a. careful as b. more carefully c. the most careful d. carefully as 96. What’s the ………….film you’ve ever seen? a. good b. best c. better d. the best 97. Jane is ……………age as Marry/ . a. as same b. the most same c. the same d. more same 98. I’ll be there ………….. I can. a. sooner as b . no sooner as c. as soon as d. soonest as 99. The shirt and that one…………… a. alike b. are alike c. as alike as d. the same 100. I want to buy some shoes………….the ones you have on. a. like b. are like c. are alike d. likely 101. Mary and her mother do not……………. a. alike b. look like c. look alike d.like 102. Sharon is………….from other women I know. a. different b. as different c. differs d. more different 103. This one is prettier, but it costs………….. as the other one. a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. twice as many 104. You can take…………..books as you want. a. as many b. as much c. so much d. too many 105. Of the two sisters, Linda ……… a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as . 106. The …………..accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway. a. badest b. most bad c. worse d. worst. 107. He finished the test …………..of all. a. rapidly b. the most rapidly c. most rapidly d. more rapidly 108. Many chemicals react ……………..in acid solutions. a. more quick b. more quickly c. quicklier d. as quickly more 109. The younger you are, ……………it is to learn. a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy 110. 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. 112. ……………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 113. The more I got to know Tom, ……….I liked him. a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer 114. The rooms in the front …………….noisier than those in the back. a. are more b. are little c. are very d. are much. 115. …………..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 116. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably………… a. the less qualified b. the qualified less c. the most little qualified d. the least qualified. 117. The CDs here are more expensive ……………over there. a. those b. than those c. than that d. than this. 118. These two girls ………….. that I can’t tell them apart. a. are so like b. are so alike c. are too alike d. alike enough 119. I don’t think our daughter is ……….to understand this matter. a. too young b. is such young c. not enough old d. not age enough 120. Mrs Harrison is ………….he owns many palaces. a. so a rich man that b. such an rich man that c. such a rich man that d. that os rich a man. 121. The ceiling is ……………… a. too high for me to reach b. too high for me to each it. c. so high for me reaching d. enough high of me reaching 122. The woman was so beautiful……………… a. that I couldn’t help looking at b. that I couldn’t help looking at her c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at. 123.It is …………that I would like to go to the beach. a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather c. such nice weather d. such weather nice. 124. These are ………….tht I can’t finish them. a. a such long assignments b. such long assignments c. such a long assignments d. too long assignments. 125. It is ……….that I have read it twice. a. such an interesting book b. so interesting a book. c. too interesting a book d. A and B. 126. She dances ……………..everybody adores her. a. such beautifully that b. so beautiful that c. so beautiful that d. too beautifully that 127.It is ………………to go swimming. a. too cold b.so cold c. such a cold d. enough cold that 128. Jane is ……….. to do this exercise. a. no intelligence enough b. not intelligent enough c. not enough intelligent d. so intelligent enough 129. I am ……………a car. a. not rich enough to buy b. too rich enough to buy c. too poor to buy d. a and c. 130. It’s …………..home from here. a. too far walking b. too far for walking c. far to walk too d. too far to walk 131. The bed is not clean enough…………… a. to lie in it b. to lie in c. for lying in d. in which to lie 132. The piano was too heavy …………….. a. for nobody to move b. for nobody moving c. for anyone to move d. for anyone to moving 133. ……………………to go to the cinema. a. It was late so that b. That it was late c. It was too late d. such too late. 134. We don’t ……………….to go there now. a. have time enough b. enough time c. have too time d. have enough time

Ex 18 : Read the passage below 

My name ' s Nam. I live in Ha Noi . I have two friends , Lan and Minh. Lan lives in Da Nang. Minh lives in Can Tho.The weather in our places is not the same.This weekend, it will be cold and dry in Ha Noi , but it will be cool and sunny in Da Nang , and it will be hot and cloudy in Can Tho . The seasons are diffirent, too.There are four seasons in Ha Noi : spring ; summer ,autumn and winter .But there are only two seasons in Da Nang and Can Tho : the dry season and the rainy season

Answer the questions

1. How many seasons are there in Can Tho ?

2.what are they?

3.what will the weather be like in Ha Noi this weekend?

4. What will the weather be llike in Da Nang this weekend?

5.What will the weather be like in Can Tho this weekend?

I. Complete  the following passage with suitable words

Vietnam, our country, is very beautiful. It has............. season: spring, summer, fall and............ In the spring, it is often warm, sometimes it's rainy. In the summer , It's hot and sunny. The ............ is cool in the fall and in winter it is ......... and windy. I ............. hot weather ......... I can do many activities. ......... it's hot, I usually........... swimming and .......... football. Sometimes I go fishing............... my brother