1, Adam hung up before Jane could reply. (chance)

Before Jane...................................... Adam hung up.

2, I had expected to get a much lower mark in the exam than I did (such)

I had no idea I .............mark in the exam

3. She had no idea he would be so attractive (thought)

He was much more attractive than she.............................be

4. I hope the next exercise won't be as difficult as this (easier)

I hope the next exercise ........................this

5, Jane was more attractive than Adam thought she would be. (expected)

Adam had.................................................less attractive.

1. The swichboard operator connected me to the manager (put)

The swichboard................the manager

2. I'm sorry but I cannot lend you any money (me)

I'm sorry but.........to lend you any money

3. The committee discussed what to do (discussion)

The committee .......should be done

4. Nobody in the group disagreed with the plan except for John (exception)

With........., everyone in the group agreed with the plan

5. They cancelled the match because of the bad weather (called )

The match...........because of the bad weather.

6. Barbara couldn't sing or dance (unable)

Besides..........., Barbara couldn't dance either.

7. I want to give my children a chance to get a good education (help)

I want to.........a good education

8. Adam hung up before Jane could reply (chance)

Before Jane.................Adam hung up.

9. Jane was more attractive than Adam thought she would be (expected)

Adam had.............less attractive

10. Things are much more expensive here than we thought they would be. (expected)

We had...............cheaper here

11. I had expected to get a much lower mark in the exam than I did (such)

I had no idea I .............mark in the exam

12. She had no idea he would be so attractive (thought)

He was much more attractive than she.......be

13. I hope the next exercise won't be as difficult as this (easier)

I hope the next exercise .............this

I. Rewrite these sentences, using double comparatives with "the......,the......."

1. When he has a lot of free time, he feels relaxed

-> The ...................................., the.................................................

2. If you use a lot of electricity, your bill will be high

The ................................,the........................................

3. As I get older, I want to travel less

The .................................,the.............................

4. He talked a lot. I became bored

The.................................,the...............................

5. She drove fast. I became nervous

The ...............................,the.................................

6. He thought about his family. He became homesick.

The ................................,the.............................

II. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same

1. It is easier for you to express anger than disgust?

Do you ............................... anger than disgust (find)

2. Jane was more attractive than Adam thought she would be

Adam had .................... less attractive (expected)

3. He had no idea she would be so pretty

She was much ............ she would be (than)

4. There aren't any trains earlier than this one

This is ...........................................

5. The bus takes longer than the train

The train ..........................................

6. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn't

Learning to drive is .........................

7. I don't know as much Italian as Sue does

Sue knows ..........................

8. Bob is a much better swimmer than George

George can't ..........................

9. That's the best meal I've ever eaten

I've never ..............

10. Babara can skate just as well as John can

John isn't ..............................

11. Tom speaks more persuasively than Bill

Bill .......................................................

12. That's the worst film I've ever seen

I've never ...........................................

13. She knows a lot more about information technology than I do

I don't ..............................................

14. I thought this meal would cost more than it did

This meal didn't ...............................

15. I've never enjoyed myself so much.

I've never had ...................................

16. I thought this journey would last longer than it did

This journey didn't .................................

17. All other pubs are further away

This pub ...................................

18. Our house is older than all the other houses in the road

Our house is the ..........................

19. The market is less crowded than usual today

The market ............................

20. Home computers used to be much more expensive

Home computers aren't ..............................

21. Your car was cheaper than mine (cost)

...................................................................

22. Keith is slightly taller than Nigel (little)

...................................................................

23. I thought this film would be better (as)

.................................................

7. I want to give my children a chance to get a good education (help)

I want to.........a good education

8. Adam hung up before Jane could reply (chance)

Before Jane.................Adam hung up.

9. Jane was more attractive than Adam thought she would be (expected)

Adam had.............less attractive

10. Things are much more expensive here than we thought they would be. (expected)

We had...............cheaper here

1. His result was lower than the average mark so he failed the exam.

     A. If his result had been higher than the average mark, he would not have failed the exam.

     B. If his result was higher than the average mark, he would not fail the exam.

     C. If his result had been higher than the average mark, he would not fail the exam.

     D. If his result was higher than the average mark, he will not fail the exam.

2. I have never watched such an interesting movie like this before.

     A. This is the most interested movie that I have ever watched.

     B. I have ever watched a lot of interesting movies like this.

     C. It is the movie that is the most interesting I have ever watched.

     D. The movie is as interesting as the ones I have ever watched.

3. We pollute the environment. We become extinct.

     A. The more we pollute the environment, the more we become extinct.

     B. The more we pollute the environment, we become extinct.

     C. The more extinct we become, the more we pollute the environment.

     D. The more the environment we pollute, the more extinct we become.

4. This dish was not as awful as I thought.

     A. This dish was more delicious than I thought.

     B. This dish was the most awful that I had ever thought.

     C. This dish was the most delicious that I had ever thought.

     D. This dish was not as delicious as I thought.

5. No one in my class studies as well as Susan.

     A. Someone in my class is better than Susan.                             

     B. No one is the best student in Susan’s class.

     C. Susan is better than no one in my class.

     D. Susan is the best student in my class.

Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lỗi

1. We could had done more if we had had more time.

2. He said that if he has more time , he would come to see us.

3. While  I did my homework , I had a good idea.

4. Don't make so much fusses over the children.

5. John's friends had celebrated a  farewell party for him last Sunday.

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

1) It was the first photograph that I had ever seen, and it fascinated me. I can remember holding it at every angle in order to catch the flickering light from the oil lamp on the dresser. The man in the photograph was unsmiling, but his eyes were kind. I had never met him, but I felt that I knew him. One evening when I was looking at the photograph, as I always did before I went to sleep, I noticed a shadow across the man’s thin face. I moved the photograph so that the shadow lay perfectly around his hollow cheecks. How different he looked!

(2) That night I could not sleep, thinking about the letter that I would write. First, I would tell him that I was eleven years old, and that if he had a little girl my age, she could write to me instead of him. I knew that he was a very busy man. Then I would explain to him the real purpose of my letter. I would tell him how wonderful he looked with the shadow that I had seen across his photograph, and I would most carefully suggest that he grow whiskers.

(3) Four months later when I met him at the train station near my home in Westfield, New York, he was wearing a full beard. He was so much taller than I had imagined from my tiny photograph.

(4) “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I have no speech to make and no time to make it in. I appear before you that I may see you and that you may see me.” Then he picked me right up and kissed me on both cheeks. The whiskers scratched. “Do you think I look better, my little friend?” he asked me.

(5) My name is Grace Bedell, and the man in the photograph was Abraham Lincoln. 

What did Grace Bedell do every night before she went to sleep?

A. She wrote letters.

B. She looked at the photograph. 

C. She made shadow figures on the wall.

D. She read stories.