EXERCISE 1 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. (careful) 9. She sings ........................……………………….. in this school. (beautiful) 10. I read ............................……………………….. than my sister. (slow) 11. Grace is ...........................………………….. girl in our class. (old) 12. This exercise is .........................…….…………..than that one. (easy) 13. He is twice .........................…….…………..as you. (fat) 14. Nam is .........................…….………….. student of all. (noisy) 15. My cold is .........................…….………….. today than it was yesterday. (good) EXERCISE 2 Choose the best option to complete the following sentences: 1. The more she smiles , ................ she becomes. A. more graceful B. the most graceful C. most graceful D. the more graceful 2. Hotels have developed …………………… restaurants. A. as rapidly as B. so rapidly as C. as rapid as D. more rapid 3. Can Tho bridge is the …………………… one in the South of Viet Nam . A. long B shortest C. longest D. longer 4. Albert Einstein’s contributions to scientific theory were ................ those of Galileo and Newton A. important than B. more important C. the most important D. as important as 5. Impalas cannot move as ................ cheetahs but they are more efficient runners. A. faster than B. fast as C. fast D. are fast as 6. Both are informative articles, but this one is ................ . A. best B. the best C. most D. better 7. She is the .………… girl in our town . A. more beautiful B. beauty C. most beautiful D. more beautifully 8. The harder you learn............. A. The better is your English B. The better will be your English C. The better becomes your English D. The better your English will be 9. Jim is the ................. in his class. A. clever B. cleverest C. cleverer D. more clever 10. Of the two shirts, this one is ................... A. the prettiest B. the most pretty C. prettier D. the prettier 11. Your house is ................. mine. A. as bigger as B. many times as big as C. much big as D. not many times big 12. Last year it wasn’t as cold as this year. A. This year it is as colder than last year. B This year it is colder than last year. C. This year it isn’t as cold as last year. D. This year it isn’t colder than last year. 13. She is older than me. A. I’m more younger than her. B. I’m as younger as her. C. I’m more young than her. D. I’m younger than her. 14. The test is not ………………… A. as difficult as it was last month. B. so difficult as it was last month C. more difficult as it was last month. D. Both A & B are correct 15. The Nile River is ………………… of all. A. longer B. the longest C. long D. longest 16. .................. we read, .................. we know. A. The most/ the most B. The more/ the more C. Most/ most D. More/ more 17. It gets ................... Let’s go swimming. A. hot and hot B. the more hot C. more and more hot D. hotter and hotter 18. Peter usually drives .................. Mary. A. more fast B. more fast than C. more fast D. faster 19. The problem seems to be .................. A. more serious B. more serious than C. more serious as D. more and more serious 20. Peter can not earn .................. his wife. A. as many money as B. as much money as C. as many money than D. as much money than 21. Prices get .................. A. high and high B. highest and highest C. more and more high D. higher and higher 22. The more manufacturers advise, .................. they sell. A. the most products B. the products more C. the more products D. most products 23. ................. a car is ................. it is. A. The more expensive/ the comfortabler B. The most expensive/ the most comfortable C. The more expensive/ the more comfortable D. The less expensive/ the more comfortable- 24. Of the five students. Mary is ................. A. more intelligent B. the more intelligent C. most intelligent D. the most intelligent 25. Steel is ................ than wood. A. more heavy B. as heavy C. heavier D. more heavier 26. A super market is …………………… a shopping center. A. less convenient as B. less convenient than C. not so convenient than D. the most convenient as 27. Viet Nam becomes …………………… to foreign tourists. A. more and most attractive B. the more attractive C. much and more attractive D. more and more attractive 28. This car is …………………… than mine. A. less expensive B. as expensive C. expensive D. not so expensive 29. Tim’s grades are …………………… than John. A. worse B. worst C. as bad D. so bad 30. The …………………… we start, the sooner we will be back. A. early B

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

She is an efficient (A) worker because she does twice as more (B) work as other (C) people do (D).

A. efficient 

B. as more

C. other 

D. do 

Exercise 3: Choose the underlined part in each sentence that needs correction. 1. Not as many children read books as a recreational activity than they used to. 2. The higher the plane flew, the least clearly we saw things on the ground.                             3. The sequoia trees, some of which are more than 3,000 years old, are among the largest and old trees in the world.                           4. In man, yellow-blue color blindness is less common as red-green color blindness.     5. California, with a population of more than 23 million, is the more populous state in America. 6. Some animals need more highlier developed sense cells than man to struggle for existence.                       7. The yield of grain from an acre of corn is several times high as that from an acre of wheat.   8. The Empire State Building, though not as high, was elder than the World Trade Center in New York.   9. Even though Miss Colombia lost the beauty contest, she was still more prettier than the other girls in the pageant.   10. The area of the United States is divided into 50 states, of which the largest is Alaska and the most small is Rhode Island.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

As well as being successful in his many careers, Benjamin Franklin was well-known as a science.

A. Being successful

B. Careers

C. Well-known

D. Science

Choose letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

11. Regarding the quality, the 2 packets of sweet are not different as each other.

                                                        A                           B                C               D

12. The cinema now wasn’t  so large as the one which I saw last year.

                                      A                    B        C                  D

13. The Imperial Academy is constructed under Emperor Ly Nhan Tong in 1076.

       A                                  B                        C                                          D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 32. She wishes she could cook meals as good as her sister. 

            A. wishes                    B. could cook                          C. good                       D. her             

Question 33. The children in my village used to going barefoot, even in winter. Now, they have shoes.

            A. The                         B. in                                        C. going                      D. shoes

Question 34. If she worked more carefully, she won’t make so many mistakes.

            A. more carefully        B. won’t make                         C. many                       D. mistakes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.

Question 35. “I don’t buy this skirt here”, Hoa said.

A. Hoa said she didn’t buy that skirt there.                 

B. Hoa said I don’t buy this skirt there.

C. Hoa said she doesn’t buy that skirt there.                    

D. Hoa said she didn’t buy this skirt there.

Question 36. She has never tasted this kind of food before. 

A. She tasted this kind of food before.                             

B. This is the first time she has ever tasted this kind of food.

C. She has ever tastes this kind of food.

D. This is the last time she tasted this kind of food.

Question 37. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

A. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

B. The telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

C. The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

D. The telephone has been invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

Question 38. The old woman was too weak to lift the box. 

A. Although the old woman was weak, she could lift the box.

B. The old woman shouldn’t have lifted the box because she was so weak.

C. The old woman was so weak that she couldn’t lift the box.

D. The old woman lifted the box, so she wasn’t very weak.

Question 39. It’s very exciting to spend the weekend in the countryside.

A. To spend the weekend in the countryside is very excited.

B. Spend the weekend in the countryside is very exciting.

C. Spending the weekend in the countryside is very excited.

D. Spending the weekend in the countryside is very exciting.

Question 40. “If I were you, I would follow the teacher’s advice”, Linda said to Tom.

A. Linda said to Tom if she were him, she would follow the teacher’s advice.

B. Linda ordered Tom to follow the teacher’s advice.

C. Linda asked Tom to follow the teacher’s advice.

D. Linda advised Tom to follow the teacher’s advice.

II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

35. She wishes she (could) (speak) English as (fluent) (as) her sister.

                                        A          B                               C       D

36. I (really) (wish we can) make a trip (around) the (world).

             A               B                                         C                 D

37. He got bad marks. He (wishes) he (reviewed) (his lesson) (carefully)

                                                   A                      B                C                   D

38. I wish I (didn’t speak) (to) him (so) (severely)

                                A            B             C          D

                                       GIÚP MÌNH VỚI Ạ !

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Tim works (A) as a doctor and he (B) earns (C) twice  (D) as much than his brother.

A. as a dotor 

B. earns  

C. twice 

D. as much than