Fill in the blank with the correct comparative form of the adverb :
1. He arrived (early) than expected.
2. We walked (slowly) tha the rest of the people.
3. They called us (late) in the afternoon.
4. My mother and my sister talked (loudly) than the other guests.
5. He hit his arm (hard) than before.
6. The Spanish athlete ran (fast) than other runners.
7. Jim threw the ball (far) than Peter.
8. We answered all the questions (well) than the other students.
9. Our new teacher explains the exercise (badly) than our old teacher.
10. The new mechanic checked the car (thoroughly) than the old mechanic.

I. Fill in the table with correct forms

Thin                 .....................   ........................            good                ....................                ......................

long                 .....................   ........................            boring              ...................                 ......................

short                .....................   ........................            little                 ..................                  ......................

busy                 .....................   ........................            hard                 ..................                  ......................

noisy                .....................   ........................            much               ..................                  ......................

new                 .....................   ........................            bad                  ..................                  ......................

old                   .....................   ........................            dangerous        ...................                 ......................

quiet                .....................   ........................            easy                 ...................                 ......................

nice                  .....................   ........................            beautiful          ....................                ......................

sad                   .....................   ........................            quick               ....................               ........................

II. Fill in the words in brackets as an adjective or an adverb :

1. Apples are                              than chips.  (healthy)    2. Elephants are                          than bears. (big)

3. Gold is                                 than silver. (expensive)   4. Bikes are                                   than cars. (slow)  

5. I am                        at English than my brother .(good)  6. My friend is                                 than me. (tall)

7. Sandy is                         than Tamara. (thin)8. My father is                                  than Tom's father. (strong)

9. "Harry Potter "books are                                        than "The Book of the Jungle". (interesting)

10. The tiger is                           than a fox .(heavy) 11. The weather is                  than it was yesterday . (hot)

12. The girls are                       than the boys. (happy)  13. Berta is                                than Debby.(beautiful)

14.French is                                         than English. (difficult)

15. Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old. Sandra is                       than Tina.(old)

16. Russia is                  than France. (large)             17. I am                   at maths than my best friend (bad) 

18. Love is                              than money.(important)     19. His car is                        than mine. (cheap)

20. The first movie is                                           than the second. I don't recommend it.  (boring) 

21. Sarah is the ___________ girl in the class. (intelligent)
22. He is the __________ boy in the school. (lucky)
23. This is the _________________ book I have ever read. (good)
24. That is the _________________ painting in the museum. (valuable)
25. Yesterday was the ________________ day of the year. (hot)
26. She is the _______________ student in the school. (new)
27. This movie is the _________________. (entertaining)
28. He is the _______________ man in the village. (brave)
29. Summer is usually the _________________ time of the year. (dry)
30. He is the _________________ player on the team. (talented)
31. This is the ________________ route into town. (direct)
32. The library is the _________________ building on the street. (old)

III. Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentences below.

1. The blue car is                                                the red car. (fast)

2. Peter is                          Fred. (not/tall)                   3. The violin is                       the cello. (not/low)

4. This copy is                           the other one. (bad)   5. Oliver is                                     Peter. (optimistic)

6. Today it's                                               yesterday. (not/windy)

7. The tomato soup was                                               the mushroom soup. (delicious)

8. Grapefruit juice is                                                lemonade. (not/sweet)

9. Nick is                                     Kevin. (brave)    10. Silver is                                       gold. (not/heavy

IV. Rewite the following sentences.

1. I am shorter than my sister. ( tall)-->  My sister ........................................................................

2. That plane is bigger than this one. (small)

 This plane is ........................................................................................................................................

3. My house is higher than Lan’s house and Nga’s house. ( highest)

My house.................................................................................................................................................

4. Hoa is 15 years old. lan is 16 years old and her sister is 17 years old. ( youngest)

Hoa is .....................................................................................................................................................

5. Thailand is hotter than Korea. ( cool) --> Korea is ...................................................................

V.  Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.

1. The Truong Sa Islands / large / than /The Hoang Sa Islands/.

……………………………is larger than ……………………………….

2. Ayers Rock / the / strange / rock / Australia/.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Which / high / Fansipan / or / Mount Everest/?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. I think / Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park / as / wonderful/Cat Tien National Park!.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. Ha Long Bay / famous / than / Phu Quoc Island/.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

VI. Pronunciation

1. a. advice      b. price              c. nice  d. police         2. a. express    b. exciting       c. expensive     d. excellent

3. a. coffee      b. see               c. agree            d. free   4. a. city         b. cathedral     c. central          d. cinema

5. a. treat         b. clean            c. great                        d. beach

VII.  Write sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives.

1. Mail/  intelligent/ Kien. …………………………………………..…………………………………

2. My brother/ strong/ my sister. ……………………………………………………………………….

3. My school/ big/ my brother's school. ………………………….…………………………………….

4. Life in the city/ exciting/ life in the countryside. ……………………………………………………

S. Peter's exam results/ bad/ Nick's exam results. ………………………………………………………

VIII.  Fill in the blanks with the adjectives in brackets:

1.      Tom is …………………………………………………… his brother. (old)

2.      This problem is ……………………………………………. that problem. (easy)

3.      John is …………………………………………………. boy in our class. (tall)

4.      My friend is …………………………………………. my sister. (fat)

5.      My room is ………………………………………  room in our house. (small)

6.      Konya is ………………………………………… city in Turkey. (large)

7.      The Kızılırmak is ………………………………… river in Turkey. (long)

8.      Madonna is ………………………………………….. Sandra. (popular)

9.      My English is ……………………………………….. your English. (good)

10.  The weather today is ………………………………………. the weather yesterday. (bad)

11.  This garden is …………………………………………….. that garden. (large)

12.  Elizabeth is ……………………………………………. girl in our group. (beautiful)

13.  I am ……………………………………………… girl in the class. (short)

14.  What is ……………………………………….. film on TV today? (funny)

15.  Who is ………………………………………… girl in your class? (pretty)

IX. Complete the sentences, using the suitable adjectives                

11. She isn’t very clever. You are                                               than her.

12. He isn’t very tall. You’re                                      than                                 .

13. She isn’t very old. You’re                                               than                   .

15. I don’t work very hard. You work                                      than                                      .

16. He doesn’t smoke very much. You smoke                                      than                                      .

17. I’m not a very good cook. You cook                                      than                                      .

18. We don’t know many people. You know                                      than                                      .

19. They haven’t got much money. You’ve got                                      than                                      .

20. I can’t run very fast. You can run                                      than                                       .

21. I didn’t get up very early. You got up                                      than                                      .

22. This is a nice cat. It's much                                      than my friend's cat.

23. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is                                      .

V.  Complete the letter using the words in the box.

turning /number /get /until /meet /so

Dear Ha,

Let's (1) ………. on Sunday evening at Quynh Cafe on Tran Quang Dieu Street. There's a post office on

the corner of the street. The cafe is next to the post office. There's a cinema opposite the cafe (2) ……. we can see a film after we have coffee.

To (3) ………… to the cafe, take bus (4) …………… 8 to Truong Thi Street. Get off at the bus stop in front of a park. Go along the street (5) …………… you get to the traffic lights and then turn right. Take the first (6) …………. on your right. Go straight ahead - just about 500 metres and it's on your left.

See you there!

Khang

VI. Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words

1. Peter is lazier than Mary. (HARD-WORKING)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. A city is noisier than a village. (PEACEFUL)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. There's a post office on one side of my house and a cafe on the other. (BETWEEN)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Please tell me something about your neighbourhood. (CAN)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Oranges are cheaper than apples. (EXPENSIVE)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

6. Nick likes to do computer studies. ( FAVOURITE)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

VI. Fill in the blank with the words given in the box:

            For many children, __________(1) 13 or 14 years old is not ________ (2) fun. Most kind of entertainment are _________(3) older or younger children. There are __________ (4) TV program for teenagers. What ___________(5) teenagers do? In most country there are organizations _________(6) for teenagers, ___________(7) as the Young Pioneers in Vietnam and scouts and guides in ________(8) countries.

            Loan learns many ___________(1) at school. She learns four or five periods everyday. Her favorite subject is Geography. She like this subject very much because she studies maps and learns many interesting countries in the __________(2). At twenty past nine she has a recess about fifteen minutes. At _________(3), she often skip rope with her friends. Sometimes she_________ (4)blindman’s bluff. In the rainy season, she read comic books or _________(5) with her friends in the classroom because she can’t go in the yard. The recess really makes her _________(6) and excited.

3. Fill each blank with the correct comparative adjectives.

1. The red jacket is (cheap) …………. than the blue jacket.

2. The shoes are (nice) ………….. than the boots.

3. The pink socks are (expensive)  ………….. than the blue sweeter.

4. The brown sweater is ……………….(good) than the blue sweater.

5. The chocolate looks …………..(bad) than the candy.

6. \the radio is  ……………. (new) than the DVD player.

7. The CDs are…..…….. (old) than the DVDs.

8. These apples are……………. (fresh) than those apples.

9. This dress is……………. (beautiful) than that dress.

10. Those green tomatoes are…………. (sweet) than the red tomatoes.

Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1. Mai dances (beautifully) ______ than Hoa does.

2. Please write (clearly) ______. I can't read it.

3. Life in the city seems to move (fast) ______ than that in the countryside.

4. If you want to get better marks, you must work much (hard) ______.

5. Today it's raining (heavily) ______ than it was yesterday.

Give the correct forms of words in the brackets.

1. This is the ________ ( interesting ) movie that I have ever seen.

2. We've got ( little ) _______ time than I thought.

3. This shirt is too small . I need a ( large ) ____________ one.

4. Lan is ( clever ) _________ and ( pretty ) __________ than Lien.

5. You are standing too near the camera . Can you move a bit ( far ) ____ away ?

6. Could you speak a bit ( slowly ) _________ , please ?

7. The Royal palace is one of the ( large ) _______ and ( dynamic ) _______ palaces in Europe.

8. You look ( thin ) ______ . Have you lost weight?

9. This was the ( big ) _______ farm I've ever visited .

10. Who between the two workers is the ( good ) _______ ?

11. The farmers have never had a ( rich ) ______ harvest than that .

12. Which is ( difficult ) ______ , English or Math ?

13. The ( old ) ______ part of Stockholm is the Old Town.

14. It is the ( expensive ) _______ of the two cars.

Give the correct forms of words in the brackets.

1. This is the ________ ( interesting ) movie that I have ever seen.

2. We've got ( little ) _______ time than I thought.

3. This shirt is too small . I need a ( large ) ____________ one.

4. Lan is ( clever ) _________ and ( pretty ) __________ than Lien.

5. You are standing too near the camera . Can you move a bit ( far ) ____ away ?

6. Could you speak a bit ( slowly ) _________ , please ?

7. The Royal palace is one of the ( large ) _______ and ( dynamic ) _______ palaces in Europe.

8. You look ( thin ) ______ . Have you lost weight?

9. This was the ( big ) _______ farm I've ever visited .

10. Who between the two workers is the ( good ) _______ ?

11. The farmers have never had a ( rich ) ______ harvest than that .

12. Which is ( difficult ) ______ , English or Math ?

13. The ( old ) ______ part of Stockholm is the Old Town.

14. It is the ( expensive ) _______ of the two cars.

Complete the following sentences with suitabe comparative forms of adverbs in brackets:
1. Trung works (hard)_____than any other member in his team.
2. Hoa's brother drives the car (careful)_____than her.
3. The Vietnamese athlete ran (fast)_____than the other runners.
4. My younger brother usually goes to bed (late)_____at weekend.
5. Nam speaks English (well)_____than his sister.
6. After moving to the new house, we have lived (happy)_____.
7. My friend explains the exercises (badly)_____than my teacher.