Underline the mistakes in the sentences and correct them.
1. I run faster as my brother does.
2. People in the city seem to react quicklier to changes than those in the country.
3. We need to work more hardly, especially at exam time.
4. You must finish harvesting the rice the earlier this year than you did last year.
5. As they climbed more highly up the mountain, the air became cooler.
1. as => than
2. quicklier => more quickly
3. more hardly => harder
4. the earlier => earlier
5. more highly => higher
1. as => than
Cấu trúc so sánh hơn với trạng từ ngắn: S1 + V + adv-ER + than + S2.
I run faster as my brother does.
Sửa lại: I run faster than my brother does.
(Tôi chạy nhanh hơn anh trai tôi.)
2. quicklier => more quickly
Cấu trúc so sánh hơn với trạng từ dài: S1 + V + MORE + adv + than + S2.
People in the city seem to react quicklier to changes than those in the country.
Sửa lại: People in the city seem to react more quickly to changes than those in the country.
(Mọi người ở thành phố phản ứng với các thay đổi nhanh hơn những người ở miền quê.)
3. more hardly => harder
hard (adv): chăm chỉ/ vất vả >< hardly (adv): hiếm khi
We need to work more hardly, especially at exam time.
Sửa lại: We need to work harder, especially at exam time.
(Chúng ta cần học chăm chỉ hơn, đặc biệt là lúc có kỳ kiểm tra.)
4. the earlier => earlier
So sánh hơn với trạng từ 2 âm tiết tận cùng là -y: S + V + adv-ER + than + S2.
You must finish harvesting the rice the earlier this year than you did last year.
Sửa lại: You must finish harvesting the rice earlier this year than you did last year.
(Năm nay cậu phải thu hoạch lúa sớm hơn năm ngoái.)
5. more highly => higher
high (adv): cao >< highly (adv): đánh giá cao
As they climbed more highly up the mountain, the air became cooler.
Sửa lại: As they climbed higher up the mountain, the air became cooler.
(Ngay khi họ trèo lên phía cao hơn trên núi, không khí trở nên mát mẻ hơn.)
