VII. Complete the following sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in brackets.

1. Daniel works _________ than any other member in his team. (hard)

2. Jessica’s brother drives the car _________ than her. (carefully)

3. The Vietnamese athlete ran _________ than the other runners. (fast)

4. My younger brother usually goes to bed _________ at weekends. (late)

5. Christine speaks English _________ than my sister. (well)

6. The waiters in this restaurant serve customers _________ than before. (attentively)

7. After moving to the new house, we have lived _________. (happily)

8. Our new teacher explains the exercises _________ than our old teacher. (badly)

2. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning. Use the right comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1. Hung drives more carefully than his brother. (carefully)

Hung’s brother____________________________________________________

2. The laboratory in my school is now better equipped than some years ago. (badly)

Some years ago the laboratory________________________________________

3. Nam works more lazily so he often gets worse marks than Quang. (hard, good)

Quang works_____________________________________________________

4. Trung drives more carefully than Minh so he has rarely had an accident. (carelessly)

Minh drives______________________________________________________

5. Going by taxi is faster than going by bus but it costs more than a bus. (little)

Going by a bus is slower than going by a taxi but it

Complete the sentences with comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets. 8N/2-L9

1. Farmers collect fruit ………………………..than others. (fast)

2. That young nomad herds his livestock …………….than his father. (well)

3. City children seem to react ……………than those in the countryside. (quickly)

4. After the summer holiday in a remote area, Jim studies ……………. (hard)

5. My cousin painted his own room ………………than I did. (skillfully)

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

1. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) ___________ than his sister.

2. I speak French (fluently) ____________ now than I did last year.

3. You'll find your way around the village (easily) ____________ if you have a good map.

4. It rained (heavily) ______________ today than it did yesterday.

5. If you work (hard) ______________, you will do (well) ______________ in your exam.

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.

Read the situations and complete the sentences using the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1. The red car can run 200 km/h while the black car can run 160 km/h.

The red car can run (fast).

2. Nick can jump 1.5 m high while Tom can jump only 1.3 m.

Nick can jump _____________________________________. (high)

3. Mai and Hoa both did well on the exam. Hoa got 80% of the answers correct and Mai got 90%.

Mai did _____________________________________. (well)

4. My dad expected the workers to arrive at 7 a.m., but they arrived at 6:30 a.m.

The workers arrived _____________________________________. (early)

5. The buses run every 15 minutes. The trains run every 30 minutes.

The buses run _____________________________________. (frequently)

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adverb in brackets and “than”.

1 Mum drives ____________Dad. (fast)

2 Dad drives _____________Mum. (well)

3 Fred writes _____________ Grace. (beautifully)

4 Harry works _____________ me. (slowly)

5 Pete usually arrives at school _____________ everyone else. (late)

6 Who speaks French _____________ (fluently): Dave or Bess?

IV. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
1. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)
Nick writes essays ________________________________________________________.
2.A snail is slower than a crab. (slowly)
A snail moves ____________________________________________________________.
3.My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s. (clearly)
My father explained the subject ______________________________________________.
4.My cousin is a better singer than I am. (well)
My cousin sings __________________________________________________________.
5.Phong is faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)
Phong swims ____________________________________________________________.

VII. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.

1. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)

     Nick writes essays ………………………………………………………….

2. A snail is slower than a crab. (slowly)

     A snail moves ………………………………………………………………

3. My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s. (clearly)

     My father explained the subject …………………………………………….

4. My cousin is a better singer than I am. (well)

     My cousin sings …………………………………………………………….

5. Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)

     Phong swims …………………………………………………………………