III. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

11. ________ I was talking to my teacher, my friends were waiting outside the classroom.

A. In order that B. So that C. Although D. While

12. My grandfather is the ________ oldest artisan in the village; Hoa’s grandfather is the oldest.

A. first B. most C. one D. second

13. Lots of people choose to buy houses in the suburbs ________ they can avoid the noise and pollution in the city.

A. so that B. when C. although D. so as

14. I couldn’t sleep last night ________ the bar nearby played music so loudly.

A. because B. so that C. although D. while

15. The students didn’t know ________ to do to deal with the problem.

A. why B. what C. where D. when

16. Minh is ________ the most successful student in my class.

A. by far B. so long C. so now D. by how

17. Nam didn’t know ________ to find more information about the course.

A. why B. while C. what D. where

18. ________ they moved to the city five years ago, they still remember living in a small town.

A. While B. Although C. Whereas D. In order that

IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the table

set off        break down           bring out           keep up       deal with        run out

give up        go on                turn down             live up

19. Their proposal to build another skyscraper in the city has been ________ as it may be dangerous.

20. Don’t ________ practising. You’re making good progress.

21. What time do you want to ________ for Ha Long?

22. She wanted to knit a scarf, but she ________ of wool before she was finished.

23. Nga ________ her stress by taking up yoga.

24. If you don’t ……………….with your regular exercise, you’ll gain more weight.

25. Our band has just ________ our second album.

26. If they ________ cutting down trees, the city will lose its beauty.

27. We missed the beginning of the film since our motorbike ________ on the way to the cinema.

28. Hoang was sad because he failed to ________ to his parents’ expectations.

I. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.

1. A. resident B. skyscraper C. vehicle D. convenience

2. A. fascinatingly B. recreational C. multicultural D. metropolitan

3. A. environment B. indicator C. affordable D. variety

4. A. delicious B. determine C. populous D. forbidden

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others

5. A. stuck B. fun C. difficult D. conduct

6. A. metro B. ocean C. local D. cosmopolitan

7. A. affordable B. metropolitan C. polluted D. forbidden

8. A. packed B. asset C. canal D. fabulous

9. A. facility B. place C. city D. delicious

10. A. tradition B. statue C. culture D. feature

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences below, using the suitable comparison form of the adjectives from the box.

warm          comfortable          cheap       intelligent lucky         simple            boring        hot    difficult  happy

1. - This exercise is too easy. 

- Can’t we try a .................................................. one?

2. - England is too cold in spring.

- Let’s go to Spain where is ..................................................

3. - She comes top in all exams.

- She must be .................................................. girl in the class.

4. - The temperature in July reaches forty-four degrees.

- It’s .................................................. month of the year.

5. - Let’s buy this video. It doesn’t cost too much.

- It’s .................................................. the other one.

6. - When I passed my driving test, it was the .................................................. day of my life.

7. - Lying down in bed is .................................................. sitting on a hard chair.

8. - I could hardly keep awake.

- It was .................................................. film I’ve ever seen.

9. - She’s .................................................. person I know. She is always winning prizes in lotteries.

10. - I can’t do this test - can you give me a .................................................. one?

Exercise 6. Use comparative + and + comparative to complete the sentences below.

1. The company expanded rapidly. It grew (big) .................................................. all the time.

2. Cathy got (bored) .................................................. in her job. In the end, she left.

3. My bag seemed to get (heavy) .................................................. as I carried them.

4. As I waited for my interview, I became (nervous) ................................................

5. As the day went on, the weather got (bad) ..................................................

6. Healthcare is becoming (expensive) ..................................................

7. As the conversation went on, Tom became (talkative) .................................................

8. These days, (many) .................................................. people are learning English.

9. The company’s share price went (high) ..................................................

10. Life got (good) .................................................. for boss Bob Watt as the company became (successful) ..................................................

11. Life in the modern world is becoming (complex) ..................................................

12. When I get excited, my heart beats (fast) ..................................................

13. The little boy seemed to get (upset) ..................................................

14. It’s getting (difficult) .................................................. to find a job.

15. The noise got (loud) .................................................. as we approached the house.

Exercise 7. Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same.

1. His previous CD wasn’t as popular as this one.

 This CD

2. I am not as interested in football as you are.

 You

3. The film was less interesting than I had expected.

 The film

4. Britain isn’t as warm as Greece.

 Greece

5. I have been to fewer countries than you have.

 I haven’t

6. Couldn’t you find a better hotel?

 Is this

7. Long is not as careful as Thang.

 Thang

8. He has never behaved so violently before.

 He is behaving

9. As television programs become more popular, they seem to get worse.

 The more

10. Tom works better when he is happy.

 The

Exercise 8. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

1. As she did so, her parents became ...............

A. the angriest B. the most angry

C. the more angry D. angrier and angrier

2. People should eat ............... and do ............... to reduce the risk of heart disease.

A. less fat/ more exercise

B. less and less fat/ the more exercise

C. the less fat/ the more exercise

D. fatter/ more exercise

3. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food ............... the food is, ............... he likes it.

A. The hotter/ the more and more

B. The hotter/the more

C. The more and more hot/ the more

D. The hottest/ the most

4. Of course you can come to the party ...............

A. The more the merrier

B. The more and the merrier

C. The more and merrier

D. The more and more merrier

5. I feel ............... I did yesterday.

A. much more tired than B. many more tired than

C. as many tired as D. as more tired as

6. She is ............... a spectator.

A. more an athlete than B. more of an athlete than

C. an athlete more than D. an athlete of more than

7. His house is ............... mine.

A. twice as big as B. as twice big as

C. as two times big as D. as big as twice

8. ............... live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country.

A. As much as people B. More people

C. As many as people D. People more

9. It gets ............... to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult B. more difficult than

C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult

10. You must drive more slowly in built up areas ............... you drive in the city, it is ............... that you will have an accident.

A. The faster and faster/ the more

B. The faster/ the more probable

C. The more and more fast/ the more and more probable

D. The more fastly/ the probable

11. The party was ............... I had expected.

A. more a hundred times funny than

B. a hundred times funny more than

C. a hundred times funnier than

D. a hundred times more funny than

12. He finds physics ............... other science subjects.

A. far more difficult than B. many more difficult than

C. too much more difficult than D. more much difficult than

13. ............... he drank, ................ he became.

A. More/ more violent C. The more/ the more violent

B. The most/ the most violent D. The less/ less violent

14. Mary was ............... of the two sisters.

A. the clever B. as clever as

C. the cleverer D. the cleverest

15. French is a ............... language to learn than English is.

A. difficult B. more difficult

C. most difficult D. more and more difficult

16. The cuisine of France is ...............

A. more famous than that of England

B. famous than the cuisine of England

C. more famous than which of England

D. as famous than that of England

17. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. ............... he becomes, ............... he is.

A. The more rich/ the more happy

B. The richest/ the happiest

C. The richer/ the happier

D. Richer and richer/ happier and happier

18. The faster we finish, ...............

A. the sooner we can leave B. we can leave sooner and sooner

C. the sooner can we leave D. we can leave the sooner

19. Of all athletes, Alex is ...............

A. the less qualified B. the less and less qualified

C. the more and more qualified D. the least qualified

20. The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got ...............

A. more panicked B. the more panicked

C. more than panicked D. more and more panicked

 B  PRACTICE

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences using the given words.

            1.   Tourists can see a wide .................... of hand-made things at the event.

                  A. lot                          B. variety                   C. many

            2.   He was hired for the position because he is ....................    

                  A. reliability              B. reliably                  C. reliable

            3.   There are many stores in the .................... area of the city.

                  A. downtown             B. suburb                   C. mountain

            4.   Most big companies are built and developed in .................... areas.

                  A. urban                     B. rural                       C. mountainous

            5.   He wants to buy an .................... car because he doesn’t have much money.

                  A. expensive             B. affordable             C. rich

            6.   The research on tourism was .................... by scientists at the most famous national university.

                  A. conduction           B. conductive            C. conducted

            7.   New Zealand is one of the countries of ....................

                  A. Oceania                 B. Asian                     C. Asian and Pacific

            8.   Economic .................... this year are better than those of last year.

                  A. indicator               B. indicators              C. indicative

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using the given words.

            1.   Many people prefer to live in the countryside rather than in big cities because of its peaceful ....................

            2.   Refugees and homeless people in the city need to be donated food to eat and a .................... to sleep.

            3.   The roads are .................... as one of the solutions to deal with traffic jams.

            4.   .................... in the neighborhood is one of the causes of social evils.

            5.   We decided to move to another restaurant because the other restaurant was ....................

Exercise 3: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

1. Of the four dresses, I like the red one .................... (better/ the best).

2. Pat’s car is (faster/ fastest) .................... than Dan’s.

3. John is (less/ the least) .................... energetic of all the men.

4. Does Fred feel (weller/ better) .................... today than he did yesterday?

5. My cat is the (prettier/ prettiest) .................... of the two.

6. This vegetable soup tastes very (good/ best) ....................

7. David is the (happier/ happiest) .................... person that we know.

8. This summery is (the better/ the best) .................... of the pair.

9. Jim has as (few/ fewer) .................... opportunities to play tennis as I do.

10. The museum is (the farther/ the farthest) .................... away of the three buildings.

Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.

1. Learning to speak a language is often much (easy) ......................... than learning to write it.

2. This hotel must be (expensive) ......................... than the small one next door.

3. He is certainly (unusual) ......................... person I have ever met.

4. His latest film is (interesting) ......................... than his previous ones.

5. What is (difficult) ......................... thing you have ever done?

6. Losing your credit card is (bad) ......................... than losing your money.

7. Bringing up children is one of (hard) ......................... jobs in the world.

8. When I saw her, she looked much (thin) ......................... than I remembered her.

Exercise 1: Put the word in bracket in the correct form of adjective comparison.

1. Her daughter is ................... as her. (beautiful)

2. Summer is...................... season of the year. (hot)

3. That dog isn't ....................... it looks. (dangerous)

4. In the past, people were ........................ than today. (polite)

5. What's ....................river in the world? (long)

6. It was an awful day. It was .............day of my life (bad)

7. Everest is ...................... mountain in the world. It is .............. than any other mountain (high)

8. I prefer this chair to the other one. It's ............................. (comfortable)

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1. She is ....... singer I've ever met.

A. worse                    B. bad                                   C. the worst                       D. badly

2. She sings ........... among the singers I have known.

A. the most beautiful     B. the more beautiful       C. the most beautifully       D. the more beautifully

3. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.

A. the easier             B. more easy                         C. easiest                            D. easier

4. English is thought to be ....... than Math.

A. harder                  B. the more hard                   C. hardest                           D. the hardest

5. She runs ...... in my class.

A. the slowest          B. the most slow                   C. the slowly                      D. the most slowly

6. Her office is ....... away than mine.

A. father                   B. more far                           C. farther                            D. farer

7. He did the test ........... I did.

A. as bad as              B. badder than                      C. more badly than            D. worse than

8. My sister dances ........... than me.

A. gooder                  B. weller                              C. better                             D. more good

Exercise 3: Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning.

1. This is the most delicious cake I've ever tasted.

=> I've......................................................................................................................................

2. I've never met any more dependable person than George.

=> George is.............................................................................................................................

3. There isn't anybody as kind-hearted as your mother.

=> Your mother is ...................................................................................................................

4. Have you got any bigger hat than that one?

=> Is this.................................................................................................................................?

5. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.

=> She is.................................................................................................................................

6. He works much. He feels tired.

=> The more...........................................................................................................................

7. The joke is good. The laughter is loud.

=> The better.........................................................................................................................

8. As he gets older, he wants to travel less.

=> The older..........................................................................................................................

9. The children are excited with the difficult games.

=> The more.........................................................................................................................

10. People dive fast. Many accidents happen.

=> The faster.........................................................................................................................

11. My boss works better when he is pressed for time,

=> The less............................................................................................................................