Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the sentence

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

2. John is (less/ the least) __the least_______ energetic of all the men.

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

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

5. The museum is (the father/ the farthest) _the farthest________ away of the three
buildings.

Exercise 2: Complete each of the following sentences with comparatives or

superlatives. Add “the” where necessary.

1. This is (good) __the best_______food I’ve ever eaten in this country

2. Ha Noi is amongst (polluted) _the most polluted_____________ city in the world.

3. I wish that my house was (spacious)___more spacious_________________.

4. Admittedly, I anticipated a (good)_____better_________performance of yours. You

didn’t prepare well for this, did you?

5. This is not (expensive)_the most expensive______car in the showroom. There are

many other cars at higher cost.

6. Nam’s house is (far) __further___________ from the city center than my house.

7. Urban sprawl has happened (fast) _____faster_________ than ever before.

8. Ha Noi is much (populous) _____more populous____ than my hometown.

9. The city center is (densely) _____more___densely____populated than the suburbs.

10. You can count on Peter. He is ( reliable) __more reliable____ than he appears to be.

11. This singer performs (well) ____better_______ than she used to be three years ago.

12. This year we travel (far) ___further_____ than we did last year.

13. I notice that today my daughter looked (happy) ___happier___ than usual.
14. As people gets old, they try to maitain a ( healthy) ______healthier____ lifestyle than
when they are young.

15. Travelling by bus is much (slow) _____more slowly___ than travelling by bullet
train.

Exercise 3: Fill in the comparison with as …. as

1. John is (tall) ___as tall as__________ Tony.

2. Jane is (beautiful) ___as beautiful as____ Jenifer.

3. Your mobile phone is (not/ trendy) ____not as trendy as_________ mine.

4. This yogurt (not/ taste/ good) doesn’t taste as good as____ the one I bought yesterday

5. We can run (fast) ____as fast as____ they can

6. My mom is (not/ strict) _not as strict as____________ your mum

Exercise 4 Write the comparison of equality for the sentences below.

1. Seville is 400C in summer. Cordova is 400C in summer. (is/ hot)

Seville ___is as hot as____ Cordova.

2. John is not very clever. Mary is cleverer. (is/ clever)

John _is not as cleve____ Mary.

3. The blue car is not expensive. The red car is more expensive. (is/ expensive)

The blue car ____is not as expensive as____ the red car.

4. Mrs. Jones talks very quietly. Mrs. Smith talks more loudly. (talk/ loudly)

Mrs. Jones __doesn’t talk___as loudly as___________ Mrs. Smith.

5. The brown house is 100 years old. The green house is 100 years old. (is/ old)

The brown house _is as old as_________ the green house.

6. The impala runs 90km per hour. The cheetah runs 120km per hour. (run/ fast)

The impala __doesn’t run as fast as___________ the cheetah.

Exercise 5 Điền dạng đúng của từ vào chỗ trống

1. Mom’s watch is more… than mine. (expensive)

2. She is the best… tennis player in Australia. (good)

3. This luggage is heavier… than mine. (heavy)

4. He runs more quickly… than his sister. (quick)

5. Layla is taller than Henry but Sophia is the …tallest (tall/tall)

6. Kai reads more.. books than Daniel but Tom reads the most (many/many)

7. France is as …beautiful as London. (beautiful)

8. My brother is three years …younger than me. (young)

9. This was the …worst movie I have ever seen. (bad)

10. I speak France more… now than two years ago. (fluent)

EXERCISE 6. Give the correct form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets:
1. This chair is .........more.................………………….. than that one. (comfortable)
2. Your flat is ................larger.....………....... than mine. (large)
3. The weather today is ...................hotter.....……… than it was yesterday. (hot)
4. The Nile is the ..................longest......……………………….. river in the world. (long)
5. Chinese bicycles are ................worse…........……………….. than Japanese ones. (bad)
6. Mathematics is ............more............…………………...….. than English. (difficult)
7. Ho Chi Minh is the ...............biggest.............………………. city in Viet Nam. (big)
8. He drives ........more carefully......………than his friend. (careful)
9. She sings ...........the most beautifully............…….. in this school. (beautiful)
10. I read ...................more slowly.. than my sister. (slow)
11. Grace is ............the oldest...............………………….. girl in our class. (old)
12. This exercise is ..........easier...............…….…………..than that one. (easy)
13. He is twice ..........as fat as.............…..as you. (fat)
14. Nam is ..............the....noisiest…….. student of all. (noisy)
15. My cold is .....................better....…….………….. today than it was yesterday. (good)
EXERCISE 7. 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. earliest C. earlier D. more early

EXERCISE 3. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the
same meaning as the sentence printed before it.

1. My kitchen is smaller than yours.

🖎 Your kitchen ……is larger…………………………………

2. No one in the class is taller than Dave.

🖎 Dave is ……………the tallest in the

class……………………………………………………………………

3. Mum doesn’t speak English as well as Dad.

🖎 Dad …speaks E better than

mum……………………………………………………………………………

4. Lan is better cook than Hoa.

🖎 Hoa can’t …………cook as well as……………

Lan………………………………………………...……

5. No restaurant in the city is better than that one.

🖎 That restaurant is the best in the

city……………………………………………………………

6. This watch is worse than that one.

🖎 That watch is better than this

watch………………………………………………………………….……

7. My sister writes more carefully than she did.

🖎 My sister ……wrote more carelessly than she

does…………………………………………………………………………

8. This story is more interesting than any other story that I have ever read.

🖎 This is the most story I have ever read.

……………………………………………………………………………
9. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever known.

🖎 I’ve never ....known....................a more beautiful than

her............................................................................

10. Peter does not drive so carefully as Tom.

🖎 Tom…drives more carefully than

peter………………………………………………………………………