Degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs - Đào Thị Kim Dung

 as two times big as 	D. as big as twice
53. A: It’s hot there, isn’t it? 
 B: It’s very..during the day.
	A. hot	B. hotter	C. hottest	D. hotter than 
54. .apples are grown in Washington State.
	A. Best	B. The most good	C. The best	 	D. The better
55. The test becomes.and
A. hard/ hard	B. difficult/ difficult
C. harder/ harder	D. difficulty/ difficulty 
56. His health is getting.and.
A. good/ good	B. better/ better
C. bad/ bad	D. well/ well
57. The more paper we save,preserved.
A. more is wood pulp	B. the more wood pulp is
C. wood pulp is	D. the much wood pulp is
58. The more polluted air we breathe,.we get.
	A. the more weaker	B. the more weak
	C. the weaker	D. weaker more
59. The more we study, thewe are.
	A. more good	B. better	C. better than	D. good
60. The more I tried my best to help her, .she became.
	A. less lazy	B. the lazier	C. the more lazy	D. lazier
61. The weather becomes
	A. colder with colder	B. colder and colder
	C. colder and more colder	D. more and more cold
62. The more he slept,.irritable he became.
	A. the most	B. the vey more	C. much more	D. the more
63. ..he worked, the more he earned.
	A. The more hard	B. The hard	C. The harder	D. The hardest
64. I get to know Jim, the more I like him.
	A. For more	B. More	C. The more	D. The most
65. The competition makes the price of goods.
	A. most cheap and cheap	B. cheaper and cheaper
	C. more cheap and more cheap	D. cheaper and more cheaper
66. That factory is producing.pollution.
	A. more and more B. better and better C. less and least	D. more and less
67. The I read about history, the..it makes me realize how relevant history is for us today.
	A. more/ better	B. better/ better	C. more/ more	D. better/ more
68. The less we study, the..we are.
	A. worse	B. bad	C. well	D. good
69. .the match was, the more spectators it attracted.
	A. The most interesting	B. The best interesting
	C. The more interesting	D. The interesting
70. The more running water you use,
	A. your bill will be higher	B. will be higher your bill
	C. the higher your bill will be	D. the highest your bill will be
71.you study for these exams, ..you will do.
 A. The harder/ the better	 B. The more / the much	
 C. The hardest / the best	 D. The more hard / the more good
72. My neighbour is driving me mad! It seems that.it is at night , he plays his music!
 A. the less / the more loud	 B. the less / less	
 B. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder
73. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become.
 A. more and more good	 B. better and better
 C. the more and more good	 D. gooder and gooder
74.The Sears Tower is..building in Chicago.
 A. taller 	B. the more tall 	 C. the tallest D. taller and taller
75. Peter isJohn.
A. younger and more intelligent than	 B. more young and intelligent than
C. more intelligent and younger than	 D. the more intelligent and younger than
76.Robert does not have.Peter does.
 A. money more than 	B. as many money as	
 C. more money as	D.as much money as
77. It gets..when the winter is coming.
 A. cold and cold 	B. the coldest and coldest 
 C. colder and colder 	D. more and more cold
78. French is alanguage to learn than English is.
 A. difficult	B. more difficult	
 C. most difficult 	D. more and more difficult
79.A car is.than a motorbike.
 A. cheap 	B. cheaper 	C. expensive 	D. more expensive
80. Thanks to the great effort of doctors and nurses, her health is getting.
 A. worse 	B. better 	C. worse and worse D. better and better
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, or D that needs correcting.
1. Richard feels good than several days ago.
A	B	 C D
2. Mary and Daisy are both intelligent students. Mary is so intelligent as Daisy. 
	 A	 B	 C	D
3. I found the conversation as most interesting and I was glad to practice my
A	 B	 C	 D 
English.
4. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is the largest than any other lakes in the 
 A	B	C	 D
world.
5. He drives the car more dangerous than his brother does.
 A	B	 C	 D
6. It was the most biggest building that I had ever seen.
 A	B	 C	 D
7. I wish my house were so large as Jone’s.
 A B	 C	 D
8. The Mekong is one of the longer river in the world.
 A	 B	C	 D
9. She can play the piano more good than her sister.
 A	 B	C	D
10. Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.
A	 B	C	 D
11. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings well than most professionals.
A	B	 C D
12. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in Rapid City, 
 A	 B	C	
South Dakota last year.
 D
13. Lan is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part 
A	B	 C
in the play.
 D
14. This telephone isn’t as cheap the other one, but it work much better.
A	 B	 C D
15. Stories are the most good way of teaching moral lessons to young 
 A	 B	 C	 D
people.
16. The fastest you drive, the greater you get.
	A	 B C D
17. This exercise is much more easier than the others.
	 A B C D
18. London is much more exciting as I expected.
 A B C D
19. The large the room is, more people can sit in it.
 A B C D
20. The suitcase seemed to get heavy and heavier as I carried it along the road.	 	 	 A	 B	 C	 D
III. Choose one sentence that best rewrites the sentence given:
They understand more than we do.
We don’t understand as much as they do.
We don’t understand anything at all.
They understand everything inside out.
They are very intelligent.
It is much more difficult to speak English than to speak French.
	A. To speak French is more difficult than to speak English.
	B. To speak English is more difficult than to speak French.
	C. Speaking English is more difficult than to speak French.
	D. Speaking French is not as difficult as to speaking English.
My interview lasted longer than yours.
	A. Your interview wasn’t as short as mine.
	B. Your interview was shorter than mine.
	C. Your interview was as long as mine.
	D. Your interview was longer than mine.
When I was younger, I used to go climbing more than I do now.
	A. Now I don’t go climbing anymore.
	B. I used to go climbing when I younger.
	C. Now I don’t go climbing as much as I did.
	D. I don’t like going climbing any more.
5. Your coffee is not as good as mine.
	A. Mine is better than yours.
	B. My coffee is better than your.
	C. My coffee is better than yours.
	D. My coffee is more good than yours.
6. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
	A. My mother can cook better than I can.
	B. My mother can’t cook better than I can.
	C. My mother can cook well than I can.
	D. I can cook better than my mother can.
7. Murder is the most serious of all crimes.
	A. Murder is very serious.
	B. No crime is more serious than murder.
	C. Everyone is very afraid of murder.
	D. Murder is the dangerous crime.
8. No one in this class as tall as peter.
	A. Peter is taller than in this class.
	B. Peter is the tallest in this class.
	C. Peter is the most tall in this class.
	D. Peter is more tall than in this class.
9. This is the best music I have ever heard.
	A. I‘ve never heard better music than this.
	B. I‘ve ever heard such a good music as this.
	C. I‘ve ever heard so good music as this.
	D. This is the first time I‘ve heard this good music.
10. This is the most interesting novel I’ve ever read.
	A. Knowing that the novel will be interesting, I read it.
	B. If only I had known the novel was so interesting, I’d have read it earlier.
	C. I don’t think it is the most interesting novel.
	D. I have never read a more interesting novel than this.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, using different kinds of comparison.
1. Bob is younger than Sally.
	® Bob isn’t as old as Sally.
	® Sally is older than Bob.
2. This book is less expensive than that one.
	® This book isn’t as expensive as that one.
	® That book is more expensive than this one.	
3. This room is smaller than that room.
	® This room isn’t as big as that room.
	® That room is bigger than this one.	
4. she is the most beautiful girl in my class.
	® Noone in my class is as beautiful as her.	
5. American coffee is weaker than Spanish coffee.
	® Spanish coffee is stronger than American coffee.
	® Amirican coffee isn’t as strong as Spanish coffee.	
6. Money is less important than health.
	® Health is more important than money.
	® Money isn’t as important as health.	
7. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
	® No river in the world is as long as Nile river.	
8. Tom’s pronunciation is worse than Sue’s.
	® Tom’s pronunciation isn’t as good as Sue’s.
	® Sue’s pronunciation is better than Tom’s.	
9. This exercise is more difficult than the last one.
	® This exercise isn’t as easy as the last one.	
	® The last exercise is easier than this one.	
10. I didn’t spend as much money as you.
	® You spent more money than me	
V. Complete the following sentences, using double comparative.
1. It becomes harder and harder to find a job. ( hard )
2. That hole in your pullover is getting bigger and bigger. ( big )
3. As I waited for my interview, I became more and more nervous.
 ( nervous )
4. As the day went on, the weather got worse and worse. ( bad )
5. As the conversation went on, he became more and more talkative. 
( talkative )
VI. Give the suitable comparion to complete each sentence.
1. The weather today is hotter than it was yesterday. ( hot )
2. The largest city in Canada is Toronto. ( large )
3. This story is funnier than that one. ( funny )
4. I’m taking four classes. My history class is the most interesting of all. 
( interesting )
5. The Pacific is deeper than the Mediterranean Sea. ( deep )
6. You can write better than I can ( well )
7. My father drives more carefully than I do. ( carefully )
8. Indonesia is larger than Japan in population. ( large )
9. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. ( high )
10. I think good health is the most important thing in the life. 
( important )