TChon 18 COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES.doc

TOPIC 5: OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
PERIOD 19. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
A/ Equality (So sánh bằng):
S + V + AS ADJ/ ADV AS + S
B./ Inequality So (sánh khơng bằng):
S + (NOT V) + AS ADJ/ ADV AS + S
S + V + LESS ADJ/ ADV THAN + S
C/ Comparatives (So sánh hơn):
Tính từ ngắn: S + V + ADJ/ADV- ER + THAN + S2
Tính từ dài: S + V + MORE + ADJ/ ADV + THAN + S2
D/ Superlatives (So sánh nhất):
Tính từ ngắn: S + V + THE ADJ –EST + N + in + Place
Tính từ dài: S +V + THE MOST +ADJ + N + of + people/ things
Note:
- So sánh các tính từ đặc biệt:
good → better/ the best;
bad → worse/ the worst;
little → less/ the least;
many → more/ the most;
far → farther/ further/
the farthest/ further
- Tính từ phủ định:
good
≠
bad, interesting
≠
boring
easy
≠
difficult, young
≠

old
happy
≠
sad, expensive
≠
cheap
big
≠
small, ...
II. Complete the sentences comparatives:
1. Lan/ pretty/ her mother.............................................................................................................
2. This pen/ expensive/ that pen. ...............................................................................................
3. Those apples/ delicious/ these apples ..................................................................................
4. Ms Hoa / attractive / Mr. Lan. ..................................................................................................
5. This pen / good / that pen. ........................................................................................................
III. Complete the sentences. Use the superlatives:
1. Nam is the youngest student in his class. (young)
2. This book is ……………………………………………………of the three. (interesting)
3. They are…………………………………………………… student in my class. (good)
4. Winter is…………………………………………………… in the year. (cold)
5. These house are…………………………………………………… in the village. (beautiful)
6. This dress is…………………………………………………… in the shop. (expensive)
IV. Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:
1. My house is bigger than your house.
→Your house is. ............................................................................................................
2. The black car is cheaper than the red car.
→The red car ............................................................................................................
3. This film is more interesting than that one.
→That film is ................................................................................................
V. Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:

1. My house is bigger than your house.
→Your house is. .................................................................................................................................................................................
2. The black car is cheaper than the red car.
→The red car ........................................................................................................................................................................................
3. This film is more interesting than that one.
→That film is .......................................................................................................................................................................................
4. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
→ Your kitchen..................................................................................................................................................................................
5. My grandmother is older than every one in my family.
→ My grandmother is the...........................................................................................................................................................
6. No one in my class is as tall as Tam.
→ Tam is the.......................................................................................................................................................................................
7. I can’t cook as well as my mother.
→ My mother can cook...............................................................................................................................................................
8. He does not play tennis as well as Jack.
→ Jack can...........................................................................................................................................................................................
9. I did not spend as much money as you.
→ You spent........................................................................................................................................................................................
10. I don’t think this book is expensive as it is.
→ This book is..................................................................................................................................................................................
11. He is the tallest boy in his class.
→ No one in........................................................................................................................................................................................
12. This is the most interesting film of all.
→ No other films are ....................................................................................................................................................................
13. No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones.
Japanese cars ....................................................................................................................................................................................
14. This exercise is easier than that one.
→ That exercise is not .................................................................................................................................................................
15. He drives more carefully than Jack does.
→ Jack ....................................................................................................................................................................................................

16. No one in the group plays better than he.
→ He can...............................................................................................................................................................................................
17. No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this.
→ This hotel is the ........................................................................................................................................................................
18. Other oceans in the world aren’t as large as the Pacific one.
→ The Pacific Ocean is .............................................................................................................................................................