SO SÁNH kép và các CÁCH SO SÁNH KHÁC

COMPARISION: SO SÁNH KÉP VÀ CÁC HÌNH THỨC SO SÁNH KHÁC
I. Complete the sentences, use comparative + and + comparative
1. The company expanded rapidly. It grew ______________ all the time (big)
2. Cathy got __________________ in her job. In the end she left. (bored)
3. My bags seemed to get __________________ as I carried them. (heavy)
4. As I waited for my interview, I became ____________________. (nervous)
5. Heath care is becoming ____________________. (expensive)
6. As the conversation went on, Paul became ___________________. (talkative)
7. These days _____________________ people are learning English. (many)
8. The company’s share price went ___________________. (high)
9. Life got _______________ for boss Bob Watts as the company became _________________.
(good – successful)
II. Rewrite these sentences, using the + comparative…the + comparative
1. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is.
………………………………………………………………………………
2. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed.
………………………………………………………………………………
3. I don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard.
………………………………………………………………………………
4. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get.
………………………………………………………………………………
5. The idea becomes less attractive as I think about it more.
………………………………………………………………………………
6. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired.
………………………………………………………………………………
7. The service of a hotel depends on how expensive it is.
………………………………………………………………………………
8. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.
………………………………………………………………………………
III. Fill in the gap with “like” or “as”.
1. She sings…………. an angle.

2. I’m much better…………….. you can see.
3. My sister is not at all…………..me.
4. I’m attending the meeting…………..an observer.
5. I use one of the bedrooms…………. an office.
6. We’re late for the train. We’ll have to run………….the wind.
7. I’m your friend and…………. a friend, I advise you to think again.
8. I’ve appointed Simon Williams……………….the new manager.
9. Please do……..I told you.
10. Your English is very fluent. I wish I could speak ................you.
11. Don't take my advice if you don't want to. You can do ....................... you like.
12. You waste too much time doing things ...............................sitting in cafes all day.
13. I wish I had a car ..................yours.
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14. You don't need to change your clothes. You can go out .....................you are.
15. My neighbor's house is full of interesting things. It's ..................a museum.
16. We saw Kevin last night. He was very cheerful, ..........................always.
17. Sally has been working ...........................a waitress for the last two months.
18. While we were on hoiday, we spent most of our time doing energetic things ..................sailings,
water skiing and swimming.
19. You're different from the other people I know. I don't know anyone ............................you.
20. We don't need all the bedrooms in the house, so we use one of them ...................a study room.
IV. Choose the best answer.
1._______ 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,
2. My neighbor 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
C. the more late / the more loudlier
D. the later / the louder
3. 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
4. Pork is _______ it used to.
A. twice as expensive as
B. twice expensive more than
C. twice more than expensive
D. more expensive than twice
5. 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

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6. The more she worked, _______
A. the less she achieved
C. she did not achieve enough

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B. she did not achieving enough

D. she was achieving less


7. Vietnam becomes………..to foreign tourists.
A. most and most attractive
C. much and more attractive
B. the more attractive
D. more and more attractive
8. The sooner, the………….
A. better
B. best
C. good
D. more good
9. ………..the worse I seem to feel.
A. When I take more medicine
C. Taking more of the medicine
B. The more medicine I take
D. More medicine taken
10. The final will be………. the midterm.
A. alike
B. like
C. same
D. similar
11. …….I get to know her, the more I like her.
A. For more
B. More
C. The more
D. The most
12. He eats with chopsticks………the Chinese.
A. such

B. as if
C. like
D. as
13. This shirt and that one………..
A. alike
B. are alike
C. as alike as
D. the same
14. I want to buy some shoes………..the ones you have on.
A. like
B. are like
C. are alike
D. likely
15. Mary and her mother do not………..
A. alike
B. look like
C. look alike
D. like
16. These two girls……..that I can’t tell them apart.
A. are so alike
B. are so like
C. are too alike
D. alike enough
17. …….the horse tried to free itself from the restraint,…….it became.\
A. The more/the tighter B. The most/the tighter C. The more/tighter
D. More/tighter
18. Many endangered species are moving ____ to extinction, and we are losing our precious places.
A. close and close
B. closely and closely
C. closer and closer

D. more closely and closely
19. We need to do this ____ than we are at the moment.
A. quickly
B. the quickest
C. more quickly
D. most quickly
20. The more carefully humans mind their daily activities, ____ on the environment.
A. the less harmful impact have they
B. the less harmful impact they have
C. the less impact harmful they have
D. the less harmful they have impact
21. Growth is of very immediate environmental concern because ____ the more pollutants we throw
out into the atmosphere.
A. the more the world economy grows
B. the more economy the world grows
C. the more grows the world economy
D. the more the world grows economy
21. Governments should take measures to protect wildlife, or more and more animals will become
endangered.
A. The sooner governments take measures to protect wildlife, the fewer animals will become
endangered.
B. Because more governments take measures to protect wildlife, fewer animals will become
endangered.
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C. The more measures governments take to protect wildlife, the fewer animals will become
endangered.
D. Governments take measures to protect wildlife, so that fewer animals will become endangered.
22. Looking after a kitten is ____ more difficult than I thought it would be.

A. far
B. farther
C. further
D. father
23. Living in a big city isn't ____ interesting as I thought it would be.
A. less
B. most
C. more
D. as
24. It has been a really bad journey, but I think the ____ is behind us.
A. good
B. better
C. worst
D. worse
25. He arrived ____ than anyone else, so he had to wait more than an hour.
A. earlier
B. more early
C. early
D. earliest
26. The meal was a bit ____ expensive than we expected, but it was very nice.
A. least
B. less
C. more
D. most
27. I've never eaten such a strange thing ____ this before.
A. similar
B. as
C. same
D. look like
V. Choose the underline part that needs correcting.

60. The more time you spend on prepare for the test, the higher scores you may get.
A
B
C
D
61. The more you practise speaking in your class, the more better you are at public speaking.
A
B
C
D
62. The more better I study about endangered species, the more I worry about their extinction.
A
B
C
D
63. The warmer the weather get around the world, the faster the polar ice caps will melt.
A
B
C
D
64. The more renewable energy sources we use, the more better our living conditions will become.
A
B
C
D
65. As people need more land to build houses, they cut down on more forests.
A
B
C
D

66. The unemployment rate is getting higher, so that the crime rate is becoming higher as well.
A
B
C
D
67 .Nobody is happy than Miss Snow is.
A
B
C
D
68. He needs many more sugar than I do.
A
B
C D
69. Does Mary feel weller today than she did yesterday?
A
B
C
D
70. It’s becoming hard and harder to find a job.
A
B
C
D
71. The more you have, the most you want.
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A

B

C

D

KEY
COMPARISION: SO SÁNH KÉP VÀ CÁC HÌNH THỨC SO SÁNH KHÁC
I. Complete the sentences, use comparative + and + comparative
1. The company expanded rapidly. It grew __bigger and bigger____________ all the time (big)
2. Cathy got ___more and more bored_______________ in her job. In the end she left. (bored)
3. My bags seemed to get ___heavier and heavier_______________ as I carried them. (heavy)
4. As I waited for my interview, I became __more and more nervous________________. (nervous)
5. Heath care is becoming ___more and more expensive_________________. (expensive)
6. As the conversation went on, Paul became __more and more talkative___________. (talkative)
7. These days __more and more___________________ people are learning English. (many)
8. The company’s share price went __higher and higher_________________. (high)
9. Life got __better and better_____________ for boss Bob Watts as the company became __more
and more successful_________. (good – successful)
II. Rewrite these sentences, using the + comparative…the + comparative
1. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is.
 The more famous the artist is, the higher the value of a picture is.
3. I don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard.
 The harder I work, the less time I spend with my family.
4. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get.
 The hotter you get, the more you sweat.
5. The idea becomes less attractive as I think about it more.
 The more I think about the idea, the less attractive it becomes.
6. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired.
 The more tired you are, the harder it is to concentrate.

7. The service of a hotel depends on how expensive it is.
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 The more expensive a hotel is, the better its service is.
8. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.
 The longer the delay was, the angrier the crowd became.
III. Fill in the gap with “like” or “as”.
1. She sings…like………. an angle.
2. I’m much better……as……….. you can see.
3. My sister is not at all…like………..me.
4. I’m attending the meeting…as………..an observer.
5. I use one of the bedrooms……as……. an office.
6. We’re late for the train. We’ll have to run…like……….the wind.
7. I’m your friend and…as………. a friend, I advise you to think again.
8. I’ve appointed Simon Williams……as………….the new manager.
9. Please do…as…..I told you.
10. Your English is very fluent. I wish I could speak ....like............you.
11. Don't take my advice if you don't want to. You can do ......as................. you like.
12. You waste too much time doing things ..........like.....................sitting in cafes all day.
13. I wish I had a car .....like.............yours.
14. You don't need to change your clothes. You can go out .......as..............you are.
15. My neighbor's house is full of interesting things. It's ....like..............a museum.
16. We saw Kevin last night. He was very cheerful, .......as...................always.
17. Sally has been working .......as....................a waitress for the last two months.
18. While we were on hoiday, we spent most of our time doing energetic things ....like.........sailings,
water skiing and swimming.
19. You're different from the other people I know. I don't know anyone ........like....................you.
20. We don't need all the bedrooms in the house, so we use one of them .......as............a study room.
IV. Choose the best answer.

1._______ 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,
2. My neighbor 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
C. the more late / the more loudlier
D. the later / the louder
3. 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
4. Pork is _______ it used to.
A. twice as expensive as
B. twice expensive more than
C. twice more than expensive
D. more expensive than twice
5. 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

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6. The more she worked, _______

A. the less she achieved
C. she did not achieve enough

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B. she did not achieving enough
D. she was achieving less


7. Vietnam becomes………..to foreign tourists.
A. most and most attractive
C. much and more attractive
B. the more attractive
D. more and more attractive
8. The sooner, the………….
A. better
B. best
C. good
D. more good
9. ………..the worse I seem to feel.
A. When I take more medicine
C. Taking more of the medicine
B. The more medicine I take
D. More medicine taken
10. The final will be………. the midterm.
A. alike
B. like
C. same
D. similar
11. …….I get to know her, the more I like her.

A. For more
B. More
C. The more
D. The most
12. He eats with chopsticks………the Chinese.
A. such
B. as if
C. like
D. as
13. This shirt and that one………..
A. alike
B. are alike
C. as alike as
D. the same
14. I want to buy some shoes………..the ones you have on.
A. like
B. are like
C. are alike
D. likely
15. Mary and her mother do not………..
A. alike
B. look like
C. look alike
D. like
16. These two girls……..that I can’t tell them apart.
A. are so alike
B. are so like
C. are too alike
D. alike enough
17. …….the horse tried to free itself from the restraint,…….it became.\

A. The more/the tighter B. The most/the tighter C. The more/tighter
D. More/tighter
18. Many endangered species are moving ____ to extinction, and we are losing our precious places.
A. close and close
B. closely and closely
C. closer and closer
D. more closely and closely
19. We need to do this ____ than we are at the moment.
A. quickly
B. the quickest
C. more quickly
D. most quickly
20. The more carefully humans mind their daily activities, ____ on the environment.
A. the less harmful impact have they
B. the less harmful impact they have
C. the less impact harmful they have
D. the less harmful they have impact
21. Growth is of very immediate environmental concern because ____ the more pollutants we throw
out into the atmosphere.
A. the more the world economy grows
B. the more economy the world grows
C. the more grows the world economy
D. the more the world grows economy
21. Governments should take measures to protect wildlife, or more and more animals will become
endangered.
A. The sooner governments take measures to protect wildlife, the fewer animals will become
endangered.
B. Because more governments take measures to protect wildlife, fewer animals will become
endangered.
9

C. The more measures governments take to protect wildlife, the fewer animals will become
endangered.
D. Governments take measures to protect wildlife, so that fewer animals will become endangered.
22. Looking after a kitten is ____ more difficult than I thought it would be.
A. far
B. farther
C. further
D. father
23. Living in a big city isn't ____ interesting as I thought it would be.
A. less
B. most
C. more
D. as
24. It has been a really bad journey, but I think the ____ is behind us.
A. good
B. better
C. worst
D. worse
25. He arrived ____ than anyone else, so he had to wait more than an hour.
A. earlier
B. more early
C. early
D. earliest
26. The meal was a bit ____ expensive than we expected, but it was very nice.
A. least
B. less
C. more
D. most

27. I've never eaten such a strange thing ____ this before.
A. similar
B. as
C. same
D. look like
V. Choose the underline part that needs correcting.
60. The more time you spend on prepare for the test, the higher scores you may get.
A
B
C
D
61. The more you practise speaking in your class, the more better you are at public speaking.
A
B
C
D
62. The more better I study about endangered species, the more I worry about their extinction.
A
B
C
D
63. The warmer the weather get around the world, the faster the polar ice caps will melt.
A
B
C
D
64. The more renewable energy sources we use, the more better our living conditions will become.
A
B
C

D
65. As people need more land to build houses, they cut down on more forests.
A
B
C
D
66. The unemployment rate is getting higher, so that the crime rate is becoming higher as well.
A
B
C
D
67 .Nobody is happy than Miss Snow is.
A
B
C
D
68. He needs many more sugar than I do.
A
B
C D
69. Does Mary feel weller today than she did yesterday?
A
B
C
D
70. It’s becoming hard and harder to find a job.
A
B
C
D

71. The more you have, the most you want.
10


A

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B

C

D