REIVEW ENGLISH 9 COMPARISON

COMPARISON
1.

EQUALITY COMPARISON

2.

COMPARATIVE

3.

SUPERLATIVE

4.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE


EQUALITY
As + adj/adv + as
Not as/so + adj/adv + as

John is as tall as Peter.
Jane speaks French not as/so well as Alice.

•.

As much/ many (+N): nói về số lượng.

I have not read as many books as my teacher advises me.

•.

The same + (noun) + as + N/pronoun

My book is the same as yours.
Don is the same height as his old brother.


1.

The blue car is………..the red car. (fast)

2.

Peter is ………………Fred. (not/tall)

3.

The violin is…………  the cello. (not/low)

4.

This copy is ……………..the other one. (bad)

5.

Oliver is …………….Peter. (optimistic)

6.

Today is   …………..yesterday. (not/windy)

7.

The tomato soup was…………..  the mushroom soup. (delicious)

8.

Grapefruit juice is……………  lemonade. (not/sweet)

9.

Tom has………..  (almost/money) John.

10.

Peter…………. (not/have/children) John.

11.

Tom …………(not/drive/dangerously) John.

12.

Mrs Jones……………..Mrs. Smith. (talk/loudly)

13.

Steve……………Melisa. (not/do/well)

14.

The impala runs ……………..the cheetah. (not/run/fast)

15.

Tom ……………..John. (funny)


DISTINGUISH long and short adj
Short adj

LONG ADJ
- Tính từ có một
-

âm tiết: big,
Tính từ có hai âm tiết tận cùng bằng: -y; -et; -le;

short, fast,…

-er; -ow

Happy, heavy, slow, narrow,…

- Tính từ có hai
âm tiết trở lên:
beautiful,
dangerous,

comparative
short adj/adv+er + than
more + long adj/adv + than

George is taller than his brother.
Jane speaks French more fluently than Mary.

-

So sánh ít hơn, ta dùng less

This picture is less valuable than that one.


SUPERLATIVE
The + short adj/adv+est
The most + long adj/adv

This is the happiest day of my life.
What is the most interesting book you’ve ever read?
Adj/ adv

So sánh hơn

So sánh nhất

Good/ Well

better

The best

Bad

worse

The worst

Many/ Much

more

The most

Little

less

The least

Far

Farther/ further

The farthest/ the furthest


Write the comparative and superlative form

Adj/adv
1. beautiful

2. hot

3. crazy

4. slowly

5. few

6. little

7. bad

8. good

9. attractive

Comparison

Superlative


Write the comparative form of the words in brackets.

1. Cats are ………… (intelligent) than rabbits.
2. Lana is…………… (old) than John.
3. China is far ………… (large) than the UK.
4. My garden is a lot ………………. (colorful) than this park.

5. Helen is …………… (quiet) than her sister.
6. My Geography class is ……………. (boring) than my Math class.
7. My Class is …………. (big) than yours.
8. The weather this autumn is even ……………… (bad) than last autumn.
9. This box is ……………… (beautiful) than that one.
10. A holiday by the mountains is ……………….(good) than a holiday in the sea.


Write the superlative form of the words in brackets.

1. Who is the ………….. (tall) person in your family?
2. My mum is the ………….. (good) cook in the world.
3. Saigon is the…………..(big) city in my country.
4. Cutting down trees could be considered to be one of …………..(dangerous) reason leading to pollution.
5. Goods is going to be………….. (expensive) during Tet holiday.
6. Where are the…………..(nice) beaches in your country?
7. I bought the TV with the………….. (reasonable) price ever.
8. Who is …………..(famous) singer in your country?
9. Internet is one of (important)________________inventions that changes humans’ life.


Rewrite the sentence that do not change the meaning

1.

They were happier yesterday than today. -> Today they

2.

English is not so interesting as biology. -> Biology is

3.

I am not as good at English as him. -> He is

4.

My kitchen is bigger than your. -> Your kitchen

5.

My house is smaller than his house. -> His house


DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

1.

SO SÁNH LŨY TIẾN

Short adj/adv+er AND short adj/adv+er
I am getting fatter and fatter.

More/ less AND

more/ less + long adj/adv

We’re going more and more slowly.
He became less and less interested.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

2. SO SÁNH ĐỒNG TIẾN
The + ss hơn + S + V, the + ss hơn + S + V
The older I get, the happier I am.
The more comfortable it is, the more I like it.


Complete the sentences by repeating a comparative
(…and…)
1.When I get excited, my heart
beats …………………………..
(fast)

2.

Cathy got ……………… in her job. In the end she left. (bored)
Combine each pair of sentences with double comparatives
(the to
more/-er…
theEnglish
more/-er)
3.Since Ann went
Canada, her
has got ………………
1.The fruit is fresh. It tastes good. -> The fresher fruit is, the
(good)
better it taste.

4.My bags seemed to get ……………… as I carried them.


REWRITE
STRUCTURES


A thì nhất -> khơng ai bằng/ khơng ai hơn

1.

Mr. Ronney is the richest man in our town.

-> No one in our town is as rich as Mr. Ron.

-> No one in our town is richer than Mr. Ron.

2. Minh is the fattest student in my class. -> No one

3. Football is the most interesting. -> Nothing

4. Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

-> Everest is

-> No mountains are

5. Lan is the best person in my group. -> No one

Hơn B -> B không bằng A (not as adj as)

1.

Ba is more intelligent than his brother.

-> Ba’s brother is not intelligent as him.
2. My clothes are cheaper than yours. -> Your clothes are not
3. Your bike is more expensive than mine. -> My bike isn’t
3. My friend cannot run as fast as me. -> I can
4. An can play the piano better than Nam. -> Nam can’t
5. The hospital is higher than the post office. -> The post office is not


Choose the correct answer

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

B. bad

C. the worst

D. badly

2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more

B. the most

C. much

D. as

3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily

B. more noisier

C. noisier

D. noisy

4. She sings ........... among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful

B. the more beautiful

C. the most beautifully

D. the more beautifully

5. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working

B. more hard-working

C. the most hard-working

D. as hard-working

6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier

B. more easy

C. easiest

D. easier

7. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. Harder

B. the more hard

C. hardest

D. the hardest

8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest

B. the bigger

C. bigger

D. biggest


Rewrite the sentences

1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
-> Her new house...................................................
2. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
-> Peter .......................................................
3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
-> The white dress ...................................................
4. According to me, English is easier than Maths.
-> According to me, Maths ........................................
5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
-> Mary ................................................................
6. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.
-> The Nile ...........................................................
7. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
-> No mountain ......................................................
8. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.
-> She is ..............................................................
9. He works much. He feels tired.
-> The more .........................................................
10. This computer works better than that one.
-> That computer ....................................................