COMPARISONS 1. Choose the correct answer. 1. Of the four dresses, I like the red one (better/best). 2. Pat’s car is (faster/fastest) than Dan's 3. John is (less/least) athletic of all the men. 4, Does Fred feel (weller/better) today than he did yesterday? 5. My cat is the (prettier/prettiest) of the two, 6. This vegetable soup tastes very (good/best). 7. David is the (happier/happiest) person that we know. 8. This summery is (the better/the best) of the pair. 9. Jim has as (few/fewer) opportunities to play tennis as I do. 10. The museum is (the further/the furthest) away of the three buildings. 1M. Complete the folowing sentences withthe appropriate form ofthe words in brackess 1, Learning to speak a language is often much (easy) than learning to write it 2. This hotel must be (expensive) than the small one next door. 3. He is certainly (unusual) person T have ever met. 4, His latest film is (interesting), than his previous ones. 5. What is (difficult) thing you have ever done? 6. Losing your credit card is (bad), than losing your money. 7. Bringing up children is one of (hard), jobs in the world, 8. When I saw her, she looked much (thin) than I remembered her. IIL. Complete the sentences below, using the suitable comparison form of the adjectives from the box. One of these adjectives is used twice. warm comfortable cheap intelligent lucky simple boring hot difficult 1. This exercise is too easy — can’t we try a one? 2. England is too cold in spring — let's go to Spain where is 3. She comes top in all exams ~ she must be irl in the class. 4, The temperature in July reaches forty — four degrees — it's month of the year. 5. Let's buy this video — it doesn’t cost too much = it’s the other one, 6. When I passed my driving test, it was the day of my life 7. Lying down in bed is sitting on @ hard chair. 8. Leould hardly keep awake — it was film I've ever seen. 9. She's person I know — she is always winning prizes in lotteries, 10. I.can’t do this test — can you give me a one? IV. Match the phrases in A with suitable ones in B and C to make meaningful sentences. A B € 1 Jonathan is ‘A. the biggest state 1m, in the group. 2. My great-great aunt is B. the longest river ‘n, in my family 3. London is CC. the best musician ‘. in the team, 4. Alaska is 1D. the fastest runner p. in the world 5. The guitar player is E. the biggest cit in Britain, 6. The Nile is F. the oldest person 1. in the USA. "7. My parents” room is G. the most expensive S. of the four bedrooms, 8. The Mercedes is TH. the longest day 1. of the five girls 9. Sarah is 1. the youngest u. of the three cars 10. June 21 is the biggest v. of the year.V. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as shown. 1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees, but today itis only six degrees. 1's 2. Lexpected my friends arrived at about 4p.m. In fact they arrived at 2:30. > My friends. 3. Jane cooks better than her sister. > Jane’s sister seen 4, Tom is the best football player in this team, -> Nobody in this team... 5. Nothing is faster than the speed of light. > The speed of light 6. Jack is younger than he looks. -> Jack isn’t. 7. Ididn’t spend as much money as you do. > 8. [have never met anyone as interesting as he is. > He is VL. Complete the sentences below, using Comparative + and + comparative 1. The company expanded rapidly. Tt grew (big) all the time, 2. Cathy got (bored) in her job. In the end, she left 3. My bag seemed to get (heavy) as I carried them. 4, As I waited for my interview, Tbecame (nervous) 5. As the day went on, the weather got (bad) 6. Healthcare is becoming (expensive) 7. As the conversation went on, Tom became (talkative) 8. These days, (many) people are learning English. 9. The company’s share price went (high) 10. Life got (good) for boss Bob Watt as the company became (successful) 11. Life in the modem world is becoming (complex) 12, When T get excited, my heart beats (fast) 13. The little boy seemed to get (upset) 14, It’s getting (difficult), to find a job. 15. The noise got (loud) as we approached the house. VII. Complete the sentences below, using the information in brackets. I. The older you get, (You are understanding). 2. The younger you are, (you leam quickly), 3. The earlier we sta (it is good). 4. The bigger a supermarket is, (the choice is wide). 5. The more you learn, (You know a lot about the world). 6. The more we practice a language, (we can speak fluently) 7. The more he plays sport, {he looks healthy). 8. The higher the humidity is, (people feel uncomfortable). VIII. Complete the sentences below, using The comparative..., the comparative... 1. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay. > the delay (was), the crowd became, 2. The value of a picture depends on how famous the artist is > an artist (is), the picture is 3. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed. > I go to bed, I sleep. 4, [don’t spend much time with my family because I work so hard. > work, I spend with my family. 5. The traffic moves very slowly as more cars comes into the city. > cars come into the city, the traffic moves. 6. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get. > you get, ‘you sweat 7. It's hard to concentrate when you are tired. > you are, it is to concentrate. 8, How much petrol a car uses depends on how big the engine is > the engine (is), the car uses.9. Ifa knife is sharp, itis easy to cut something with, > a knife (is), it is to cut something. 10, [became increasingly nervous about her fast driving. > she drove, T became, IX. Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same. His previous CD wasn’t as popular as this one. This CD Thaven’t taken as much interest in football as you have. You have. was less interested in the film than I had expected. The film Britain isn’t as warm as Greece. Greece Ihave been to fewer countries than you have. I haven’t Couldn’t you find a better hotel? Ts this He lost his money simply because he wasn’t careful. If he . . He has never behaved so violently before. He is behaving... As television programs become more popular, they seem to get worse. > The more. 10. My boss works better when he's pressed for time, >The le wae X. Which is correct or both of them? Underline the correct answer(s). 1. My older/elder sister is a TV producer. 2. I'm surprised Mary is only 25. I thought she was older/elder. 3. Jane’s younger sister is still at school, Her older/elder sister is a murse. 4, Is she younger than you? — No, she is older/elder than me. 5. Imust ring home today and find out if there's any further/father news about my grandmother and her operation. 6. Patis is further/father north than Tokyo. 7. Jobn ran further/father than his friend did. 8. I gave my old laptop to my sister because I had no further/father use for it 9. This is the latest/last news. 10. This is the Jatestlast time I end you my car. 11. L think this is his Jatest/last but not his latest/last literacy work. 12. This jacket is the Jatest/ast fashion. XI. Choose the best answer. 1. Peter is student in my class, ‘A. taller than B. so tall as C. the tallest D. tallest 2. Jane is not as her brother. ‘A. more intelligent —_B. so intelligent C. intelligenter D. intelligent 3. Can Tho is from Sai Gon than Bien Hoa is. A. farther B. further C. far D. farer 4, Bao Yen sings ‘than this singer. A. well B. better C. gooder D. weller 5. The wwe start, the sooner we will be back. Avearly B. earliest C. earlier D. early 6. The harder this student works, he becomes. A. the most understanding, B. the more understanding C. more understanding D, understandinger 7. My father is as yours. Avold B. as old C. older D. soold 8. HICM city is than Hanoi. A. large B. largest C. more large D. larger 9. She is the daughter in her family. 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