A. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR.

Exercise 1: Write the activities from the box under the correct pictures

feeding pigs , unloading rice , drying rice; ploughing a field ; catching fish

milking cows , harvesting crops, loading rice

Exercise 2 : Cho dạng so sánh hơn của các trạng từ trong bảng sau:

Trạng từ So sánh hơn Trạng từ So sánh hơn

long happily
high smartly
early fluently
late heavily
fast clearly
early carefully
much quickly
well soundly
badly beautifully
little skillfully

Exercise 3. Complete each of the sentences with a suitable word or phrase from the box.

picturesque, unloaded , cattle, fruit, crops, catching ,vast,

well - trained , surrounded, hospitable
1. We helped the farmers herd ________ .
2. They are helping their parents pick __________ in the orchard.
3. At harvest time farmers are busy cutting and collecting _________ .
4. The driver ___________ the rice from the back of the truck.
5. People here live by __________ fish from nearby lakes and ponds.
6. The lake is ____________ by a lot of trees.
7. The local people are kind and _________ to visitors.
8. Our factory needs a lot of _________ workers.
9. While travelling up the mountain, people always stop and take photos of the _____ scenery.
10. The Sahara is a _________ desert that covers parts of eleven countries in northern Africa.
Exercise 4 : Underline the correct form of the word.
1. It usually rains heavier / more heavily in my country than in yours.
2. People in the countryside work harder / more hard than those in the city.
3. Nowadays children adapt more quickly / quicklier to technical developments
than their parents.
4. I think countryside dwellers live happier / more happily than city dwellers.
5. This morning, the farmers in my village got up more early/ earlier than usual.
6. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.
7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees.
8. Don’t talk so fast / fastly– I can’t understand what you’re saying.
9. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.
10. Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more carefully.
11. Life in some parts of the country is boring / more boring than that in other parts.
12. The old usually get up earlier / early than the young.
13. After a hard working day, you may sleep soundlier / more soundly than usual.
14. The bus runs frequent / more frequently than the train everyday.
15. I can’t understand. Would you ask him to speak clearlier / more clearly?
Exercise 5 : Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. Horses can run _________ (fast) than buffalos.
2. You made the same mistake again. You should check your paper_______ (carefully)
before handing it in.
3. All these students are good, but some work ________ ( hard) than others.
4. Girls normally become mature________ (early) than boys.
5. My sister speaks English much _______ (fluently ) than I do.
6. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) _________ than his sister.
7. I speak French (fluently) _________ now than I did last year.
8. You'll find your way around the village (easily) _________ if you have a good map.
9. It rained ( heavily) _________ today than it did yesterday.
10. If you work ( hard) _________ , you will do (well) _________ in your exam.
11. People in the city seem to react ( quickly) ____ to changes than those in the country.
12. We need to work ( hard ) _________ , especially at exam time.
13. You must finish harvesting the rice ( early) ____ this year than you did last year.
14. As they climbed ( high) _________ up the mountain, the air became cooler.
15. Life here seems to move ( slowly) _________ than in cities
Exercise 6 : Choose the correct answer (adjective or adverb) to complete the sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work ________ on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on ________ methods in some countries. (traditional/ traditionally)
3. The ________ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/ densely)
4. He is very ________ . He often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is ________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can ________ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily)
7. Children in the countryside play (more freely / freely) than those in the city.
8. She ________ ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly)
9. The Thompson left their homeland and looked for a ________ place to stay. (permanent/
permanently)
10. Some reporters spoke ________ about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically)
D. WRITING
I. Making up sentences using the words and phrase given.
Example: countryside/ children/ play/ more/ freely/ city.
 In the countryside, children play more freely than in the city.

1. Can/ you/ speak/ more/ slowly/ so/ I / can/ understand/ you?

 ____________________________________________________ .
2. Tet/ our house/ beautifully/ decorated/ than/ during/ year/.
 ____________________________________________________ .
3. People/friendly and hospitable./ are / in my village
 ____________________________________________________ .
4. They/ and raise cattle./ grow/ cultivate rice,/ vegetables,
 ____________________________________________________ .
5. Many / in the orchards. / families/ by growing fruit trees/ live
 ____________________________________________________ .
6. is / comfortable/ for children./ Life /very / in the village
 ____________________________________________________ .
7. nowadays/ more/ villagers/ use/ cars or motorcycles/ for/ transport/ instead/ riding/ a horse/ or/
walking/.
 ________________________________________________________________________ .
8. Thanks/ TV and Internet/ people/ my/ village/ have/ more/ fun/ and/ know/ more/ about/ life/ outside/
village/.
 ________________________________________________________________________ .
II. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
1. I am faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
 I work ___________________________________________________________ .
2. Jack’s car cannot run as fast as Tom’s car. (faster)
 Tom’s car can run ___________________________________________________ .
3. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s. (beautifully)
 Mai sing ___________________________________________________________ .
4. I can’t cook as well as my mohter .
 My mother can cook __________________________________________________ .
5 . Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)
 Phong swims ______________________________________________________ .
6. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)
 Nick writes essays ____________________________________________________ .
7. Tom works hard, but Mi didn’t . Therefore, he got better results in the exams. (hard)
 Tom works ___________________________________________________________ .
8. Living in the countryside is not as convenient as living in the city.(than)
 Living in the city ______________________________________________________ .
9. My English is more fluent than my sister’s. (fluently)
 I speak English _______________________________________________________ .
[Link] cousin is a better singer than I am. (well)
 My cousin sings _______________________________________________________ .
III. Write complete comparative sentences with the cues given.
1. His farm/ big/ other farms/ neighbourhood
___________________________________________________________
2. Today/ he/ behave/ less/ responsibly/ he/ used to
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3. The problem/ traffic jams/ in/ city/ become/ bad/ ever
_________________________________________________________________
4. My homework/ be/ all right,/ but/I/ could do/ well/ that
___________________________________________________________________
5. people/ live/ healthily/ rural areas/ in/ cities?
__________________________________________________________________?
6. Yesterday/ Thomas/ arrive/ at school/ early/ other students
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7. I/ can/ fly a kite/ easily/ on / farm/ many other places
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8. Our village/ be/ much/ less/ densely populated/ your city
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