Phân biệt tính từ ngắn & tính từ dài:

Tính từ ngắn (Short adjectives) Tính từ dài (Long adjectives)

- Là tính từ có một âm tiết - Là tính từ có từ 2 âm tiết trở lên

Vd: red, long, short, hard,…. Vd: beautiful, friendly, humorous, ….
- Là tính từ có 2 âm tiết tận cùng là y, et, er, ow, le
Vd: happy, noisy, lazy, easy, narrow, clever, quiet, noble.

COMPARATIVE FORM (So sánh hơn)

AdjER THAN MORE + adj + THAN

Ex: This book is thicker than that one. Ex: He is more intelligent than me.
SUPERATIVE FORM (So sánh nhất)
THE adjEST THE MOST+ Adj
Ex: It is the darkest time in my life. Ex: She is the most beautiful girl in my class.
* Các trường hợp ngoại lệ

So sánh hơn So sánh hơn nhất

Good/ well (tốt) better best

Bad/ badly (xấu) worse worst

Many/ much more most

(nhiều)

Little (ít) less least

Far (xa) farther/further farthest/furthest

 EXERCISE:
I. Viết lại những tính từ trong ngoặc dưới dạng so sánh hơn:
1. It is ………………. (high) house in the city.
2. I am……………… (tall) in the class.
3. Yesterday was……………………….…. (cold) day of this month.
4. She is ……………… (lazy) student in the class.
5. Nam is ……………. (intelligent) boy in the class.
6. He is …………… (bored) person I have ever met.
7. I am………………… ( talkative) girl in the school.
8. He studied ……………. ( hard).
9. Sam is……………….. ( rich) man in this city.
10. My house is(big)........................than yours.
11. This flower is(beautiful)................................................than that one.
12. Non-smokers usually live(long).................................than smokers.
13. A holiday by the sea is(good).................................than a holiday in the mountains.
14. It is strange but often a coke is(expensive)..........................................than a beer.
15. The weather this summer is even(bad)........................................than last summer.
16. My sister is ..............................................(good) looking than I am.
17. A book is ...............................................................(wonderful) than a comic.
18. Nina walks .....................................................(slowly) than her father.
19. She is ..................................................................(happy) than I am.
20. This bike is...............................................(cheap) than mine.
21. This house is much .................................................(comfortable) than that one.
22. A dog is ..............................................( heavy) than a cat.
23. My pencil is............................................ (long) than yours.
24. New teacher is .................................................. ( nice) than old one.
25. Ho Chi Minh is......................................................(large) than Bien Hoa.
II - Dùng so sánh hơn để viết những câu sau:
Ex: Hue / small / Hanoi -> Hue is smaller than Hanoi.
1- My school / big / your school..........................................................................................................................................
2- Lan / young / Hoa.....................................................................................................................................
3- My father / old / my mother........................................................................................................................................
4- This ruler / long / that ruler........................................................................................................................................
5- This room / large / my room........................................................................................................................................
6- The boys / strong / the girls........................................................................................................................................
7- My house / tall / your house........................................................................................................................................
8- Nam / short / his sister........................................................................................................................................
III. Viết lại những tính từ trong ngoặc dưới dạng so sánh nhất:
1.Everest is the (high)……………………. mountain in the world.
2.Hoa is the (short) ……………………girl in our class.
3.The Amazon River is the (deep)……………… river in the world.
4.The Summer is the (hot)………………………. season in a year.
5.The Great Wall is the (long) …………….structure in the world.
6.Lan is the (happy)………………………. student in my class.
7.Our parents are the (good)……………………….. people.
8.This girl is the (thin)………………………… in her class.
9.The winter is the (cold)…………………. season in a year.
10.He is (clever) ………………………. student in my group.
11.The palace Hotel was …………………………(expensive) than the Grosvenor.
12.John is a ………………………(good) gardener than Stuart.
13.They are not going to the ………………………… (bad) hotel.
14.The palace is the ……………………… (expensive) hotel.
15.John is the …………………………… (good) gardener.
16.These are the …………………………………… (beautiful) colours.
17.This is the (interesting) ………………………book I have ever read.
18.Who is the (rich) ……………………….woman on earth?
19.He was the (clever) ………………………………….thief of all.
20.New York is the (large) ………………….. city of the United States.
IV. Give the correct form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets:
1. This chair is ..........................………………….. than that one. (comfortable)
2. Your flat is .....................………....... than mine. (large)
3. The weather today is ........................……… than it was yesterday. (hot)
4. The Nile is the ........................……………………….. river in the world. (long)
5. Chinese bicycles are ................…........……………….. than Japanese ones. (bad)
6. Mathematics is ........................…………………...….. than English. (difficult)
7. Ho Chi Minh is the ............................………………. city in Viet Nam. (big)
8. He drives ................................. .. ……………than his friend. (careful)
9. She sings ........................……………………….. in this school. (beautiful)
10. I read ............................……………………….. than my sister. (slow)
11. Grace is ...........................………………….. girl in our class. (old)
12. This exercise is .........................…….…………..than that one. (easy)
13. He is twice .........................…….…………..as you. (fat)
14. Nam is .........................…….………….. student of all. (noisy)
15. My cold is .........................…….………….. today than it was yesterday. (good)
V. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:
1. The more she smiles , ................ she becomes.
A. more graceful B. the most graceful C. most graceful D. the more graceful
2. Hotels have developed …………………… restaurants.
A. as rapidly as B. so rapidly as C. as rapid as D. more rapid
3. Can Tho bridge is the …………………… one in the South of Viet Nam.
A. long B. shortest C. longest D. longer
4. Albert Einstein’s contributions to scientific theory were ................ those of Galileo and Newton.
A. important than B. more important C. the most important D. as important as
5. Impalas cannot move as ................ cheetahs but they are more efficient runners.
A. faster than B. fast as C. fast D. are fast as
6. Both are informative articles, but this one is ................ .
A. best B. the best C. most D. better
7. She is the .………… girl in our town.
A. more beautiful B. beauty C. most beautiful D. more beautifully
8. The harder you learn.............
A. The better is your English B. The better will be your English
C. The better becomes your English D. The better your English will be
9. Jim is the ................. in his class.
A. clever B. cleverest C. cleverer D. more clever
10. Of the two shirts, this one is ...................
A. the prettiest B. the most pretty C. prettier D. the prettier
11. Your house is ................. mine.
A. as bigger as B. many times as big as C. much big as D. not many times big
12. Last year it wasn’t as cold as this year.
A. This year it is as colder than last year. B. This year it is colder than last year.
C. This year it isn’t as cold as last year. D. This year it isn’t colder than last year.
13. She is older than me.
A. I’m more younger than her. B. I’m as younger as her.
C. I’m more young than her. D. I’m younger than her.
14. The test is not …………………
A. as difficult as it was last month. B. so difficult as it was last month
C. more difficult as it was last month. D. Both A & B are correct
15. The Nile River is ………………… of all.
A. longer B. the longest C. long D. longest
16. .................. we read, .................. we know.
A. The most/ the mostB. The more/ the more C. Most/ most D. More/ more
17. It gets ................... Let’s go swimming.
A. hot and hot B. the more hot C. more and more hot D. hotter and hotter
18. Peter usually drives .................. Mary.
A. more fast B. more fast than C. more fast D. faster
19. The problem seems to be ..................
A. more serious B. more serious than C. more serious as D. more and more serious
20. Peter can not earn .................. his wife.
A. as many money as B. as much money as C. as many money than D. as much money than
21. Prices get ..................
A. high and high B. highest and highest C. more and more high D. higher and higher
22. The more manufacturers advise, .................. they sell.
A. the most products B. the products more C. the more products D. most products
23. ................. a car is ................. it is.
A. The more expensive/ the comfortabler B. The most expensive/ the most comfortable
C. The more expensive/ the more comfortable D. The less expensive/ the more comfortable
24. Of the five students. Mary is .................
A. more intelligent B. the more intelligent C. most intelligent D. the most intelligent
25. Steel is ................ than wood.
A. more heavy B. as heavy C. heavier D. more heavier
26. A super market is …………………… a shopping center.
A. less convenient as B. less convenient than
C. not so convenient than D. the most convenient as
27. Viet Nam becomes …………………… to foreign tourists.
A. more and most attractive B. the more attractive
C. much and more attractive D. more and more attractive
28. This car is …………………… than mine.
A. less expensive B. as expensive C. expensive D. not so expensive
29. Tim’s grades are …………………… than John.
A. worse B. worst C. as bad D. so bad
30. The …………………… we start, the sooner we will be back.
A. early B. earliest C. earlier D. more early
EXERCISE 3. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the
sentence printed before it.
1. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
 Your kitchen ………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. No one in the class is taller than Dave.
 Dave is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Mum doesn’t speak English as well as Dad.
 Dad ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………
4. Lan is better cook than Hoa.
 Hoa can’t …………………………………………………………………………………………...……
5. No restaurant in the city is better than that one.
 That restaurant is …………………………………………………………………………………………
6. This watch is worse than that one.
 That watch ………………………………………………………………………………………….……
7. My sister writes more carefully than she did.
 My sister …………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. This story is more interesting than any other story that I have ever read.
 This is the …………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever known.
 I’ve never .....................................................................................................................................................
10. Peter does not drive so carefully as Tom.
 Tom ………………………………………………………………………………………………………