Exercise 9: Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning.
7. The English test was difficult. I had thought it would be easier.
=>The English test________________________________________________________.
8. The country is quieter than the city.
=>It is noisier____________________________________________________________.
9. My office is nearer than hers.
=>Her office is___________________________________________________________.
10. My old sofa is less comfortable than my new one.
=>My new sofa is ________________________________________________________.

1. The movie was (interseting)................than the one on TV
2. We've got (little)....................time than i thought
3. This shirt is too small.I need a (large)................one
4. Lan is (clever).................and (pretty)..............than Lien
5. She is (nice)..................than i expected
6. This was the (big)...............farm i've ever visited
7. Who between the two workers is the (good)..................?
8. This old machine is (powerful).................than we thought
9. The farmers have never had a (rich)................harvest than that
10. Which is (difficult)...................,English or Marth?
11. It is the (expensive)...........of the two cars
12. Which is the (expensive).....................of these two coats?
13. What is the (long)..............river in Viet Nam

Rewrite the following sentences
9.both Nam and Lan are hard-working.=>Nam works.............
10.Jane is best tennis player in the team=>No one................
12.I can not cook as well as my brother=>My mother is....................
13.he run faster than I can
=>I can not...............
=>he is..........
14.Is this the cheaper carpet you have got?=>have you got...........................
15.Lan is  better cook than Hoa
=>Hoa can't.................................
=>Hoa is......................................
16.apples are usually cheaper than oranges=>Apples aren't......................
18.she liked Rome a little and Paris less=>She thought that Rome..............
19.She knows a lot more about it than I do=>I don't know..........................

Rewrite the following sentences
9.both Nam and Lan are hard-working.=>Nam works.............
10.Jane is best tennis player in the team=>No one................
12.I can not cook as well as my brother=>My mother is....................
13.he run faster than I can
=>I can not...............
=>he is..........
14.Is this the cheaper carpet you have got?=>have you got...........................
15.Lan is better cook than Hoa
=>Hoa can't.................................
=>Hoa is......................................
16.apples are usually cheaper than oranges=>Apples aren't......................
18.she liked Rome a little and Paris less=>She thought that Rome..............
19.She knows a lot more about it than I do=>I don't know..........................

EXERCISE 1 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) EXERCISE 2 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 most B. 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

Rewri te the sentences without change their meaning.

1,My friends have more music CD' s than I do.=> I don't............ ; 2, She ests more chocolate than I do.=>I eat................

3,There isn't as much rice in the bowl as there is on the plate.=>There is........... ; 4,I get to work in half an hour.=>It this..............

5,She has less homework to do than he does.=>He has......... ; 6,The trips lasts ten days.=>It is.............. ; 7,The recess lasts thirtyt minutes.=> It is....................  ;

8,Do you enjoy listening to music?=>Are you interested...............; 9,How terrible the weather is?=>What.......

10,Ther are over eight hundred stamps inTom's collection.=>Tom's collection........... ; 11,It isn't important for you to finish the work today.=> You don't have....................... ; 12,The blibrary contains over 30 million books.=>There..............................