GRAMMAR 3: CÂU SO SÁNH

1. TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ TRONG SO SÁNH

2. CÔNG THỨC SO SÁNH HƠN TRONG TIẾNG ANH

2.1. So sánh hơn là cấu trúc dùng để mô tả một đối tượng vượt trội,
nổi bật hơn về một đặc điểm nào đó trong một nhóm có 2 người/ sự
vật/ hiện tượng. Các đặc điểm này được thể hiện bởi các tính
từ hoặc trạng từ trong câu.

Ví dụ:

 John is taller than his brother. (John cao hơn em trai của cậu ấy.)
 You speak more loudly than they do. (Bạn nói to hơn họ nói.)
 2.1. SO SÁNH HƠN VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ NGẮN

Đối với tính từ/ trạng từ ngắn, bạn cần thêm đuôi “-er” vào tính từ/ trạng
từ theo công thức:

S + V + Tính từ ngắn-er/ Trạng từ ngắn-er + than + O/ N/ mệnh đề/

đại từ

Ví dụ:

 She is taller than me/ I am. (Cô ấy cao hơn tôi.)

 He studies harder than he did last semester. (Cậu ấy học chăm
hơn học kỳ trước.)
Quy tắc thêm “-er” vào tính từ ngắn trong so sánh hơn:

Trường hợp Quy tắc thêm “-er” Ví dụ

big -> bigger

Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bởi “nguyên Gấp đôi phụ âm cuối trước (to -> to hơn)
âm-phụ âm” khi thêm đuôi “-er” hot -> hotter
(nóng -> nóng hơn)

happy -> happier

Tính từ ngắn kết thúc với đuôi “- Chuyển “y” thành “i”, thêm (vui -> vui hơn)
y” đuôi “-er” early -> earlier
(sớm -> sớm hơn)

late -> later

(muộn -> muộn hơn)
Tính từ ngắn đã có sẵn đuôi “-e” Thêm đuôi “-r”
large -> larger
(lớn -> lớn hơn)
2.3. SO SÁNH HƠN VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ DÀI

Thêm “more” vào trước tính từ như công thức dưới đây:

S + V + more + Tính từ dài/ Trạng từ dài + than + O/ N/ mệnh đề/

đại từ

Ví dụ:

 She is more beautiful than she was when she first met you. (Cô
ấy xinh đẹp hơn lúc cô ấy gặp bạn lần đầu tiên.)
 You should do this exercise more carefully than the last
one. (Con nên làm bài này cẩn thận hơn bài trước.)

2.4. SO SÁNH HƠN VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ BẤT QUY TẮC

Dưới đây là bảng các tính từ/ trạng từ bất quy tắc được chuyển sang dạng
so sánh hơn:

Tính từ/ Trạng từ bất quy tắc So sánh hơn

Good/ Well (Tốt) Better (Tốt hơn)

Bad/ Badly (Tồi tệ) Worse (Tồi tệ hơn)

Many/ Much (Nhiều) More (Nhiều hơn)

Little (Ít) Less (Ít hơn)

Far (Xa) Farther/ Further (Xa hơn)

Dù không tuân theo quy tắc khi chuyển sang dạng so sánh hơn của của hai
loại tính từ/ trạng từ ngắn và dài, các loại tính từ/ trạng từ này vẫn có
“than” theo sau. Ta có cấu trúc:

S + V + Tính từ/ Trạng từ bất quy tắc + than + O/ N/ mệnh đề/ đại
từ
Ví dụ:

 The weather in winter is worse than that in summer. (Thời tiết

mùa đông tệ hơn thời tiết mùa hè.)
 She is doing better than she did last year. (Cô ấy đang làm tốt hơn
năm trước.)
3. CÔNG THỨC SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT TRONG
TIẾNG ANH

3.1. SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT LÀ GÌ?

So sánh hơn nhất là cấu trúc dùng để mô tả một đối tượng vượt
trội, nổi bật nhất về một đặc điểm nào đó trong một nhóm có ít nhất
từ 3 người/ sự vật/ hiện tượng trở lên.

Ví dụ: John is the tallest student in his class. (John là cậu học sinh cao nhất
trong lớp.)

You speak the most loudly in the room. (Bạn phát biểu to nhất trong
căn phòng này.)

3.2. SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ NGẮN

Đối với tính từ, trạng từ ngắn, khi chuyển sang dạng so sánh nhất, bạn
cần thêm đuôi “-est” vào tính từ/ trạng từ này:

S + V + the + Tính từ ngắn-est/ Trạng từ ngắn-est (+ O/ N/ mệnh

đề/ đại từ)
(Trong một số trường hợp, bạn có thể không cần thêm thành phần “O/ N/
mệnh đề/ đại từ” trong các cấu trúc so sánh nhất mà không làm mất đi ý
nghĩa của câu.)

Ví dụ:

 Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (Everest là ngọn núi

cao nhất thế giới.)
 He is the fastest in the race. (Anh ấy là người nhanh nhất trong
trận đua.)
-> Trong trường hợp này, “the fastest” không cần có tân ngữ theo
sau nhưng vẫn diễn đạt đúng và đủ ý.
Quy tắc thêm “-est” vào tính từ ngắn trong so sánh nhất:

Trường hợp Cách thêm “-est” Ví dụ

big -> biggest

Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bởi “nguyên Gấp đôi phụ âm cuối trước (to -> to nhất)
âm-phụ âm” khi thêm “-est” hot -> hottest
(nóng -> nóng nhất)

happy -> happiest

Tính từ ngắn kết thúc với đuôi “- Chuyển “y” thành “i”, thêm (vui -> vui nhất)
y” đuôi “-est” early -> earliest
(sớm -> sớm nhất)

late -> latest

(muộn -> muộn nhất)
Tính từ ngắn đã có sẵn đuôi “-e” Thêm đuôi “-st”
large -> largest
(rộng -> rộng nhất)

3.3. SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ DÀI

Nếu là tính từ/ trạng từ dài, khi chuyển sang dạng so sánh nhất, bạn không
thêm đuôi “-est” như tính từ/ trạng từ ngắn. Thay vào đó, bạn thêm
“most” vào giữa “the” và tính từ/ trạng từ theo công thức sau:
 S + V + the + most + Tính từ dài/ Trạng từ dài (+ O/ Clause/ N/
Pronoun)

Ví dụ:

 This is the most convenient room I have ever lived in. (Đây là
căn phòng tiện nghi nhất mà tôi từng ở.)
 He speaks English the most fluently in my class. (Anh ấy nói
tiếng Anh lưu loát nhất lớp tôi.)

3.4. SO SÁNH HƠN NHẤT VỚI TÍNH TỪ, TRẠNG TỪ BẤT QUY
TẮC

Các tính từ, trạng từ bất quy tắc không áp dụng quy tắc thêm “-est” hay
“most” của tính từ, trạng từ ngắn và dài, thay vào đó, nhóm từ này sẽ được
chuyển đổi như sau:

Tính từ/ Trạng từ bất quy tắc So sánh hơn

Good/ Well Best

Bad/ Badly Worst

Many/ Much Most

Little Least

Far Farthest/ Furthest

Ngoại trừ điểm khác biệt về dạng tính từ, trạng từ nêu trên, cấu trúc câu so
sánh nhất với tính từ, trạng từ bất quy tắc khá giống với cấu trúc câu của
tính từ, trạng từ ngắn. Cụ thể:

S + V + the + Tính từ dài/ Trạng từ bất quy tắc (+ O/ N/ mệnh đề/

đại từ)

Ví dụ:
  This brand is the best. (Thương hiệu này là tốt nhất đấy.)
 It is the worst experience in my life. (Đó là trải nghiệm tồi tệ nhất
trong cuộc sống của tôi.)

3.5. LƯU Ý KHI DÙNG CẤU TRÚC SO SÁNH NHẤT

Khi sử dụng cấu trúc so sánh nhất, bạn cần lưu ý một số trường hợp
sau:

Trường hợp Cách dùng Ví dụ

Có thể thay “the” my greatest friends (những người

Để nhấn mạnh chủ thể sở hữu của
bằng các đại từ sở bạn tốt nhất của tôi)
những đối tượng mang đặc điểm
hữu như my, his, her, his most important file (tài liệu
“nhất”
their,… quan trọng nhất của anh ấy)

This book is the most

Nếu cuối mệnh đề là một tính từ/ Có thể giữ hoặc lược
interesting. (Quyển sách này thú vị
trạng từ so sánh nhất mà không có bỏ “the” trước tính
nhất.)
danh từ theo sau từ/ trạng từ
-> This book is most interesting.

4. KIẾN THỨC MỞ RỘNG VỀ SO SÁNH HƠN

TRONG TIẾNG ANH

4.1 TĂNG MẠNH, GIẢM NHẸ CƯỜNG ĐỘ SO SÁNH HƠN

Ví dụ:

 He was a lot better than he was before. (Anh ấy tốt hơn nhiều so
với trước kia.)
 They are much more hard-working than us. (Họ chăm chỉ hơn
nhiều so với chúng tôi.)
Ví dụ:

 We were a bit slower than them. (Chúng tôi chậm hơn một chút so
với họ.)
 My new house is slightly more inconvenient than the old
one. (Nhà mới của tôi bất tiện hơn chút so với nhà cũ.)

4.2. CÁC LOẠI TÍNH TỪ ĐẶC BIỆT TRONG SO SÁNH TIẾNG

ANH
Tính từ “vừa ngắn vừa dài”

Đa số các tính từ kết thúc bởi -le, -ow, -er và -et khi chuyển sang so
sánh hơn hoặc nhất đều có thể áp dụng cả hai quy tắc so sánh của
tính từ ngắn và dài (thêm “-er” và “more” với so sánh hơn; thêm “-
est” và “most” với so sánh nhất).

Ví dụ:

 She is cleverer than him. (Cô ấy khôn khéo hơn anh ấy.)
= She is more clever than him.
 John is the quietest in the class. (John là người yên lặng nhất lớp.)
John is the most quiet in the class.
Dưới đây là một số tính từ phổ biến mà bạn thường thấy:
Tính từ Nghĩa So sánh hơn So sánh nhất

quiet yên lặng quieter/ more quiet quietest/ most quiet

clever khéo léo cleverer/ more clever cleverest/ most clever

narrow hẹp narrower/ more narrow narrowest/ most narrow

simple đơn giản simpler/ more simple simplest/ most simple

Tính từ không có dạng so sánh

Không phải tính từ nào bạn cũng đều có thể chuyển sang dạng so
sánh trong tiếng Anh. Một số tính từ không có dạng so sánh bởi chúng
mang nghĩa tuyệt đối. Các tính từ ấy bao gồm:

Tính từ Nghĩa

top cao nhất

unique độc nhất

perfect hoàn hảo

supreme tối cao

primary chính
 Tính từ Nghĩa

matchless không đối thủ

daily hằng ngày

prime căn bản

absolute tuyệt đối

empty trống rỗng

extreme cực kỳ

full no

CẤU TRÚC ĐẶC BIỆT

III. So sánh ngang bằng (Equality)
So sánh ngang bằng dùng để miêu tả hai đối tượng giống nhau hoặc bằng nhau về một hoặc nhiều
thuộc tính nào đó.

1. Với tính từ và trạng từ

a. Thể khẳng định

Công thức: S + V + as + adj/adv + as
+… Ví dụ:
+ She is as tall as Huong. (Cô ấy cao bằng Hương.)

+ She learns as well as her sister does. (Cô ấy học tốt như chị gái
mình.) b. Thể phủ định
Công thức: S + V + not + as/so + adj/adv + as +....
Ví dụ:

+ This exercise is not as/so difficult as I think (it is). (Bài tập này không khó như tôi nghĩ.)

+ He doesn't study as/so hard as I do/me. (Anh ấy không học hành chăm chỉ bằng tôi.)
2. Với danh từ

a. Với danh từ số nhiều

Công thức: S + V + as many/ few + N (số nhiều) + as +
… Ví dụ:
+ I have as many exercises as my brother does

(Tôi có nhiều bài tập như anh trai tôi.)

+ We have as few problems to solve as yesterday.

(Hôm nay chúng tôi có vài vấn đề phải xử lí như ngày hôm qua.)

b. Với danh từ không đếm được

Công thức: S + V + as much/little + N (không đếm được) + as +....
Ví dụ:

+ I don't have as much money as you do.

(Tôi không có nhiều tiền như bạn.)

+ My brother has as little time to play football as I do.
(Anh trai tôi có ít thời gian chơi bóng đá như tôi.)

IV. So sánh kép (Double

comparative) 1. So sánh luỹ tiến
(càng ngày càng)
a. Với tính từ ngắn
Công thức: Adj + er + and + adj + er

Ví dụ:

+ The summer is coming. It gets hotter and

hotter. (Mùa hè đang đến. Trời càng ngày càng
nóng.)

b. Với tính từ dài

Công thức: more/less and more/less
+ adj Ví dụ:
+ She is more and more attractive. (Cô ấy càng ngày càng hấp dẫn.)

+ The environment is less and less pure. (Môi trường ngày càng ít trong
lành.)

c. Với danh từ
Công thức: more and
more + N Ví dụ:
+ There are more and more people moving to big cities to look for jobs.

(Ngày càng có nhiều người đến những thành phố lớn để kiếm việc làm.)

2. So sánh đồng tiến (càng...

càng) Công thức:
the + (so sánh hơn) comparative adj / adv+ S +V, the (so sánh hơn) comparative adj / adv + S + V Ví
dụ:
+ The older he gets, the weaker he is. (ông ấy càng già càng
yếu.) + The more difficult the exercise is, the more
interesting it is.
(Bài tập càng khó thì càng thú vị)

+ The more I know him, the less I like him.

(Tôi càng biết nhiều về anh ấy thì tôi càng ít thích anh
ấy.) Lưu ý:
Trong câu so sánh kép, nếu túc từ là một danh từ thì ta đặt danh từ ấy ngay sau tính từ so sánh.

Ví dụ:

+ The more English vocabulary we know, the better we speak.

Càng biết nhiều từ vựng tiếng Anh, ta càng nói tốt hơn.

Lưu ý: Một số tính từ/ trạng từ không dùng ở dạng so sánh vì bản thân chúng đã mang tính tuyệt
đối:
Complete (hoàn toàn), favorite (yêu thích), ideal (lí tưởng), unique (duy nhất), excellent (xuất sắc), full
(đầy), empty (rỗng), perfect (hoàn hảo), right (đúng), really (thật sự), extreme (cực độ, tột bậc),
supreme (thượng hạng), absolute (tuyệt đối),...

V. Một số công thức khác

1. So sánh gấp nhiều lần (multiple numbers comparison)
Công thức:
S + V + multiple numbers * +as + much/ many/ adj/ adv + (N) +as +
N/pronoun * Là những số như half/ twice/ 3, 4, 5… time; Phân số; Phần
trăm.
Ví dụ:

+ She types twice as fast as I do. (Cô ấy đánh máy nhanh gấp hai lần tôi đánh máy.)

+ This encyclopedia costs twice as much as the other one.

(Bộ sách bách khoa toàn thư này mắc gấp đôi bộ còn lại.)

+ At the clambake last week, Fred ate three times as many oysters as
Barney. (Trong buổi tiệc tuần trước, Fred ăn hàu nhiêu gấp 3 lần
Barney.)
Lưu ý:
Khi dùng so sánh loại này phải xác định rõ danh từ đó là đếm được hay không đếm được vì đằng trước
chúng có much và many.

2. Từ chỉ số lượng dùng trước tính từ so sánh hơn để nhấn

mạnh
Công thức: S + V + much/ a lot/ far/ a little/ a bit... + so sánh hơn + than + ...

Ví dụ:

+ She is much more hard-working than me. (Cô ấy chăm hơn tôi nhiều.)

3. Cấu trúc bắt đầu bằng "Of the two"

Công thức: Of the two + N (số nhiều), S + V + the + so sánh
hơn Ví dụ:
+ Of the two sisters, Mary is the prettier. (Trong số hai chị em gái, Mary xinh hơn.)

4. Để tránh lặp lại danh từ trong so sánh hơn, kém, ngang bằng, người ta dùng "that" thay cho danh
từ số ít và "those” thay cho danh từ số nhiều.
Ví dụ:

+ The population of China is much larger than that of any countries in the world.

(Dân số của Trung Quốc lớn hơn nhiều so với dân số của bất cứ quốc gia nào trên thế
giới.) + The prices of Japanese cars are higher than those of Chinese ones.
(Giá ô tô Nhật cao hơn giá ô tô Trung Quốc.)

B. BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG

Exercise 1: Cho dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc

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 Vietnam, (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)
16. This exercise is (easy) ________ of all.
17. This flower is (beautiful) ________ than that one.
18. He has twice as (many) ________ books as his sister.
19. Which is the (dangerous) ________ animal in the world?
20. English is not so (difficult) ________ as Chinese.

Exercise 2: Hoàn thành các câu sử dụng cấu trúc: "COMPARATIVE + AND
+ COMPARATIVE":
1. This subject gets ________ (hard) all the time.
2. I'm just getting ________ (confused).
3. It's becoming ________ (difficult) for me to keep up.
4. The textbook just gets ________ (complicated).
5. I spend ________ (much) time on my work.
6. My list of things to do gets ________ (long).
7. My problem are just getting ________ (bad).
8. I feel happy as my happy is coming ________ (close).
9. Eating and traveling in this city is getting ________ (expensive).
10. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got ________ (good).

Exercise 3: Chọn câu trả lời đúng

1. In Vietnam, it is normally ________ in the South than in the North.
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. hoter
2. The food is ________ than the last time I ate it.
A. badder B. bad C. worse D. worst
3. Ho Chi Minh city is ________ than Hanoi.
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. biger
4. Her voice is ________ than her sister’s.
A. beautiful B. more beautiful c. beautifully D. more
5. Her literature result is much ________ than it was last year. beautifully

A. good B. well C. more well D. better

6. Cinderella danced ________ than any other girls at the ball.
A. more graceful B. gracefuler C. gracefully D. more
7. This book is the ________ of all. gracefully

A. bored B. boring C. more boring D. most boring

8. Mary speaks English very________
A. fluent B. fluently C. more fluently D. most fluently
9. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ________ in the
group.
A. fast B. most fast C. fastest D. most fastly
10. There is nothing ________ than going swimming in hot weather.
A. gooder B. good C. better D. best
11. Mary is ________ responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. much D. as
12. She is ________ student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
13. He drives ________ his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
14. Tuan writes more ________ with fewer mistakes than the previous
term.
A. careless B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly
15. My father is happy because I get ________ results at school.
A. bad good C. intelligent D. well
16. Peter does better at school because he works ________
A. harder B. more carelessly C. more lazily D. worse
17. He can do sums more ________ and read faster.
A. badly B. quickly C. difficultly D. fastly
18. Jane is not ________ her brother.
A. more intelligent as B. intelligent as C. so intelligent as D. so intelligent
19. She is a very ________ pupil. She spends most of her time that.
studying.
A. hard- working B. difficult C. hard D. easy
20. My English this term is ________ than that of last year.
A. good B. gooder C. better D. best
21. you study for these exams, ________ you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best D. The more hard / the more good,

22. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that ________ it is at night, ________

plays his music!
A. the less / the more loud B. the less / less
C. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder

23. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become
________
A. more and more good B. better and better C. the more and more good
D. gooder and gooder
24. The Sears Tower is ________ building in Chicago.
A. taller B. the more tall C. the tallest D. taller and taller
25. Peter is ________ John.
A. younger and more intelligent than B. more young and intelligent
than C. more intelligent and younger than D. the more intelligent and
younger than
26. San Diego is ________ town in Southern California.
A. more nice and nice B. the nicer C. the nicest D. nicer and nicer

1. My sister is two years __________ than me.

A. young B. so young C. younger D. the youngest

2. Do you know what __________ animal in the world is?

A. slow B. slow as C. slower D. the slowest

3. I think spring is _________ season of the year.

A. beautiful C. more beautiful

B. very D. the most

beautiful beautiful
4. Maths is _____________ to me than biology.

A. important C. more important

B. so
important D. the most
important
5. Helen is __________ ballet dancer in our city.

A. good B. good as C. better D. the best

6. That test was ___________ than the previous one last week.

A. difficult B. so difficult C. more difficult D. the most difficult

7. Tom has got __________ message from his parents.

A. long B. long as C. longer D. the longest

8. English is ____________ for me than Chinese.

A. easy B. very easy C. easier D. the easiest

9. My phone is ___________ than my sister’s phone.

A. expensive C. more expensive

B. so D. the most
expensive expensive
10. Last winter was ___________ winter in our country.

A. cold B. cold as C. colder D. the coldest

11. Pam’s mobile is ____________ than mine.

A. beautiful C. more beautiful

B. very D. the most

beautiful beautiful
12. This car is _____________ car produced by this company.

A. new B. so new C. newer D. the newest

13. What continent is ____________: America or Africa?

A. large B. very large C. larger D. the largest

14. Do you know who _______________ woman in the world is?

A. fast B. so fast C. faster D. the fastest

15. Mary is ____________ than Ben in my class.

A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. the cleverest

16. Who is _____________ runner : Tom or Sam?

A. bad B. very bad C. worse D. the worst

17. This information is ______________ for me than the previous one.

A. useful B. useful as C. more useful D. the most useful

18. When was ______________ summer in your country?

A. hot B. very hot C. hotter D. the hottest

19. Bob is _____________ than my elder brother.

A. tall B. tall as C. taller D. the tallest

20. Can you name _____________ building in the world?

A. high B. so high C. higher D. the highest

21. Carnivals are ______.

A. more fun B. most fun C. fun

22. The carnival in New Orleans is the ______ carnival in the United States.

A. more exciting B. most exciting C. excitingest

23. The sun is ______ than the moon.

A. larger B. more larger C. largest

24. I have some black, green, and red grapes. The red grapes are the
______.

A. most delicious B. delicious C. more delicious

25. Please give me the ______ slice of pie.

A. small B. most small C. smallest

26. Your dog is ______.

A. oldest B. old C. more old

27. The boy is ______ than his sister.

A. younger B. more young C. youngest

28. Which store is the ______?

A. most good B. better C. best

29. The white sofa is ______than the red sofa.

A. softer B. more soft C. most soft

30. The milk is ______.

A. fresher B. freshest C. fresh

Cho dạng đúng của từ gợi ý để hoàn thành câu. (58 - 69)

58. The Nile is _________ (long) river in the world.

59. Butterflies are _________ (beautiful) animals you can find.

60. My desk is _________ (tidy) David's.

61. A lot of people drink _________ (hot) milk.

62. Latin is _________ (boring) than Spanish.

63. A continent is _________ (big) a country.

64. She always has a _________ (cold) shower in the morning.

65. Sam's name is _________ (usual) than Clare's.

66. Who's _________ (intelligent) student in your class ?

67. Who's _________ (good) tennis player in your country?

68. The blue whale is _________ (heavy) animal in the world.

69. Travelling by car is _________ (comfortable) travelling by bus.

Điền từ thích hợp để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau. (70 - 79)

hotter us least as than

ever nice as much more in much

Hi Suzan,

I'm having a wonderful time in Los Angeles. The weather is _________ (70)
and drier _________ (71) in England and Americans are friendlier than
_________ (72). The food is better here; it's not the same _________ (73) the
food in England at all! From all the countries I've been to, I think English
food is the _________ (74) pleasant. It's awful. Yesterday I had the best
hamburger I’ve _________ (75) eaten!

The hotel is beautiful. I think it’s not as _________ (76) the hotel we stayed in
New York, but it's _________ (77) comfortable. They say that Los Angeles is
one of the most expensive cities _________ (78) the world, but actually, I'm
not spending _________ (79) money as I thought. I’ll phone you when I get
back.

Love,

Megan.

Exercise 1
1. Peter is the______ student in my class.
a. taller than b. so tall as c. the tallest d. tallest
2. The deep oceans contain some of the______ of all living creatures.
a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger
3. Jane is not______ her brother.
a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as c. so intelligent as d. so intelligent that
4. He drives as______ his father does.
a. careful as b. more carefully c. the most careful d. carefully as 5. What's
the______ film you've ever seen?
a. good b. best c. better d. the best

6. Jane is______ age as Mary.

a. as same b. the most same c. the same d. more same
7. I'll be there______ I can.
a. sooner as b. no sooner as c. as soon as d. soonest as 8. Hotels have
developed______ restaurants.
 a. as rapidly as b. so rapidly that c. as rapid as d. as rapid than 9.
Commercial centres are______ they were many years ago.

a. as popular than b. the most popular. c. more popular than

d. most popular than

10. Computer are considered as ______ tools today

a. much modern than b. the most modern c. modern as
d. more modern

11. A supermarket is______ a shopping centre.

a. less convenient as b. not so convenient than
c. less convenient than d. the most convenient as

12. Vietnam becomes______ to foreign tourists.

a. most and most attractive b. the more attractive
c. much and ore attractive d. more and more attractive 13.
Can Tho is______ from Saigon than Bien Hoa is.

a. farther b. further c. far d. farer

14. Bao Yen sings______ than this singer.

a. well b. better c. gooder d. more good
15. Of all the ball-point pens, which one do you like______?
a. best b. the best c. most d. the most
16. The______ we start, the sooner we will be back.
a. early b. earliest c. earlier d. more early
17. The sooner, the______
a. better b. best c. good d. more good.
18. The harder this farmer works, ______ he becomes.
a. the poorest b. the poorer c. the more poor d. poorer
19. My father is______ as yours.
a. old b. as old c. older d. so old
20. HCM city is______ than Hanoi.
a. large b. largest c. more large d. larger

Exercise 2
1. She is the______ daughter in the family.
a. older b. more old c. eldest d. oldest
2. She speaks English as______ as you.
a. clear b. clearly c. clearness d. very clear
3. HCM city is ______ than Nha Trang
a. more large b. as large c. not so large d. larger
4. Your pencil is ______ as mine.
a. as sharp b. not sharp c. sharper d. sharp
5. This car is ______ than mine.
 a. less expensive b. as expensive c. more rich d. not so expensive 6. The______
he is, the more miserable he gets.
a. richer b. more riches c. more rich d. none is correct

7. He is the______ student in this class.

a. very intelligent b. most intelligent c. more intelligent d. less intelligent 8.

Despite its smaller size, the Indian Ocean______ the Atlantic Ocean.

a. as deep as b. is the same deep as c. deeper as d. is as deep as 9.

Sharon______ from other women I know.

a. different b. as different c. differs d. more different

10. This one is prettier, but it costs______ as the one.

a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. twice as many
11. You can take______ books as you want.
a. as many b. as much c. so much d. too many
12. Of the two sisters, Linda______
a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as
13. Tuition at an American university runs______ one thousand dollars a semester.
a. so high as b. as high to c. as high as d. as high than
14. ______ I get to know her, the more I like her.
a. For more b. More c. The more d. The most
15. I would have paid______ for my car if the salesman had insisted, because I really wanted it.
a. as much twice b. much twice c. twice as much d. times two 16.
The______ students do not always do well in tests.
a. brighter b. more bright c. more brighter d. brighter more 17. The noise in Rome is ______
worse than in Florence.

a. much b. far c. A and B are wrong d. A and B are correct

18. ______tobacco was sold in 1983 as in 1982,

a. Not as much b. Not as many c. Not much d. Not many
19. He eats with chopsticks______ the Chinese.
a. such b. as if c. like d. as
20. Instead of slowing down, he drove______
a. more fastly b. faster c. more faster d. faster more

Exercise 3
1. My new glasses cost me______ the last pair that I bought.
a. times three b. three times more than
c. three times as much as d. as much three times as

2. Although she is very popular, she is not______ her sister.

a. pretty as b. as pretty c. prettier than d. more pretty than
3. We are going to Florida as son as______ taking our final exams.
a. were finish b. we'll finish c. we'd finish d. we finish
4. This new soap is not much______ the others that I have tried.
a. different b. different than c. different from d. different that 5. Ms.
Jones isn't as nice______ Ms. Smith.
a. as b. for c. like d. to

6. The rooms is Graduate Towers are______ Patterson Hall.

a. larger than b. larger than that of c. larger than those in d. larger than in
7. We'll be there as soon as we______ a babysitter for our son.
a. will find b. found c. find d. are finding
8. The final will be______ the midterm.
a. alike b. like c. same d. similar
9. They are______ my other neighbors.
a. more friendlier than b. friendly than c. friendlier as
d. more friendly than

10. The lab is______ from the bus stop than the library.
a. far b. farther c. further d. b and c
11. The______ accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.
a. badest b. most bad c. worse d. worst
12. He finished the test________ of all.
a. rapidly b. the most rapidly c. most rapidly d. more rapidly 13. Many
chemicals react________ in acid solutions.
a. more quick b. more quickly c. quicklier d. as quickly more

14. The younger you are ________ it is to learn.

a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy 15. It's
becoming________ to find a job.

a. more difficult and more b. more and more difficult

c. most and more difficult d. more difficult than

16. ________electricity you use, ________ your bill will be.

a. The more/ the higher b. The most/ the higher
c. The more/ the high d. More/ higher

17. The more I got to know Tom, ________ I liked him.

a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer
18. The rooms in the front________ noisier than those in the back.
a. are more b. are littler c. are very d. are much
19. ________ you are, ________ you concentrate
a. Tired/ the least hard b. The more tired/ the harder
c. The tireder/ the harder d. The tired/ the harder

20. I will return your notes as soon as________ copying them.

a. I will finish b. I finish c. I do finish d. I be finished
Exercise 4
1. The younger you are, _______ it is to learn.
a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy
2. _______ porpoises and dolphins, whales are mammals.
a. As b. Also c. Like d. When
3. The Romans used central heating systems very much like_______.
a. those of today b. to day's do c. those they do
d. the systems which are now.

4. The higher one rises in the atmosphere, _______ the temperature generally becomes.
a. colder than b. the colder than c. the colder d. is colder 5. Nerve cells, or neurons,
_______ in the human body.
a. the most complex cells are b. are the most complex cells

c. most complex the cell are d. most are the complex cells

6. The United States spends more money on advertising_______ country in the world.
a. other b. other than c. than any other d. while other
7. The rooms in the front_______ noisier than those in the back.
a. are more b. are little c. are very d. are much
8. A microscope can reveal vastly_______ detail than is visible to the naked eye.
a. than b. than more c. more than d. more
9. _______plants, which manufacture their own food, animals obtain nourishment by acquiring
and digesting their food.
a. Unlike b. Different c. Whereas a. As much
10. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably_______
a. the less qualified b. the qualified less
c. the most little qualified d. the least qualified

11. These two girls_______ that I can't tell them apart.

a. are so like b. are so alike c. are too alike d. alike enough 12. This house is_______
the others we've seen.
a. father more expensive than b. far more expensive than

c. far most expensive d. further more expensive

13. Apart from Pluto, the outer planets_______ the inner planets and are made mainly of lighter
materials such as hydrogen and helium.
a. are larger than b. are the largest c. large than d. are large
14. This is_______ man of all I've been known.
a. best b. better c. good d. the best
15. _______ we finish the project, _______ we can start the next one.
a. The soonest/ the sooner b. The sooner/ the most soon
c. The sooner/ the sooner d. The soonest/ the soonest

16. That child behaves_______ of all

a. the most carelessly b. the more carelessly
c. more carelessly than d. as carelessly
17. It is_______ that I have read it twice.
a. such an interesting book b. so interesting a book
c. too interesting a book d. a or b

18. For many children, nothing seems so exciting_______ their first airplane ride.
a. so does b. as c. same d. is
19. A baby might show fear of an unfamiliar adult, _______ he is likely t smile and reach our to
another infant.
a. if b. whenever c. so that d. whereas
20. The deep oceans contain some of the_______ of all living creatures.
a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger

Exercise 5
1. The curriculum at the public school is as good_____ of any private school.
a. or better than b. as or better that
c. as or better than that d. as or better than

2. _______ tilted toward the sun, the more heat it receives and the hotter it is.
a. As more as the earth is b. most complicatedly
c. The earth is more than d. The earth is most

3. Which group of languages has the _______ vest forms?

a. most complicated b. most complicatedly
c. more complicated d. as complicatedly

4. Of the two sisters, Linda_______

a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful
c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as

5. As a rule, _______ the heart rate, the faster the pulse.

a. the more rapid b. the more rapidly c. rapid d. the most rapid
6. The woman was so beautiful_______
a. that I couldn't help looking at b. that I couldn't help looking at her
c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at

7. Often weighing_______ 100 pounds, large dogs are used to pull sleds in the snow.
a. more than b. just an c. than it is d. than
8. The greater the number of bacteria attacking the system_______
a. the sooner treatment must be begun b. sooner must begin treatment
c. begin treatment as soon as possible d. must begin treatment sooner

9. The bed is not clean enough_______

a. to lie in it b. to lie in c. for lying in d. in which to lie
10. Jays are_______ and more colorful than crows.
a. short b. shortest c. more shorter d. shorter
11. The foods that contain_______ are made of animal fat whereas vegetables have the lest
energy.
 a. as much energy asb. the more energy c. the most energy d. more energy than
12. Laser discs provide images of _______ than those of either television signals or video tapes.
a. best quality b. good quality c. better quality d. the best quality 13. This book
is_______ to understand.
a. too hard far b. too hard than c. far too hard d. such too hard.

14. The old man and the Sea, a novel about an old fisherman's harrowing adventure catching a
huge fish, is one of Ernest Hemingway's_______ book.
a. most famous b. the most famous c. are most famous d.
and most famous

15. The waves on the beach on the west coast of Florida are not as high_______ those on the east
coast.
a. as b. that c. than d. so
16. The man bought_______ books that he needed assistance to carry them.
a. such many b. such much c. too many d. so many
17. _______250,000 species of fossils have been discovered in both organized, scientific searches
and by sheer accident.
a. As much as b. As many as c. As many d. so many
18. I'll write to you_______ I can.
a. sooner than b. as soonest as c. so sooner as d. as soon as
19. This one is pretties, but it costs_______ as the other one.
a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. as soon as
20. Although both are mammals, the early stages of development on the part f placentals fifer from
_______ of marsupials.
a. that b. it c. those d. this

Exercise 6
1. The man was in _______ health that the family began to consider whether he could continue to
live in his home.
a. such bad b. too bad c. such worst d. so badly
2. A dancer, while always graceful and precise in her movements, trains _______ any other
athlete.
a. as strenuously b. more strenuously as
c. as strenuously as d. as strenuously that

3. The more I got to know Tom, _______I liked him.

a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer
4. There are not_______ violin makers today_______ there were in the past.
a. as many/ as b. as much/ as c. like many as d. similar many/ to
5. Although_______ other respect, birds and insects have both evolved efficient flying capacities.
a. are dissimilar in almost every b. is dissimilar in almost
c. dissimilar in almost every d. it is dissimilar in almost every 6.
_______ electricity you use, _______ your bill will be.

a. The more/ the higher b. The most/ the higher

 c. The more/ the high d. More/ higher

7. Because aluminum is lighter and cheaper_______, it is frequently used for hightension power
transmission.
a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather c. such nice weather d.
such weather nice
8. It is_______ that I would like to go to the beach.
a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather c. such nice weather d.
such weather nice
9. The treasures came from a second, _______ room.
a. the smallest b. as small as c. much smaller d. more small 10.
He_______ to be offered the job.
a. was such inexperienced b. was too inexperienced

c. not experienced enough d. b or c

11. Today shire horses are seen more and more in their traditional role_______ work horse.
a. alike b. as c. like d. as if
12. This book is_______ the one I read last month.
a. less much interesting b. the less interesting
c. much less than interesting d. much less interesting than 13. Mrs.
Harrison is_______ he owns many palaces.

a. so a rich man that b. such an rich man that

c. such a rich man that d. that so rich a man

14. He_______ I was scared.

a. drover too fast that b. drove so fastly that c. drove so fast that d. drove such fast
that
15. _______ the man gets, _______ he becomes.
a. The more old/ the more weak b. The order/ the weaker
c. The older/ the weakest d. older/ weaker

16. The possibility of being sued is _______ of construction companies.

a. often the greatest fear b. often the fear greatest
c. the greatest often fear d. the often greatest fear 17.
_______ was debated, the more people became involved.

a. The longer the issue b. The longer issue c. The long issue d. The longest issue

18. Her fever is_______ to ignore

a. too much high b. high too much c. too high d. so high
19. In the past six months, the company has already received twice_______ in the gross revenues
as it earned in the entire preceding year.
a. as much b. more c. as many d. as more
20. The cook make_______ that some people were not served
a. so much food b. so few food c. so little food d. too little