WEEK 10.2 – ENGLISH 7 – COMPARATIONS (SO SÁNH)
Adj / Adv
So sánh bằng
So sánh hơn
So sánh nhất
tall
large
beautiful
fluent
big
fat
happy
noisy
good
much
I. Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
1. This camera is not as expensive ________________I thought at first.
2. Her room is lovely. It is ________________a princess's room.
3. You like folk songs; I like pop music. Your taste is ________________ from mine.
4. My dad is not always as busy ________________my mum.
5. Some of us think that Spiderman 2 is not too________________ from Spiderman 1. 
6. I think the Temple of Literature is as ________________ Quan Thanh Temple. (old)
7. I don't like this film very much. It is __________________ the original book. (different)
8. Some students say maths is _________________ than music, but I don't think so. (important)
9. My grandma thinks modern life is _________________ as life in the past. (not / good)
10. Learning to play the guitar is _________________ I thought. (not / easy) 
II. Finish the second sentence in each pair, using like, as... as, or different from.
1. Rock is very exciting. It is not like country music.
=> Rock is very ____________________ country music.
2. Composer Hoang Long wrote many good songs for children. Composer Pham Tuyen also
wrote many good songs for children. 
=> Composer Hoang Long ______________ Pham Tuyen, wrote many good songs for children.
3. The Vatican Museum has excellent works of art. The Louvre Museum has excellent works of
art too.
=> The Vatican Museum's works of art are ___ excellent ___ the Louvre Museum's works of art.
4. A vacation on the beach is relaxing, while a vacation in a big city may not be.
=> A vacation on the beach is ______________________ a vacation in a big city.
5. City life is busy, but country life is peaceful. 
=> City life is not _______ peaceful ________ country life. 
III. Rewrite the sentences, using the given words.
1. Playing video games is not as good as exercising. (better) 
 Exercising ____________________________________________________.
2. Duong's father draws animals better than Duong. (well)
 Duong doesn't _________________________________________________.
3. This painting is not as valuable as the Mona Lisa. (more) 
 The Mona Lisa is _______________________________________________.
4. David is more artistic than Nick. (not as) 
 Nick is not ____________________________________________________.
5. The second version of the play is not different from the first. (like) 
 The second version of the play is ___________________________________.
IV. Rewrite the sentences, using the words given at the beginning.
1. A play is usually longer than a film. (Vở kịch thưởng dài hơn phim.)
=> A film is usually not ______________________________
2. I think action films are more interesting than comedies.

=> I think comedies are not _____________________________________.
3. Our maths homework is more difficult than our history homework. 
-> Our history homework is not _________________________________.
4. This year's music contest is different from last year's.
=> This year's music contest is not _______________________________.
5. The characters in the film are not the same as the ones in the play.
=> The characters in the film are _________________________________.
6. This picture is brighter than that picture.
=> That picture is not __________________________________________.
7.Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it's only six degrees.
=> It's __________________________________________________.
8. Jane cooks better than her sister.
=> Jane's sister __________________________________________.
9.Tom is the best football player in this team.
=> Nobody in this team ___________________________________.
10. This building is higher than that one.
=> That house is __________________________________________.
V. Choose the best answer:
1.Of the four dresses, I like the red one(better/best)
2. Bill is the (happier / happiest) person we know.
3. Pat's cat is (faster/fastest) than Peter's.
4.This poster is (colourfuler /more colourful) than the one in the hall.
5.Does Fred feel (weller /better) today than he did yesterday?
6.This vegetable soup tastes very (good/best)
7.Jane is the (less/least) athletic of all the women.
8. My cat is the (prettier/ prettiest) of the two.
9.This summary is (the better/ the best) of the pair.
10. The colder the weather gets, (sicker/the sicker) I feel.
VI. Complete the adj / adv:
1.Mary is (pretty) ………………………. as her sister.
2. A new house is (expensive) …………………………than an old one.
3. His job is (important)……………………………… than mine.
4. Of the four ties, I like the red one (well)…………………………
5. Nobody is (happy) …………………………….. than Miss Snow.
6.Today English is the (international) …………………………… of languages.
7.Jonh is much (strong) ………………………….. than I thought.
8. Benches are (comfortable) ………………………… than arm- chairs.
9. Bill is (good) ……………………… than you thought.
10.Mr Bush is the (delightful) ……………………………. person I have ever known.
11.Dick is the (careful) ………………………..of the three workers.
12.Is the book (interesting) ………………………… than the one you read last week?
13. Gold is (precious) ………………………than iron.
14.The weather today is (warm) ……………………than the weather yesterday.
15.This film is not (good) ………………………. as the one we saw last week.
16.Holidays are (pleasant) …………………………. than working days.
17.Which is the (high) ……………………………. mountain in your country?
18. A house is (strong) ………………………….. than a dog.
19. Robert is (fat) ……………………………….than his brother.
20.The Pacific is the (large) ………………………….. ocean in the world.