FRIENDS PLUS 7
SECOND MID-TERM PRACTICE EXERCISE
Bài 1: Complete the sentences uing as .... as
1. I'm quite tall but you are taller.
→ I'm not _____________________________________________.
2. My salary is high, but yours is higher.
→ My salary isn't _____________________________________________.
3. You know a bit about cars, but I know more.
→ You don't _____________________________________________.
4. It's still cold, but it was colder yesterday.
→ Today isn't _____________________________________________.
5. I still feel quite tired, but I felt a lot more tired yesterday.
→ I don't _____________________________________________.
6. Our neighbours lived here for quite a long time, but we lived here longer.
→ Our neighbours did _____________________________________________.
7. I was a bit nervous before the interview, but usually I'm a lot more nervous.
→ I wasn't _____________________________________________.
Bài 2: Write a new sentence with the same meaning.
1. Richard is younger than he looks.
→ Richard isn't _____________________________________________.
2. I didn't spend as much money as you.
→ You spent _____________________________________________.
3. The station was nearer than I thought.
→ The station wasn't _____________________________________________.
4. The meal didn't cost as much as I expected.
→ The meal cost _____________________________________________.
5. I go out less than I used to.
→ I don't go out _____________________________________________.
6. Karen's hair isn't as long as it used to be.
→ Karen used to _____________________________________________.
7. I know them better than you do.
→ You don't _____________________________________________.
8. There are fewer people at this meeting than at the last one.
→ There aren't _____________________________________________.
Bài 3: Complete the senteces using as ... as + the following:
bad
quietly

comfortable
soon

fast

well

long

often
well-qualified

1. I'm sorry I'm late. I didn't get here as ___________ as I could.
2. It was a difficult question. I answered it as ___________ as I could.

3. "How long can I stay with you?" "You can stay as ___________ as you like."
4. I need the information quickly, so let me know as ___________ as possible.
5. I like to keep fit, so I go swimming as ___________ as I can.
6. I didn't want to wake anybody, so I came in as ___________ as I could.
7. I'm going to sleep on the floor. It's as ___________ as the bed.
8. Why did he get the job rather than me? I'm as ________________ as him.
9. At first I thought he was nice, but really he's as ___________ as everybody else.
Bài 4: Write sentences using the same … as …
1. David and James are both 22 years old. David is ____________________ James.
2. You and I both have dark brown hair. Your hair is ____________________. You have ____________________ I
do.
3. I arrived at 10.25 and so did you. I arrived ____________________.
4. My birthday is 5 April. Tom's birthday is 5 April too. My birthday is _________________________.
Bài 5: Complete the sentences with than ... or as ...
1. I can't reach as high as you. You are ________________ me.
2. 2. He doesn't know much. I know more ________________.
3. I don't study lazily. Most people study as hard ________________.
4. We were very surprised. Nobody was more surprised ________________.
5. She isn't a very good player. I'm _______________________.
Bài 6: Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative (-er than or more … than)
1. Yesterday the temperature was six degrees. Today it's only three dgrees.
→ It's _____________________________________________.
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
→ Travelling by car takes _____________________________________________.
→ Travelling by train takes _____________________________________________.
3. I ran ten kilometres. Dave stopped after eight kilometers.
→ I ran _____________________________________________.
4. Chris and Joe did badly in the test. Chris got 30% but Joe only got 25%.
→ Joe did _____________________________________________.
5. I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 o'clock. In fact they arrived at 2.30.
→ My friends _____________________________________________.
6. We were very busy at work today. We're not usually as busy as that.
→ We _____________________________________________.