EXERCISE

I. Choose the correct answer

1. Your composition is much better ___________ his.
A. than
B. as
C. to
D. like
2. Albert Einsteins contributions to scientific theory were____ those of Galileo and Newton.
A. important than
B. more important
C. the most important
D. as important as
3. That is ________ story I have heard.
A. more incredible
B. as incredible
C. the most incredible
D. most incredible
4. It is not always _______ students who do well in the test.
A. brighter
B. most bright
C. more bright
D. the brightest
5. Terylene shirts are ______ wearing, but cotton shirts are much _____.
A. harder/ most comfortable
B. hardest/ more comfortable
C. harder/ most comfortable
D. more hard/ more comfortable
6. Which is _______, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior?
A. deeper
B. the deepest
C. deepest
D. deep
7. She is far ______ than she used to be.
A. self- confident
B. more self- confident
C. self- confidenter
D. most self- confident
8. _______ man among the guests is a basketball player.
A. The tallest
B. Taller
C. The taller
D. Tallest
9. I like both of them, but I think Kate is _____ to talk to.
A. more easy
B. as easy
C. as easy as
D. easier
10. Most people are _____ than their parents used to be.
A. better off
B. the best off
C. as well off
D. best off
11. She has a lot to be thankful for; but ______ thing of all is that she does not realize it.
A. the sadder
B. saddest
C. the saddest
D. saddest
12. You look a lot ______ than you did last time I saw you.
A. sadder
B. saddest
C. as sad
D. more sadder
13. There is nothing _______ than locking yourself out of your own house.
A. more irritating B. the most irritating C. more irritating
D. much irritating
14. Both roads lead to the city centre, but the left- hand one is probably a bit ____ and ___.
A. shorter/ most direct
B. more short/ more direct
C. shortest/ more direct
D. shorter/ more direct
15. As I get _______. I notice the policemen seem to be getting _____.
A. older / youngest
B. oldest/ younger
C. older/ younger
D. the oldest/ the youngest
16. Everybody was shocked. Nobody was more shocked ______ Nick.
A. than
B. as
C. x
D. as well as
17. I wish you were ____ pretty ____ your mother.
A. as/as
B. more/ than
C. more/ as
D. as/ than
18. Paris is ______ exciting ____ London.
A. as/ than
B. as/ as
C. more/ as
D. more /that
19. That was great! It was _____ meal you have ever cooked.
A. good
B. best
C. better
D. the best
20. This exhibition is ____ interesting than the previous one.
A. little
B. least
C. less
D. the least
II. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( A, B, C, or D ).
21. A new shop was opening on main street last week.
A
B
C
D
22. His teacher encouraged him taking part in the competition.
A
B
C
D

23. My family used to be having dinner at 7 oclock in the evening.

A
B
C
D
24. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend.
A
B
C
D
25. Your friends went to your native village last weekend, werent they?
A
B
C
D
III. Rewrite the following sentences by using the given words
1. Susan isnt as good at chemistry as Sarah.
Sarah is
2. No one in the group is younger than he.
He is the
3. Stone isnt as hard as iron.
Iron is
4. Tom is the best football player in the team.
No one in the team is
5. I dont play the guitar as well as he does.
He plays
6. My sister is taller than any other student in the class.
My sister is the
7. No other city in Vietnam is as large as HCM city.
HCM city
8. This story is more interesting than any other story that I have ever heard.
This is the
9. My father cant cook as well as my mother does.
My mother cooks
10. My sister is taller than any other student in the class.
My sister is the

1. Patty is (short) ______ than her brother.

2. The Jones family is (rich) ______ than the Smith family.
3. My room is (clean) _______ than hers.
4. His cellphone is the (expensive) _______ of them all.
5 The sea is (calm) _______.