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COMPARISON
1. COMPARISON ISSUES
A- Comparatives & Superlatives
B- Quantity comparison BASIC (CƠ BẢN)
C- Similarities & Contrasts
D- Linking words (But/By contrast/Although/While) ADVANCED (NÂNG CAO)

2. COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

A- READING T-F-NG & MCQ & MATCHING:

A + (short) ADJ_er + than + B

A + more (long) ADJ + than + B

A + the (short) ADJ_est (so sánh với B, C, etc.)

A + the most (long) ADJ (so sánh với B, C, etc.)

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Lưu ý:

1. Chủ thể so sánh (A, B, C) phải tương xứng và phù hợp (relevant):
 The highest percentage of Internet users in 2009 was Canada.
 Mexico was always the lowest/smallest proportion of Internet users.
 Canada was higher than Mexico in (of) Internet users in 1999.
2. Lỗi sai phổ biến ‘double comparatives’: MORE + ADJ_er (more happier,
more prettier, etc.)

MOST + NOUN: > 50%

= MOST OF + THE + noun

= ALMOST ALL ~ nearly

Many/much  MORE + unc./count. Noun

Little  LESS + UNC. Noun

Few  FEWER + Count. Noun

Exercise 1 (Reference books: Common mistakes at IELTS – Advanced (20))

1. Young people should not be required to study full-time until their age(s) (reaches) 18
years old.
2. Fish and chips (be) ……………….. the most popular dish in the UK.
Fish and meat (be) ……………….. the most popular food all over the world.
3. The garbage (be) ……………….. collected every Tuesday.
4. Advertising in school newsletters (be) ……………….. a waste of time.
5. New technology (allow) ……………….. us to analyse the data in seconds.
6. Older people often (eat) ……………….. less and (need) ……………….. less sleep.
7. Advances in medicine (mean) ……………….. that people are living longer.

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8. Access to clean drinking water (be) ……………….. a
basic human right.
9. Everyone (receive) ……………….. a welcome pack on the first day.
10. The number of places available (vary) ……………….. each year.
An increasing number of students (travel) ……………….. to study in the UK.

Recommendation:

Thêm MODAL VERBs:

 Fish and chips may be the most popular dish in the UK.

Chuyển về Past Simple (Tense):

 Fish and chips used to be the most popular dish in the UK (nghĩa của câu có thay
đổi).
Exercise 2: (Reference books: Common mistakes at IELTS – Intermediate (Test1))

The table (show) …………… the top ten countries in terms of internet usage. The number
one country (be) …………… New Zealand, which (have) …………… the largest number of
internet users. United Kingdom is at the bottom of the list. Surprisingly, United States (not
feature) …………… in the top ten at all. However, a little-known group of islands called
Faroe Islands (be ranked) …………… fifth in the world. Sweden and Malta (be ranked)
…………… third and fourth. Both (have) …………… almost the same number of users,

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with over 75,500 people per 100,000 accessing the
Internet.
3. TENSES

THỜI (MỐC THỜI GIAN) THÌ (TÍNH CHẤT HÀNH ĐỘNG)

Past (quá khứ) Simple (lặp đi lặp lại)
Present (hiện tại) Continuous (đang tồn tại)
Future (tương lai) Perfect (hoàn thành)

A- Writing task 1:

4. VERB FORMAT

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