II.Complete the sentences using a comparative form :
1.It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere ....................................?
2.This coffee is very weak. I like it a bit...........................................
3.The hotel was surprisingly big. I expected it to be..........................
4.The weather is too cold in this country. I expexted it to be..............................
5.My job is a bit boring, sometimes I’d like to do something.
6.I was surprised how easy it was to use the computer. I thought it would be...........................
7.Your work isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do ...............................
8.Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be....................................
9.You’re talking very loudly. Can you speak a bit.......................................
10.You hardly ever phone me. Why don’t you phone me....................................
DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERDS
(mức độ so sánh của tính từ và trạng từ)
1. Equal comparisons(so sánh bằng):
S1 + V + as + adjective (N) / adverb + as + S2
Ex: He is as tall as his father. / Nam sings as well as his sister.
Is the film as intersting as you expected?
Or S1 + V + the same + (noun) + as + S2
Ex: My house is the same height as his (house). (My house is as high as his.)
Nam is as old as Lan. (Nam and Lan are the same age.)
heavy / light – weight wide / narrow – width
deep / shallow - depth long / short - length
big / small - size old - age
2. Comparisons:
a. Comparatives :
short adj / adv + er
S1 + V + more + long adj / adv + than + S2
less + long adj / adv
short adjectives: more happy(ier), more narrow(er), simple, clever , ....
bigger, hotter.
b. Double comparatives (so sánh đôi):
[1] The + comparative + S1 + V + the + comparative + S2 + V
(Càng ..... càng)
Ex: The hotter it is , the more miserable I feel.
The more you study, the smarter you will become.
[2] Short Adj / Adv + er and adj / adv + er (Càng ngày càng…)
More and more + long adj / adv
Ex; Betty is younger and younger.
Her story was more and more attractive.
3. Superlatives:
the short adj / adv + est … in + singular noun
S + V + most long adj / adv … + of + plural noun
least long adj / adv
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