Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjective or adverb, comparative or superlative of the words provided.
1. This is ___________________________ (fancy) dress I own.
2. In my opinion, a deer moves ____________________ (graceful) of all the animals.
3. The politician spoke ________________ (loud) than was necessary.
4. When we travel, my suitcase is always _______________ (heavy) than my husband’s.
5. Mrs. Pedrido speaks _______________________(fluent) than her husband, but her daughter speaks _______________________ (fluent) of the whole family.
6. Annie usually gets up ________________(early) than her sister.
7. Bonnie works ___________________(hard) of all the employees in the office.
8. Judy goes to the library ____________________ (often) than I do.
8. This is _____________________ (bad) movie I have ever seen.
10. Shaun sings even __________________(beautiful) than her mother, who is a famous opera star. In fact, she has ___________________ (beautiful) voice I’ve ever heard.
Exercise 4: Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between TWO AND FIVE WORDS in each gap.
1. I have never watched a better movic than this one. EVER
=> This is the ______________________________
2. Nobody has ever been this far into the desert. THE
=> This is ________________________has ever been into the desert. THE
3. I was told that Ellie was the most industrious student in the class.
=> I was told that ______________________ than Ellie. NO
4. This is the oldest palace in this urban area.
=> This _____________________ the others in this urban areas. THAN
5. The paiting Ruby colored is the worst one you can imagine.
=> You can’t imagine __________________than Ruby colored.
PART C: EXTRA EXERCISE – READING
Exercise 1: Answer these following questions.
Last week Nick and some of his classmates went to the countryside. They went to visit a farm of Nick’s uncle.
They left early in the morning and went there by bus. Nick’s uncle, Mr. Brown met them at the bus stop and took them to his farm. Uncle Brown showed them the field of wheat and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, ploughing and breaking soil, distributing manure and planting potatoes.
After lunch, they all went for a walk. In the large yard of the farm, they saw some farm machines. Among them is the biggest machine which is called a combine harvester. They were told that this machine can cut and thresh corn at the same time.
In the afternoon, they went to the place where cattle such as horses, sheep and cows were raised. They were very excited to see how cows were milked by the workers there. Uncle Brown also spoke about many interesting things in the countryside. After having some fruits and cakes, they said goodbye and went home.
1. What does his uncle grow on his farm?
___________________________________________________
2. What can a tractor do?
___________________________________________________
3. What is typical of a combine harvester?
___________________________________________________
4. Which kinds of cattle are raised in Uncle Brown’s farm?
___________________________________________________
Exercise 2: Fill out the table below and note them down on your Vocabulary-Grammar notebook.
New words | Definition | Example | Synonym | Antonym |
Tractor | | | | |
Plough | | | | |
Manure | | | | |
Thresh | | | | |
1 I didn't enjoy the exercise class, but it probably did me good.
(Tôi không thích lớp thể dục, nhưng có lẽ nó đã giúp ích cho tôi.)
2 He finds exams difficult, but he always does his best.
(Anh ấy thấy các kỳ thi khó, nhưng anh ấy luôn cố gắng hết sức.)
3 It wasn't my birthday yesterday – you made a mistake.
(Hôm qua không phải là sinh nhật của tôi – bạn đã phạm sai lầm.)
4 Both hotels look great, but we have to make a choice.
(Cả hai khách sạn đều tuyệt vời, nhưng chúng ta phải lựa chọn.)
5 I like your new haircut. It makes a big difference to your appearance.
(Tôi thích kiểu tóc mới của bạn. Nó tạo nên sự khác biệt lớn cho diện mạo của bạn.)
6 Did you see that motorbike? It was doing about 200 km/h!
(Bạn có thấy chiếc xe máy đó không? Nó đang chạy khoảng 200 km/h!)