COMPARISON & DOUBLE COMPARISON
Exercise 1. Choose the best answer:
- My mother is…………………than me.
a head shorter B. taller a head C. shorter a head D. a head tall
- I got to the station……….than Tom.
A. early 10 minutes B. earlier 10 minutes
C. minutes early D. 10 minutes earlier
- Staying in a hotel costs……….renting a room in a flat for a week.
A. two times more than B. twice as much as
C. as much twice as D. as much as twice
- I think the board is too wide, I want a……….one.
A. narrow B. the narrow C. Narrower D. more narrow
- Tom is the shortest of……….in the Smith family.
A. any other member B. any of the members
C. anyone of the members D. all the members
- That is…..lecture we have ever listened to.
A. very inspiring B. more inspiring C. the most inspiring D. a most inspiring
- China has a……..population than……country.
A. large – any B. larger – all other C. larger – any other D. larger-other
- Her illness was ………. than we had thought first.
A. much serious B. more serious C. serious D. most serious
- The garden looks ………. since you tidied it up.
A. better B. well C. more good D. more well
- Petrol is twice ……… it was a few years ago.
A. more expensive than B. much expensive as
C. as expensive as D. as expensive than
- That house over there is ……….. building in the city.
A. the eldest B. the oldest C. the elder D. the older
- Let me know immediately if you hear any ………. news.
A. farther B. further C. farthest D. furthest
- I have never had a ………. meal than that.
A. more delicious B. most delicious C. delicious more D. delicious most
- ….the time passes, ……….I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I’ve just finished half of it.
A. The faster/the nervous B. The fast/the more nervous
C. The more fast/the nervous D. The faster/the more nervous
- Lan’s mother doesn’t like her boyfriend. She is getting…. Lan can’t stay out as long……….she likes any more.
A. stricter and stricter/as B. stricter and stricter/than
C. more and more strict/as D. more and more strict/than
1 A |
2 D |
3 B |
4 C |
5 D |
6 C |
7 C |
8 B |
9 A |
10 C |
11 B |
12 B |
13 A |
14 D |
15 A |
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EXERCISE 2: Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting
- It gets more and more cold when the winter is coming.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
- Earning money has been the thing that pleases him most.
The richest he becomes, the happier he is.
- The faster we finish, the soon we can leave.
- The more manufacturers advertise, the most products they sell.
- The most we jog, the healthier we are.
- The problem seems to be most serious.
- More happy you are, the more you laugh.
- Robert does not have as many money as Peter
- The Mekong Delta is one of the two larger deltas in Vietnam.
- Tom is the shorter of all the members in the Smith family.
- He is less richer than his father.
- My mother is a head short than me.
- I got to the station 10 minutes early than
- Staying in a hotel costs twice as many as renting a room in a flat for a week.
- I think the board is too wide, I want a more narrow one.
1 B |
2 D |
3 C |
4 C |
5 A |
6 D |
7 A |
8 B |
9 A |
10 B |
11 B |
12 C |
13 C |
14 C |
15 C |
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