Comparison

I can make comparisons.

1 Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adverb in brackets.

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng so sánh hơn hoặc so sánh nhất của trạng từ trong ngoặc.)

1 Who works _________ (hard) out of all the students in the class?

2 There isn't much traffic today, so we should arrive _________ (soon) than we expected.

3 If you ate _________ (slowly), you'd enjoy your food more!

4 Erik did _________ (badly) than I did in this month's test.

5 My grandparents' house isn't far, but my aunt lives _________ (near) of all my family.

2 Match the two halves of the comparative sentences.

(Nối hai nửa của câu so sánh.)

3 Write the words in the correct order to make comparative sentences.

(Viết các từ theo đúng thứ tự để tạo thành câu so sánh hơn.)

1 that / one / than / is / This / expensive / cap / more / slightly

__________________________________________

2 do / far / than / My / scarier / I / finds / brother /spiders

__________________________________________

3 lot / cycling / energetic / Walking / is / than / less / a

__________________________________________

4 little / planned / Her / than / a / she'd / shopping / took / longer

__________________________________________

5 news / you / surprised / I / the / less / than / was / no / at

__________________________________________

4 Choose the correct answers (a-c) to complete the sentences.

(Chọn câu trả lời đúng (a-c) để hoàn thành câu.)

1 A quarter is ______ much as 25%.

a nowhere near as

b almost as

c just as

2 A second is ______ long as a minute.

a not quite as

b nothing like as

c nearly as

3 Eleven forty-five p.m. is ______ late as midnight.

a nearly as

b nowhere near as

c just as

4 Ninety-eight cents is ______ much as a euro.

a just as

b not quite as

c nothing like as

5 Spain is ______ cold as Iceland.

a nearly as

b almost as

c nowhere near as

6 The UK is ______ big as Russia.

a almost as

b nothing like as

c not quite as

5 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai sao cho có nghĩa giống câu thứ nhất.)

1 That was the worst holiday I'd ever had!

I'd never had a holiday as ________________________ one!

2 If we walk fast, we'll get there quicker.

The ________________________, we’ll get there.

3 Fast food used to be less healthy.

Fast food is ________________________ used to be.

4 My jacket is nothing like as comfortable as yours.

Your jacket is far ________________________ mine.

5 Your brother is the same age as me.

Your brother is just ________________________ I am.

6 Indian food is far spicier than English food.

English food is nothing ________________________ Indian food. 

6 Complete the text with the words below.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các từ dưới đây.)

Thanks to some films and TV shows, and certain types of music, many people still regard big cities in the USA as violent and crime-filled. However, recent reports show that they're ¹ _____ near as dangerous as some people believe. Statistics for violent crime are nothing ² _____ as bad as they were in the 1990s; the chance of being robbed or murdered

is much lower ³ _____ in the 1990s when those crimes were far ⁴ _____ common than they are today. There are also slightly ⁵ _____ property crimes than forty years ago, with a drop of 2.8% being reported by some sources. Many inner-city areas once considered 'no-go' zones are ⁶ _____ more pleasant than they used to be, and cities generally are just as safe ⁷ _____ anywhere else in the world. The problem, of course, is that the more the media focuses on the few serious crimes, ⁸ _____ more afraid people become.