Task 1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative form of the adjectives provided.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn bên dưới với 1 hình thức so sánh phù hợp của tính từ được cho.)

Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high) _____ education, and (2. easy) _____ access to (3. good) _____ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) _____ and (5. convenient) _____.
They may be right, but there’s one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) _____ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) _____ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _____ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) _____. Perhaps the (10. good) _____ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.

Task  2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.

(Hoàn thành các câu với những hình thức so sánh phù hợp của trạng từ trong khung.)

1. Can you speak              ? My English is not good.

2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep                   .

3. Nowadays, people dress               , so it’s difficult to say which country they are from.

4. It’s not always true that rich people donate                     than poor people.

5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat                  .

Task 3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly.

(Hoàn thành những câu bên dưới với một hình thức so sánh thích hợp của hard, early, late, fast, well và badly.)

1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do                .

2. We’ll be late for the fair. Can you drive                   ?

3. On Sunday, we can get up               than usual.

4. The farmers have to work                at harvest time.

5. You look tired. Are you feeling               than you did this morning?

6. My mother has to get up               than us to milk the cows.

Task 4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences

(Gạch dưới những hình thức so sánh để hoàn thành các câu.)

1. People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically/more optimistically about the future than city people.

2. In India, rural areas are more popularly/popular known as the ‘countryside’.

3. A village is less densely populated/more densely populated than a city.

4. City people seem to react quickly/more quickly to changes than country people.

5. Medical help can be less easily/more easily obtained in a city than in the countryside.

6. A buffalo ploughs better/more well than a horse.

Task 5. Write the answers to the questions below.

(Viết những câu trả lời cho câu hỏi bên dưới.)

1. Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?

(Nơi nào bình yên hơn, thành phố hay miền quê?)

2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?

(Cái nào làm việc tính toán nhanh hơn, máy tính hay con người?)

3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?

(Cái nào vất vả hơn, cuộc sống ở khu vực xa xôi hay một thị trấn hiện đại?)

4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?

(Thành phố nào đắt đỏ hơn, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh hay Huế?)

5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?

(Ai có thể ngửi tốt hơn, động vật hay con người?)