Structures of comparison patterns and practice

Cấn Chính Trường STUCFTURES & PRACTICE August 08th,2.01.6 ENGLISH SENTENCES

STRUCTURES OF COMPARISON

PATTERNS AND PRACTICE

Exercise 1. Example: She is as beautiful as a flower. 1. Mai is fifteen. Bong is fifteen. Bong is as ... 2. Bong could swim as well as Joan. Lien ... 3. Phi is very handsome. You are very handsome too. Phi is ... 4. I play football very well. You play football very well. You play ... 5. He loves her very much, she loves him very much. She loves ...

Exercise 2. Examples: I am not as rich as they are. You are not quite so clever as Mike. 1. Your car is bigger than mine. My car ... 2. More people live in HCM City than in Hanoi. Not… 3. We spent more money in Hanoi than in HCN City. We didn’t spend... 4. We had expected ten guests but twenty arrived. There were twice as ... 5. Giang couldn’t swim as well as Phi. Pehi ... Exercise 3. Examples: It was such a tasty cake that I had four pieces. The cake was so tasty that l had four pieces. 1. The letter was so old that I couldn’t read it. It was ... 2. The book was so boring that I couldn’t finish it. It ... 3. The stick was so strong that I couldn’t break it. It ... 4. She was such a beautiful girl that it was a pleasure to look at her. She was so ... 5. The weather was so nice that we had to go for a walk. It was ...

Exercise 4. Examples: I speak more languages than Jennifer. Jennifer’s English is superior to mine. 1. Betty has fewer books than me. I ... 2. Mai couldn’t swim as well as Bong. Bong ... 3. This test is not as easy as I had expected. This test ... 4. I think our educational system is better than yours. I think our educational system is ... 5. There aren’t as many books in your library as in mine. There are ... Exercise 5. Example: There is less butter in the fridge than there was yesterday. 1. The acưess was not as beautiful as w e’d thought. The actress ... 2. The film was not as interesting as we’d expected. The film ... 3. Minh is far more responsible than Phuong. Phuong is much ... 4. I earned not so much money as I expected. I earned ... 5. We didn’t spend as long as we had planned on writing this essay. We spent ... Exercise 6 Examples: It will take me not less than an hour to solve this problem. It will take me at least an hour to solve this problem. 1. You won’t reach the station in less than ten minutes. It’ll take... 2. It takes me not less than four hours to do my homework. I usually ... 3. I always spend at least four days cleaning my room. It never takes... 4. I won’t be able to write this letter in less than twenty minutes. It ... 5. We’d better save at least VN$150,000,000 for redecorating our house. We’d better save ... Exercise 7 Examples: Which of the two cars do you prefer ? Which of the two cars would you prefer ? ThuVienDeThi.com

Cấn Chính Trường STUCFTURES & PRACTICE August 08th,2.01.6 ENGLISH SENTENCES

Which of the two cars would you rather have? 1. Given a choice of tea and coffee, I prefer coffee. I prefer ... 2. “I would much rather go for a walk than stay at home.” She said she would prefer... 3. “I prefer reading books to listening to the radio.” Mr Tuan said that he’d rather ... 4. They would prefer to visit Hue rather than Hanoi. They would rather... 5. Which of the following books would you prefer to read? Which ... Exercise 8 Example: The more I earn, the less money I have. 1. I eat less and less, yet I gain more and more weight. The ... 2. With each day we stayed in Hue, we loved the old city more. The ... 3. With each exercise he did, he understood the grammar less. The ... 4. As I grow older, I become more and more forgetful. The ... 5. I practise more and more and I become more and more skilful. The more ... Exercise 9. Example: There is nothing I dream about more than that I sh ould be able to visit Greece one day. 1. Most of all I want you to be healthy. There is nothing I w ant... 2. For a book to be illustrated is less important than for it to be interesting. It’s more important... 3. The beauty of the …