Giúp mình với các bạn ENGLISH 8 COMPARISONS I. Underline the correct form of the word. 1. We’ve all been working very hard / hardly and now we’re tired 2. Our school Internet connection is really slow / slowly. 3. What’s the matter with him? He looks angry / angrily. 4. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden. 5. Rural areas are common / commonly known as the countryside or a village. 6. Nomadic children are very brave / bravely to learn to ride a horse at the age of five. 7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees. 8. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully. 9. Don’t talk so fast / fastly– I can’t understand what you’re saying. 10. John was a kindly and generous / generously man. II. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of adverbs in the box. Add ‘than’ where necessary. 1. The teacher spoke ___________ to help us to understand. 2. She answered all the questions __________ the other students and she got a very good mark. 3. The Spanish athlete ran ___________ the other runners, so he won the race. 4. Jim threw the ball ___________ Peter. 5. This street is crowded and narrow. Couldn’t you drive a bit ___________? 6. These days we are eating ___________ ever before. 7. I did ___________ on the test than Mark did. He got an A+ and I just got an A. 8. Machines can help farmers harvest ___________. 9. Does more money make you work ___________? 10. You’re talking so loudly. Could you speak a bit ___________, please? III. Underline the correct words or phrases. 1. Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more carefully. 2. Life in some parts of the country is boring / more boring than that in other parts. 3. The old usually get up earlier / more early than the young. 4. An ox doesn’t plough weller / better than a buffalo. 5. These 7 thinking habits will help you become more confident / more confidently. 6. Don’t worry. The river is not as deep / deeper as it looks. 7. After a hard working day, you may sleep soundlier / more soundly than usual. 8. My father has been much healthier / more healthy since he stopped smoking. 9. The air in the mountainous zones is more fresh / fresher than that in the cities. 10. I can’t understand. Would you ask him to speak clearlier / more clearly? IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. Some people think that health is _____________ than money. (important) 2. The pollution in our city is much _____________ than it used to be. (bad) 3. My new teacher explained the lessons _____________ than my old teacher. (clear) 4. He doesn’t play volleyball as _____________ as his brother. (good) 5. Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it _____________ next time. (good) 6. Communication is a lot _____________ than it was 50 years ago. (easy) 7. People in rural areas wear _____________ than those in cities. (simple) 8. Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis. (late) 9. These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are _____________? (narrow) 10. My mother always gets up _____________ than everybody else in the house. (early) 11. Rene speaks _____________ than the other ESL students in the class. (fluent) 12. Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say? (intelligent) 13. I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one. (boring) 14. Max finished the homework _____________ than anyone else in the class. (fast) 15. He doesn’t look as _____________ as he used to. (happy) V. Rewrite the sentences, using the given words. 1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees. => It’s 2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train. => It takes 3. We were very busy at work today. We are not as busy as that every day. => We 4. Jane cooks better than her sister. => Jane’s sister 5. Tom is the best football player in this team. => Nobody in this team