COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS (2021-2022)

1. Equality comparison (so sánh bằng)

As + adj / adv + as
Note : ở thể phủ định và nghi vấn có thể dùng

so + adj / adv + as
Eg: 1. He is (tall)____AS TALL______ as his father.
2. His job is not (difficult)_______AS DIFFICULT__________ as mine.
3. Mary doesn't write her lessons as (bad)_____BADLY AS__________ she did last year.
4. Last year , Mary didn't write her lessons(careful)_________AS CAREFULLY AS___________she does.

1. Hotels have developed____________ restaurants.

A. as rapidly as B. so rapid as C. as rapid as D. more rapid
2. Impalas cannot move as ___________ cheetahs but they are more efficient runners.
A. faster than B. fast as C. as fastly as D. are fast as
3. Albert Einstein’s contributions to scientific theory were____________ those of Galileo and Newton.
A. important than B. more important C. the most important D. as important as
4. The test is not ____________.
A. as difficult as was it last month. B. so difficult as it was last month
C. more difficult as it was last month. D. the most difficult at all.
5. Peter can not earn ___________ his wife.
A. as many money as B. as much money as
C. as many money than D. as much money than
6. Tuition at an American university runs______ one thousand dollars a semester.
A. so high as B. as high to C. as high as D. as high than
7. Jane is not______ her brother.
A. more intelligent as B. intelligent as C. so intelligent as D. so intelligent that
8. He drives as______ his father does.
A. careful as B. more carefully C. the most careful D. carefully as
9. Your pencil is ______ as mine.
A. as sharp B. not sharp C. sharper D. sharp
10. Despite its smaller size, the Indian Ocean______ the Atlantic Ocean.
A. as deep as B. is the same deep as C. deeper as D. is as deep as

the same +(noun) + as

Eg: 1. My house is as high as his

My house is the same _____HEIGHT AS HIS_____________.
2. Please cut my hair ________ the style in this magazine.
A. the same length like B. the same length as
C. the same long like D. the same long as
3. Jane is______ age as Mary.
A. as same B. the most same
C. the same D. more same

Short and long adjectives

- Short adj ( một âm tiết): Long, short, nice, dry
- Long adj ( hai âm tiết trở lên): Careful, careless, complicated, bored
- Tính từ hai vần “y”, “ow’’, “le”, “er”, “et” - short Adj ( Happy, lovely, lazy, busy, narrow, simple, clever,
quiet..)
2. Superiority comparison (So sánh hơn)
a. Tính từ ngắn
Adj/ adv + er + than
Eg: Today it is (hot)____HOTTER______ than it was yesterday.
He works (hard)______HARDER_______ than he did last year.
Does your mother type (fast)________FASTER THAN______ your father ?

b. tính từ dài
more adj/ adv + than
Eg : 1. She is (careful)________MORE CAREFUL__________than her mother.
2. Are you(tired)________MORE TIRED_________ I am ?
3. He sings(beautiful)___________MORE BEAUTIFULLY_________ other competitors .

1. Commercial centres are __________they were many years ago.

A. as popular than B. more popular than C. the most popular D. most popular than
2. Celine Dion sings____________than this singer.
A. well B. better C. gooder D. more good
3. Ho Chi Minh city is _________than Nha Trang.
A. more large B. as large C. not so large D. larger
4. Steel is___________ than wood.
A. more heavy B. as heavy C. heavier D. more heavier
5. This house is_______ the others we've seen.
A. father more expensive than B. far more expensive than
C. far most expensive D. further more expensive
6. This car is___________than mine.
A. more expensive B. as expensive C. expensive D. not so expensive
7. Tim’s grades are ___________ than John.
A. worse B. worst C. as bad D. so bad
8. Of the two sisters, Linda______
A. is beautiful B. the most beautiful C. is more beautiful D. is so beautiful as
9. Although she is very popular, she is not______ her sister.
A. pretty as B. as pretty as C. prettier than D. more pretty than
10. The rooms in Graduate Towers are______ Patterson Hall.
A. larger than B. larger than that of C. larger than those in D. larger than in

3. Superlative comparison (So sánh nhất )

a. Tính từ ngắn
the adj/ adv + est

Eg : 1. This street is (long)_______________ in our city .

2. She works (hard)________________in her company .
3. July is usually (hot)________the hostest_______ month in a year .

b. Tính từ dài
the most adj/ adv

Eg : 1. Miss Venezuela is (beautiful)_______the most beautiful____________in the Miss world contest .

2. He is (careless)__________the most careless_________driver that I have ever met .
3. He did this work (successfully)__________the most _ successfully ____________ .
1. The Nile River is ____________of all.
A. longer B. the longest C. long D. longest
2. She is the ____________girl in our town.
A. more beautiful B. beauty C. most beautiful D. more beautifully
3. Jim is the__________in his class.
A. clever B. cleverest C. cleverer D. more clever
4. Can Tho bridge is the ____________one in the South of Viet Nam.
A. long B. more long C. longest D. longer
5. Peter is the______ student in my class.
A. taller than B. so tall as C. the tallest D. tallest
6. The deep oceans contain some of the______ of all living creatures.
A. strangest B. strange C. as strange as D. stranger
7. What's the______ film you've ever seen?
A. good B. best C. better D. the best
8. Of all the ball-point pens, which one do you like______?
A. best B. the best C. most D. the most
9. She is the______ daughter in the family.
A. older B. more old C. eldest D. oldest
10. He is the______ student in this class.
A. very intelligent B. most intelligent C. more intelligent D. less intelligent

Special adjectives/ adverbs:

No Equal degree Comparative Superlative

1. bad/ badly/ ill worse the worst
2. good/ well better the best
3. much/ many more the most
4. little less the least
5. far farther/ further the farthest/ furthest
6. old older/ elder the oldest/ eldest

Eg : 1. Children in big cities learn English (well)______________ than the ones in countryside .
2. He is (bad)_______________ player in his team .
3. I have (many)________________English books than yours

4. Double comparison (So sánh kép)

a. So sánh kép 1 việc
adj- er and adj-er
more and more adj
Eg : 1. It is (cold)__colder and colder_________________when the winter comes near .
2. She speaks English(fluent)_____more and more fluently______________________.
3. He plays football (bad)____ worse and worse __________________ .
4. His disease becomes (serious)________more and more serious______
5. We are (old)_____ older and older _____________ when the time goes by .

b. So sánh kép 2 việc

The + Adj-er + S + V , the + Adj-er+ S + V
The + more Adj + S + V , the + more Adj+ S + V

Eg : 1. The(much)_______more________ you learn , the (good)________ better ____________ you are .

2. The (long)______longer__________ the journey is , the (tired)_______more tired__________ we feel .
3. The (beautiful)______more beautiful__she is, the (modest)__more modest ___ she becomes.
1. The more she smiles , _______she becomes.
A. more graceful B. the most graceful
C. most graceful D. the more graceful
2. The harder you learn___________.
A. The better is your English B. The better will be your English
C. The better becomes your English D. The better your English will be
3. It gets __________. Let’s go swimming.
A. hot and hot B. the more hot C. more and more hot D. hotter and hotter
4. The problem seems to be______________.
A. more serious B. more serious than
C. more serious as D. more and more serious
5. Prices get______________.
A. high and high B. highest and highest
C. more and more high D. higher and higher
6. The more manufacturers advise, __________ they sell.
A. the most products B. the products more C. the more products D. most products
7. ________ a car is __________ it is.
A. The more expensive/ the comfortabler
B. The most expensive/ the most comfortable
C. The more expensive/ the more comfortable
D. The less expensive/ the more comfortable
8. Viet Nam becomes___________ to foreign tourists.
A. more and most attractive B. the more attractive
C. much and more attractive D. more and more attractive
9. The harder this farmer works, ______ he becomes.
A. the poorest B. the poorer C. the more poor D. poorer
10. It's becoming________ to find a job.
A. more difficult and more B. more and more difficult
C. most and more difficult D. more difficult than

5. So sánh số lần

Số lần (twice/three time) as + adj/ much/ many+ as

Eg: 1. The price of petrol now is twice as much as it was last year .
2. He is 60 years old . His wife is 20 years old . He is ____________ his wife .
A. three times as old as B. as old three times
C. as older than D. as old as three time
3. This one is prettier, but it costs______ as the one.
A. as much as B. twice as much C. as many D. twice as many
4. I would have paid______ for my car if the salesman had insisted, because I really wanted it.
A. as much twice B. much twice C. twice as much D. times two
5. My new glasses cost me______ the last pair that I bought.
A. times three B. three times more than
C. three times as much as D. as much three times as
 ĐỀ THI ĐẠI HỌC CÁC NĂM
(DH 2009)
Question 58: John paid $2 for his meal, ______ he had thought it would cost.
A. not as much B. not so much as C. less as D. not so many as
(DH 2010)
Question 53: “The inflation rate in Greece is five times ______ my country,” he said.
A. more than B. as high as that in C. as many as that in D. as much as

(DH 2011)
Question 59: This shirt is ______ that one
A. much far expensive than. B. as much expensive as.
C. a bit less expensive. D. not nearly as expensive as.

(DH2013)
Question 20: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid ______ we asked.
A. four times as much as B. four time much than
C. four time as many as D. four times much as.
Question 21: We all agree that she is ______ student in our class.
A. most clever. B. the cleverest. C. a more clever. D. cleverest.

(DH A1 2013)
Question 5: The Moon is much closer to Earth __, and thus it had greater influence on the tides
A. but the Sun is B. where the Sun is C. than is the Sun D. unlike the Sun

(DH A1 2014)
Question 13: In my apartment there are two rooms, _______ is used as the living-room.
A. the large one B. the largest one
C. the largest of which D. the larger of which
Question 24: The higher the content of carbon dioxide in the air is, ______.
A. the more heat it retains B. the heat it retains more
C. it retains the more heat D. more heat it retains

TN THPTQG 2015
Question 13: After the new technique had been introduced, the factory produced ______cars in 2014 as the
yearbetore.
A. twice as many B. twice many as C. as many twice D. as twice many

TN THPTQG 2016
Question 28: The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they became.
A B C D

TN THPTQG 2017
Question 15. The better the weather is, .
A. the most crowded the beaches get B. the most the beaches get crowded
C. the more crowded the beaches get D. the more the beaches get crowded
Question 12. The more you practise speaking English, .
A. the more fluently you can speak it B. the more fluent you can speak it
Ques C. the more you can speak it fluent D. the more you can speak it fluently tion 10.
The larger
the area of forest is destroyed, ____________.
A. the most frequent natural disasters are B. the more frequent are natural disasters
C. the more frequently natural disasters occur D. the most frequently natural disasters occur
TN THPTQG 2019
Question 32: I like reading books more than surfing the Internet.
A. I like surfing the Internet more than reading books.
B. I don't like surfing the Internet as much as reading books.
C. I don't like reading books as much as surfing the Internet.
D. I like reading books less than surfing the Internet.
Question 27: Paul likes reading comic books more than watching cartoons.
A. Paul likes watching cartoons as much as reading comic books.
B. Paul doesn't like reading comic books as much as watching cartoons.
C. Paul doesn't like watching cartoons as much as reading comic books.
D. Paul likes watching cartoons more than reading comic books.
Question 43: My father likes reading newspapers more than watching TV
A. My father doesn't like watching TV as much as reading newspapers.
B My father likes watching TV as much as reading newspapers.
C. My father doesn't like reading newspapers as much as watching TV.
D. My father likes watching TV more than reading newspapers.
Question 47: Many teenagers like facebooking more than doing sport
A. Many teenagers like doing sport as facebooking
B. Many teenagers like doing sport more than facebooking.
C. Many teenagers don't like doing sport as much as facebooking.
D. Many teenagers don't like facebooking as much as doing sport.

TN THPTQG 2020
Question 46: She is more responsible than her brother.
A. She is less responsible than her brother.
B. Her brother is more responsible than she is.
C. She is as responsible as her brother.
D. Her brother isn’t as responsible as she is.
Question 45: Peter is more successful than his sister.
A. Peter is as successful as his sister.
B. Peter's sister is more successful than he is.
C. Peter is less successful than his sister.
D. Peter's sister is not as successful as he is.
Question 31: Mary is more intelligent than her brother.
A. Mary's bfrother is more intelligent than she is.
B. Mary is less intelligent than her brother.
C. Mary isn’t as intelligent as her brother.
D. Mary's brother isn’t as intelligent as she is.
Question 43: Tom is more ambitious than his elder sister.
A. Tom is as ambitious as his elder sister.
B. Tom’s elder sister is more ambitious than he is.
C. Tom’s elder sister is not as ambitious as he is.
D. Tom is less ambitious than his elder sister.
Question 49: Mary plays badminton better than I do.
A. Mary plays badminton as well as I do.
B. Магу doesn’t play badminton better than I do.
C. I play badminton better than Mary does.
D. I don’t play badminton as well as Mary does.
Question 43: Peter plays football better than I do.
A. Peter doesn’t play football better than I do.
В. I play football better than Peter does.
C. Peter plays football as well as I do.
D. I don’t play football as well as Peter does.
Question 45: Paul plays tennis better than I do.
A. Paul doesn’t play tennis better thun I do.
B. I don’t play tennis as well as Paul does.
C. Paul plays tennis as well as I do.
D. I play tennis better than Paul does.
Question 31: Kent plays volleyball better than I do.
A. I don’t play volleyball as well as Kent does.
B. Kent plays volleyball as well as I do.
C. Kent doesn't play volleyball better than 1 do.
D. I play volleyball better than Kent docs.

TN THPTQG 2021
Question 1: ______ you love English, the better you can learn it.
A. Most B. Most of C. The more D. More

Question 2: ______ interesting the project is, the more the students can learn from it.
A. Most B. The more C. More D. Most of

Question 3: ______ comfortable I feel, the more creative I am.

A. Most B. More C. Most of D. The more

Question 4: ______ information you get, the better you will understand the problem.
A. Most B. More C. The more D. Most of

COMPARISIONS (A.Y: 2020-2021)

1. Thanks to the great effort of doctors and nurses, her health is getting ____________.
A. good and good B. worse and worse C. the better and better D. better and better
2. New York Harbor is one of _____________ in the world.
A. the larger B. larger C. the largest D. largest
3. Maria is not ______________ her mother.
A. as beautiful as B. more beautiful than C. the most beautiful D. as beautiful than
4. The higher the price of petrol increases, ______________.
A. everything becomes more expensive B. more expensive everything becomes
C. the more everything becomes more expensive D. the more expensive everything becomes
5. Day by day we are all getting ______________.
A. old and old B. older and older C. more and more old D. the older and older
6. This is one of _________ books that I have ever read.
A. most interesting B. the more interesting C. the most interesting D. as interesting
7. He finds physics ___________ other science subject.
A. more difficult than B. the most difficult
C. not difficult as D. more and more difficult than
8. The longer I live with her, ___________.
A. I understand her more B. more and more I understand her
C. the more I understand her D. I understand her more and more
9. I feel happy because my birthday is coming ____________
A. close and close B. closer and closer C.
more and more close D. the closer and closer
10. _______________ the higher your bill will be.
A. You use more electricity B. the more electricity you use
C. the more and more you use electricity D. the more you use electricity

11. It is ____________ experience I have had.

A. the more embarrassing B. the most embarrassed
 C. the most embarrassing D. as embarrassing as
12. The longer he waited _____________.
A. the more impatient he became B. the more he became impatient
C. more and more impatient he became D. he became more impatient
13. It is becoming ____ to find a job.
A. more and more harder B. harder and harder
C. more and more hard D. as hard as
14. Eating and traveling in this city is getting ___________.
A. as expensive as B. more expensive than
C. more and more expensive D. expensive and more expensive
15. Seeing the movie is not _______ reading the book version,
A. more interesting than B. more and more interesting
C. so interesting as D. much as interesting as
16. Among the boys in this class, Tom is ____________.
A. the tall B. the taller C. tallest D. the tallest
17. The earth is becoming __________.
A. more and more hot B. more hotter C. the hottest D. hotter and hotter
18. ___________ the more health risks people face.
A. The more the environment is polluted B. The more polluted the environment is
C. The environmentalist more and more polluted D. The environment is more polluted
19. The more he explained _________.
A. we became more and more confused B. more and more confused we became
C. the more confused we became D. the more we became confused.
20. Russian is __________ to learn than English.
A. much difficult B. as difficult C. most difficult D. much more difficult
21. Silver is not ___________gold.
A. heavier than B. so heavy than C. more heavy than D. as heavy as
22. The problems of environmental pollution are getting ____________.
A. more and more bad B. badder and badder
C. worse and worse D. the worse and worse
23. ____________ the better the service it provides.
A. The most expensive the hotel is B. The hotel is more expensive
C. The more the hotel is expensive D. The more expensive the hotel is
24. The suitcase seemed to get_________ as I carried it upstairs.
A. heavier and heavier B. more and more heavier
C. heavy and heavier D. the heavier and heavier
25. He is ___________ man that I have ever met.
A. the more interesting B. most interesting C. the most interesting D. the interesting
26. John doesn’t work __________ his brother.
A. as hardly as B. harder than C. as harder as D. as hard as
27. My sister is a _________ cook than I am.
A. better B. good C. well D. the best
28. The more you talk about the situation, ____________.
A. it seems the worse B. the worse it seems
C. it seems worse D. the worse does it seem
29. The more you study, _____________.
A. the more knowledge do you gain B. you will gain more knowledge
C. you are more knowledgeable D. the more knowledge you gain
30. Owning to the new economic policy our people’s living standards are getting _________.
A. good and good B. well and well C. more and more better D. better and better
31. Winning a place at university ____ for most students.
A. is becoming more and more difficult B. will become more difficult
C. becomes the most difficultly D. has become as difficult

32. The more expensive the car is, ____________.

A. more and more it is comfortable B. it is the most comfortable
C. the more comfortable it is D. the more it is comfortable
33. It is getting _______ to find a job if you don’t have qualifications
A. as difficult as B. more and more difficult
 C. more difficult and difficult D. the most difficult
34. Life now is not _______ it used to be.
A. easier and easier B. as easy as C. the easier D. easier than
35. Pele is one of _________football players in the history of football.
A. the more outstanding B. most outstanding C. the most outstanding D. outstanding
36. The more cigarettes you smoke, _________.
A. you will die sooner and sooner B. the sooner will you die
C. the sooner you will die D. the sooner and sooner you will die
37. As I waited for my interview, ___________.
A. I become as nervous B. more and more nervous I became
C. the more nervous I became D. I became more and more nervous
38. After getting married, she doesn’t look _______ she used to be.
A. so beautiful as B. more beautiful than
C. the most beautiful D. more and more beautiful
39. Environmental pollution is __________ problem that the whole globe faces.
A. most serious B. more serious C. as serious as D. the most serious
40. _______________, the better your health becomes.
A. You should eat more vegetables B. The more vegetable you eat
C. The more and more vegetable you eat D. The more vegetable do you eat
41. My new glasses cost me______ the last pair that I bought.
A. times three as many as B. three times more than
C. three times as much as C. as much three times as
42. Although she is very popular, she is not_____________ her sister.
A. pretty as B. as pretty as C. prettier than D. more pretty than
43. Jane is_____________ age as Mary.
A. as same B. the most same C. the same D. more same
44. Vietnam becomes_____________ to foreign tourists.
A. most and most attractive B. the more attractive
C. much and more attractive D. more and more attractive
45. This one is prettier, but it costs______________ as the other one.
A. as much as B. twice as much C. as many D. twice as many
46. You can take______ books as you want.
A. as many B. as much C. so much D. too many
47. Of the two car, the black one ______.
A. is beautiful B. is the most beautiful C. is more beautiful D. is so beautiful as
48. His study result is getting ____________.
A. the better and the better B. more and more well
C. better and better D. the more better than ever
49. Despite its smaller size, the Indian Ocean is ______________ the Atlantic Ocean.
A. as deep as B. the same deep as C. deeper as D. as deeply as
50. I would have paid______ for my car if the salesman had insisted, because I really wanted it.
A. as much twice B. much twice C. twice as much D. times two