COMPARISON & DOUBLE COMPARISON

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer:

1. My mother is…………………than me.
   a head shorter    B. taller a head        C. shorter a head      D. a head tall
2. I got to the station……….than Tom.
   A. early 10 minutes                                          B. earlier 10 minutes
   C. minutes early                                                D. 10 minutes earlier
3. Staying in a hotel costs……….renting a room in a flat for a week.
   A. two times more than                                   B. twice as much as
   C. as much twice as                                          D. as much as twice
4. I think the board is too wide, I want a……….one.
   A. narrow              B. the narrow                     C. Narrower       D. more narrow
5. Tom is the shortest of……….in the Smith family.
   A. any other member                                             B. any of the members
   C. anyone of the members                                  D. all the members
6. That is…..lecture we have ever listened to.
   A. very inspiring                B. more inspiring     C. the most inspiring        D. a most inspiring
7. China has a……..population than……country.
   A. large – any       B. larger – all other                 C. larger – any other         D. larger-other
8. Her illness was ………. than we had thought first.
   A. much serious        B. more serious                 C. serious        D. most serious
9. The garden looks ………. since you tidied it up.
   A.  better                     B. well                                C. more good                       D. more well
10. Petrol is twice ……… it was a few years ago.
    A. more expensive than                                      B. much expensive as
    C. as expensive as                                                D. as expensive than
11. That house over there is ……….. building in the city.
    A. the eldest                   B. the oldest                       C. the elder                D. the older
12. Let me know immediately if you hear any ………. news.
    A. farther                        B. further                           C. farthest                  D. furthest
13. I have never had a ………. meal than that.
    A. more delicious          B. most delicious               C. delicious more     D. delicious most
14. ….the time passes, ……….I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I’ve just finished half of it.
    A. The faster/the nervous                                           B. The fast/the more nervous
    C. The more fast/the nervous                                    D. The faster/the more nervous
15.  Lan’s mother doesn’t like her boyfriend. She is getting…. Lan can’t stay out as long……….she likes any more.
    A. stricter and stricter/as                                              B. stricter and stricter/than
    C. more and more strict/as                                           D. more and more strict/than

 EXERCISE 2: Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting

1. It gets more and more cold when the winter is coming.
   (A)                (B)                                 (C)               (D)
2. Earning money has been the thing that pleases him most.
   The richest he becomes, the happier he is.
3. The faster we finish, the soon we can leave.
4. The more manufacturers advertise, the most products they sell.
5. The most we jog, the healthier we are.
6. The problem seems to be most serious.
7. More happy you are, the more you laugh.
8. Robert does not have as many money as Peter
9. The Mekong Delta is one of the two larger deltas in Vietnam.
10. Tom is the shorter of all the members in the Smith family.
11. He is less richer than his father.
12. My mother is a head short than me.
13. I got to the station 10 minutes early than
14. Staying in a hotel costs twice as many as renting a room in a flat for a week.
15. I think the board is too wide, I want a more narrow one.