4. Write the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.
(Viết dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc.)
1. The (busy) _____ the street is, the less I like it. I hate noisy places.
2. The later it gets at night, the (cold) _____ it becomes.
3. The (light) _____ the street was, the (safe) _____ I felt.
4. The (crowded) _____ the bus got, the more difficult it was for me to breathe.
5. I fear that the more modern city life is, the (friendly) _____ people are to one another.
6. (close) _____ it gets to pick-up time, (difficult) _____ traffic around the school becomes.
7. I think that (expensive) _____ a restaurant is, (good) _____ its service is.
8. (far) _____ the community sports centre is, (convenient) _____ it is for me to go there.
1.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “busy” là “busier”
The busier the street is, the less I like it. I hate noisy places.
(Đường phố càng đông đúc, tôi càng không thích. Tôi ghét những nơi ồn ào.)
2.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “cold” là “colder”
The later it gets at night, the colder it becomes.
(Càng về đêm, trời càng lạnh.)
3.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “light” là “lighter”, “safe” là “safer”
The lighter the street was, the safer I felt.
(Đường phố càng sáng sủa, tôi càng cảm thấy an toàn hơn.)
4.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ dài “crowded” là “more crowded”
The more crowded the bus got, the more difficult it was for me to breathe.
(Xe buýt càng đông, tôi càng khó thở.)
5.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh kém của tính từ ngắn “friendly” là “less friendly”
I fear that the more modern city life is, the less friendly people are to one another.
(Tôi sợ rằng cuộc sống thành phố càng hiện đại thì con người càng ít thân thiện với nhau.)
6.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “close” là “closer”, tính từ dài “difficult” là “more difficult”
The closer it gets to pick-up time, the more difficult traffic around the school becomes.
(Càng gần đến giờ đón, giao thông xung quanh trường càng trở nên khó khăn hơn.)
7.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “good” là “better”, tính từ dài “expensive” là “more expensive”
I think that the more expensive a restaurant is, the better its service is.
(Tôi nghĩ rằng nhà hàng càng đắt tiền thì dịch vụ càng tốt.)
8.
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “far” là “farther/ further”, so sánh kém của tính từ dài “convenient” là “less convenient”
The further/ farther the community sports centre is, the less convenient it is for me to go there.
(Trung tâm thể thao cộng đồng càng xa thì càng khó cho tôi đến đó.)
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Grammar
Double comparatives (So sánh kép)
1. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
(Chọn phương án đúng để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)
1. Lan isn't home yet. The later / more late it gets, the more worried I get about her.
2. He wants a new house. The larger the house is, the comfortable / more comfortable he feels.
3. She thinks the bigger the city is, higher / the higher the cost of living gets.
4. The famouser / more famous the city is, the higher number of tourists it can attract
5. The larger population the town has, more difficult / the more difficult it is to find a job.
2. Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below and correct it.
(Tìm lỗi sai ở phần gạch chân trong mỗi câu dưới đây và sửa lại cho đúng.)
1. I love the spicy food in this city. The hottest the food is, the more I like it.
A B C
2. I got stuck in a traffic jam yesterday. The more congested the road was, the tired I became.
A B C
3. The modern the library is, the more attractive it is to teenagers.
A B C
4. The streets are getting dirtier. The more crowded this city is, more polluted it becomes.
A B C
5. The denser the buildings are, the more ugly the city becomes. It'll soon look like a
A B
concrete jungle.
C
4. Find a grammar mistake in each sentence and correct it.
(Tìm lỗi ngữ pháp trong mỗi câu và sửa nó.)
1. The dirtier the air gets, more difficult it is for people to breathe.
2. My brother likes to get up the city by bike, but I prefer using public transport
3. Nearer the school is, the more convenient it is for the students.
4. She came up with a cold after walking in the heavy rain.
5. The more slow the Internet is, the angrier the users get.
5. Circle a mistake in each sentence below and correct it.
(Hãy khoanh tròn một lỗi sai trong mỗi câu dưới đây và sửa lại.)
1. Safer a city is, the more liveable it becomes.
A. Safer B. the C. more liveable D. becomes
2. Our city is age-friendly. We make it easy for the elderly to get along by public transport.
A. age-friendly B. easy C. elderly D. get along
3. The bigger the shopping mall is, the attractive it is to teenagers.
A. bigger B. is C. attractive D. to
4. Although people wanted to carry out with the project, the company stopped funding it.
A. Although B. out C. funding D. it
5. The local authority tried to cut on private car use but they didn’t succeed.
A. local B. cut on C. use D. succeed
6. The closer an area is to the downtown, denser its population is.
A. closer B. to C. denser D. is
7. Many teens prefer hanging in at shopping malls to outdoor places.
A. teens B. in C. at D. to
8. Hoang is coming up with a fever. The more time that passes, the higher his temperature is.
A. up with B. more time that passes C. higher D. temperature
