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A. So sanh cao nhtChung ta s dung dang SSCN cua tinh t hoc trang t so sanh t ba ngi/vt/hanh ng tr ln.I. Cach thanh lp dang so sanh cao nht1. Tinh ta. mt m tit thm ui -est: cheap the cheapest, fast the fastest b. mt m tit kt thuc bi e thm -st: late the latest, nice the nicest c. hu ht cac tinh t 1 m tit kt thuc bi 1 nguyn m + 1 phu m gp i phu m cui + -est: big the biggest, fat the fattestd. hai m tit kt thuc bi y -iest: happy the happiest, early the earlieste. hai m tit tr ln: expensive the most expensive, beautiful the most beautiful 2. Trang ta. kt thuc bi ly thm the most: slowly the most slowly, quickly the most quicklyb. cac trang t co dang ging tinh t: hard the hardest, early the earliest 3. Cac trng hp bt quy tcgood/well the bestmany/much the mostlittle the leastbad/badly the worstfar the farthest / the furthestII. Cach s dung1. In + ni chn / t chc:- Whats the longest river in the world? (NOT of the world)-Who is the youngest in your family? (NOT of the class)2. Of + khoang thi gian:- Yesterday was the hottest day of the year.3. Of + cum danh t s nhiu :-Johns the oldest of my three brothers.4. Superlative + N + S + have/has + ever + Past Participle (thi Hin tai Hoan thanh)- This is the most interesting movie I have ever seen.III. Cu truc: One of the + superlatives + N (plural)He is one of the most famous singers in the world.

B. B nghia cho so sanh1. So sanh hn (review)2. So sanh bng: just asasMry is just s good s thy2. So sanh kema. almost / nearly / not quite + as as s chnh lch itI'm almost as old as James.A costs 8.50 and B costs 9. A is nearly as expensive as B.A isn't quite as expensive as B.b. not nearly / + as as s chnh lch nhiuRome isn't nearly as big as Mexico City.3. So sanh cao nhta. S dung second, third vi so sanh cao nht cua tinh tMexico City is the second largest city in the world.Germany is the third most developed country in the world.b. S dung by far nhn manh so sanh cao nhtJohn is by far the best student in the class.China is by far the most populated country in the world.

PRACTICEI. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative.dangerous deep expensive far high large long old sunny0 The Sahara is the largest desert in the world. 1 pyramid in the world is over 4,500 years old. 2 Mount Everest is mountain in the world. 3 Yuma in Arizona is city in the world. It has about 4,000 hours of sunshine every year. 4 Lake Baikal in Siberia is lake in the world. It is about 1,600 meters deep. 5 The Nile is river. It reaches the sea after a journey of 6,695 kilometers. 6 Mauritius is country for road accidents. 7 Neptune is planet from the sun. 8 Tokyo is city in Japan. You need a lot of money to live there.II. Complete the sentences using a superlative + a preposition (of or in)0. Its a very good room. It is the best room in the hotel.1.Its a very cheap restaurant. Its the town.2. It was a very happy day. Its my life.3. Shes a very intelligent student. She is the class.4. Its a very valuable painting. Its the gallery.5. Spring is a very busy time for me. It is the year.III. Complete the sentences using one of + a superlative + a preposition0. Its a very good room. It is one of the best rooms in the hotel.1. Hes a very rich man. Hes the world.2. Its a very big castle. It is Britain.3. Shes a very good player. Shes the team.4. It was a very bad experience. It was my life.5. Hes a very dangerous criminal. Hes the country.IV. Use the words in brackets to write sentences. Use the+superlative and the Present Perfect + ever0. (Its / cold / place / I / visited) Its the coldest place Ive ever visited.Junior 2 Gifted Studentsby Pham Thu Trang

DUHOCVIET., JSCPage 91. (Its / big / ship / I / seen)2. (Hes / rich / man / I / met)3. (Its / difficult / exam / I / done)4. (Its / sad / film / I / seen)5. (Shes / happy / person / I / met)6. (Its / modern / flat / I / seen)7. (Its / hot / country / I / visited)8. (Its / small / dog / I / seen)

V. Write sentences using the Superlatives1 Friday / busy day / week 2 the Metropole / nice hotel / town 3 this watch / one / cheap / you can buy 4 this Beatles album / good / they ever made 5 Alan / successful salesman / company6 Melanie / kind person / I knowVI. Reorder the wordsa. more / Notebooks / than / desktop / computers / are / expensive / a / bitb. aren't / as / expensive / nearly / as / Youth hostels / hotelsc. a / easier / to / learn / Chinese / English / is / lot / thand. a / more / for / long / Trains / are / bit / comfortable / journeys / than / busese. think / is / quite / as / physics / I / don't / chemistry / as / difficultf. planes / much / safer / According / to / statistics / are / than / carsg. is / warming / up / lot / than / The climate / a / faster / people / thinkVII. Correct the sentencesa This computer game costs 20 and that one costs 35. This one is nearly as expensive as that one.b I really like pasta. It tastes some nicer than rice.c Jake scored five goals and I scored one. Im almost as good as Jake at football.d Estelle is 18, and Marek is 11. Estelle is slightly older than Marek.e The River Nile is almost longer than the River Thames.f It is very cheap to live in China than in England.VIII. Put one suitable word in each spacea) Our team is good your team. Theyre both the same.b) This is one of famous paintings in the world.) Everyone did work Philip d) Youre not a safe driver! You should drive slowly.) Ann is taller Mike but their son Dave is tallest in the family.f) What an awful book. Its one of interesting Ive ever read.g) It makes no difference, because this road is bad that one.h) Today is cold yesterday, so Im wearing my shorts.IX. Use the prompts to write sentences comparing the mp3 players.

a A / have / much / big / memory / Bb C / little / expensive / Dc G / quite / expensive / Fd E / slightly / good value / De A / lot / good / Mf memory / M / nearly / big / Ag B / second / expensiveh A / has / by far / large / memoryi K / small / memory / L / but / cheap

Put the sentences with similar meaning into one group. How many groups are there?1. Ive never seen a taller building than this.2. This is the tallest building in the world.3. Is this the tallest building youve seen?4. No other building in the world is taller than this.5. This is the tallest building Ive ever seen.6. This building is taller than any building in the world.7. Have you ever seen a taller building than this?8. Ive never seen such a tall building.

Put the sentences with similar meaning into one group. How many groups are there?1. Ive never seen a taller building than this.2. This is the tallest building in the world.3. Is this the tallest building youve seen?4. No other building in the world is taller than this.5. This is the tallest building Ive ever seen.6. This building is taller than any building in the world.7. Have you ever seen a taller building than this?8. Ive never seen such a tall building.

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1. So sanh cao nht (superlative) So sanh hn (comparative)S + V + superlative + N + in/of

a) This is the tallest building in the world.No other + N + in/of + V + comparative + than

b) No other building in the world is taller than this.S + V + comparative + than + any other + N + in/of

c) This building is taller than any other building in the world.2. S dung thi Hin tai hoan thanhS + V + superlative + N + S + have/has + ever + PII

a) This is the tallest building Ive ever seen.S + have/has + never + PII + comparative + N + than

b) Ive never seen a taller building than this.S + have/has + never + PII + such + adj + N

c) Ive never seen such a tall building.3. Cu truc cu hoiBe/Aux. + S + superlative + N + S + V?

a) Is this the tallest building youve seen?Be/Aux. + S + V + comparative + N + than ?

b) Have you ever seen a taller building than this?PRACTICEI. Rewrite the sentences using the structures in 11. Leslie is the friendliest student in my class. 3. No other place in the world is colder than Antarctica.2. Russia is the biggest country in the world. 4. The Nile River is longer than any other river in the world.II. Rewrite the sentences using the structures in 21. Ive never sat in a more comfortable classroom than this.2. I've never eaten a tastier school lunch than this.3. Ive never read a worse book than this.4. This is the most useful English lesson weve ever had.5. Ive never solved an easier problem than this.6. Shes never written a more difficult test than this.III. Rewrite the sentences using the structures in 31. Have you ever used a more interesting textbook than this?2. Is this the most interesting book youve got?3. Have you ever taken such a long test? (2)4. Is this the cheapest watch you have?IV. Rewrite the sentences using the word given1 Ive never seen such a funny film. (the)2 David is more intelligent than Thomas. (as)3 My printer prints three pages per minute but yours prints four pages per minute. (faster)4 I didnt feel well last night but today I feel very well. (much)5 She hasn't painted such a beautiful picture before. (most)6 Today it isnt as cold as it was yesterday. (than)7 Pam and Cassy are both polite. (as)8 My room was less tidy than George's. (than)9 She is very sensible but he is not. (much)10 I've never written such a difficult test before. (This)V. Complete the text as in the exampleA) The (0)most interesting of (interesting) all the cities Ive ever visited was New York. It was (1)(good) place Ive ever been to. The buildings are (2) (tall) those in any other city and the streets are (3) (busy) streets the world, full of traffic and people all day. (4) (exciting) thing all was the sightseeing. I saw some of (5) (amazing) places. The only thing that spoilt my stay was the weather. While I was in New York, the city had one of (6) (cold) winters on record and (7) (bad) snowstorm in years.

B) When Mary arrived home that evening, two hours (1)(late) usual, she found the children playing much (2) normally. She was used to her kids behaving much (3) (noisy) this. Dennis, the youngest, and the one who usually acted (4) (naughty), was behaving (5) (good) she had ever seen him do before. Susan, the eldest, who usually stayed up (6) (late) all her brothers and sisters, had gone to bed (7) (early) usual and the rest of the children were peacefully watching TV. It is true that her children are quite strange, but this was (8) (odd) she had ever seen them acting. It was when she entered the kitchen that she realized why.

VI. Read this part of Tessa's letter to Angela. Choose one word that best fits each blankMy new job is great. I like it ()much better than my old one. The people here are (1) than I expected. Luckily my new boss isn't as rude (2) my old boss, Mrs. Crossley, was. I hated her. She was the (3) friendly person I've ever met. Everyone here is older (4) In fact I'm the youngest person (5) the office. But I don't mind. The good thing about the job is that I get a (6) more money, although not much more than I did before. The bad thing is that the journey isn't (7) simple as it was in my old job, where the bus took me straight there. Now I have to change buses. But I'm allowed to start work early. The earlier I leave home, (8) the journey is because the buses aren't so crowded. a) more b) most c) much d) very 1 a) more nice b) most nice c) nicer d) nicest 2 a) as b) so c) than d) that 3 a) least b) less c) less and less d) so 4 a) as I b) as me c) than I d) than me 5 a) from b) in c) of d) out of 6 a) bit b) less c) lot d) much 7 a) as b) less c) more d) same 8 a) more easier b) more easy c) the easier d) the easyVII. Rewrite the sentences. Begin as shown.a) David is a better runner than Paul. Paul doesnt b) Nobody in th lass is taller than Alison. Alison is (2)) I havent written as much as you. Youve d) Janes hair isnt as long as Sophies. Sophies ) No student in the school is noisier than I am! I am (2)f) This exhibition is much more interesting than the last one. h last xhibition was (2)g) This is as fast as the car can go. The car cant ..........h) Kate ate much less than Andrew did. Kate didnt QUICK TEST: COMPARISONNAME: _____________________________DATE: _____________________________

I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (7pts)1. My big brother, Martin, is two years than me.2+3. The train is no faster than the bus. It takes as as the bus. 4. Unfortunately were well-off than we used to be.5. Do you think we could make a less noise?6. Ive eaten a better meal than this!7. Home computers used to be more expensive, but now many are sold at affordable prices.II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form. Add any word that is necessary (8pts)Last night I saw 1) (bad) film I've ever seen. It was even 2) (bad) Rocky IV. It lasted 3) (long) three hours and, believe me, it was 4) (boring / three hours) my life. The acting was dull, and the story even 5) (dull). I was very disappointed, as I'd left work 6) (early) usual especially to see it. My friend had recommended it, saying it was 7) (good) film he had seen for months. I wont listen to him again. He has 8) (strange / taste) the ones I know.III. Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct them (5pts)1. The more you eat, the more you get fat.2. This is the bumpiest road Ive ever driven.3. Your car doesnt cost as expensive as mine, does it?4. We arrived more lately than we expected because of the storm.5. These are some of the most frequent asked questions about the Internet.IV. Rewrite the sentences. Begin as shown (5pts)1. Becky thought the second part of the film was more interesting. Becky didnt think the first 2. This is the earliest train. There arent 3. Bill is the youngest in the family No one 4. Barbara can skate just as well as John can. John isnt 5. Tims work is less careful than before. Tim used V. Rewrite the sentences using the words given in brackets. Dont change the words in any way. (5pts)1. Sally grew angrier all the time. (AND)2. This is the most beautiful weather Ive ever enjoyed. (SUCH)3. Sam makes the same amount of money as Joe. (MUCH)4. Keith is slightly taller than Nigel. (ISNT)5. Is this the best price you can offer? (CANT)

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ANSWER SHEETI. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (7pts)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form. Add any word that is necessary (8pts)1. 5. 2. 6. 3. 7. 4. 8. III. Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct them (5pts)1. .2. .3. .4. .5. .IV. Rewrite the sentences. Begin as shown (5pts)1. Becky didnt think the first 2. There arent 3. No one 4. John isnt 5. Tim used V. Rewrite the sentences using the words given in brackets. Dont change the words in any way. (5pts)1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (7pts)1. older2. just3. long4. less5. little / bit6. never7. muchII. Fill in the blanks with the correct form. Add any word that is necessary (8pts)1. the worst5. duller2. worse than6. earlier than3. longer than7. the best4. the most boring three hours8. the strangest taste ofIII. Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct them (5pts)1. the more you get fat the fatter you get2. driven driven along3. expensive much4. more lately later5. frequent frequentlyIV. Rewrite the sentences. Begin as shown (5pts)1. Becky didnt think the first part of the film was as interesting as the second.2. There arent any trains as early as this one. / earlier than this one.3. No one in the family is as young as Bill. / younger than Bill.4. John isnt any better at skating than Barbara.5. Tim used to work more carefully.V. Rewrite the sentences using the words given in brackets. Dont change the words in any way. (5pts)1. Sally grew angrier and angrier.2. Ive never enjoyed such beautiful weather.3. Sam makes as much money as Joe. / Joe Sam / (earns )4. Nigel isnt quite as tall as Keith.5. Cant you offer a better price?