ENGLISH 8
Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
GRAMMAR
Comparative forms of adjectives
(Review)
- - Short adjectives: (tính từ ngắn) là tính từ 1 vần
+ Tính từ có 2 vần, tận cùng là “y”:
Ex: funny, easy, pretty, happy, lazy, crazy…
+ Tính từ 2 vần, tận cùng là: “et”,“er”, “ow”, “le”
Ex: quiet, clever, narrow, simple.
- Long adjectives: (tính từ dài) là tính từ có từ 2 vần
trở lên
1. Short and Long Adjectives:
Ex: big, small, tall, thick, hot, warm…
Ex: useful, expensive, modern, beautiful, …
Ngoại trừ: Những tính từ sau đây cũng được xem như tính từ ngắn.
- John is taller than Tom (is).
2. Comparatives:
a) Short Adjectives
S1 + be + tính từ ngắn + “-er” + than + S2.
Mr. Peter
Mr. Brown
- Mr. Brown is bigger than Mr. Peter.
 Dùng dạng so sánh hơn của tính từ để so sánh 2 người / vật/ địa điểm.
* Cách thêm “-ER”
Qui tắc chung: Thêm “-er” sau tất cả các tính từ ngắn.
- Tính từ 2 vần, tận cùng là “y”, đổi “y”  “i”, rồi thêm “-er”.
Ex: happy  happier lucky  luckier
- Tính từ 1 vần, tận cùng là 1 phụ âm, trước phụ âm là 1
nguyên âm (qui tắc 1-1-1),  gấp đôi phụ âm cuối, rồi thêm “-er” .
Ex: big  bigger fat  fatter
Ex: safe  safer nice  nicer
- Tính từ 1 vần, tận cùng là “e”, chỉ thêm “-r”.
- Tính từ 2 vần, tận cùng là: “et / er / ow / le” thêm “-er”
Ex: new  newer clever  cleverer
Đặc biêt:
* Irregular Comparatives (Dạng SS hơn BQT)
1. The horse is…………… than the car.
2. The car is ………….. than the horse.
fast / slow
slower
faster
- Mary is more beautiful than her sister (is).
b) Long Adjectives
S1 + be + more + tính từ dài + than + S2.
Princess Silvia is ………….……….. than Princess Maria.
Princess Silvia
Princess Maria
more beautiful
beautiful
1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative form of the adjectives provided.
Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high) _________ education, and (2. easy)________ access to (3. good) _________ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) ____________ and (5. convenient) _______________.
They may be right, but there’s one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) _________ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) ______ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) ___________. Perhaps the (10. good) __________ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home
higher
easier
happier
more exciting
more convenient
friendlier
fast
safer
best
better
* Comparative forms of adverbs (Dạng SS hơn của trạng từ.
- Hầu như tất cả các trạng từ chỉ thể cách đều là trạng từ dài, bởi vì chúng được tạo thành bằng: Adj_ly.



Ex: Mr. Pike walks more slowly than Mrs. Mary (does).
Nga works more quietly than Nam (does).
S1 + V + MORE + Trạng từ dài + THAN + S2.
FORM:
 Dạng SS hơn của trạng từ cũng giống như dạng SS hơn của tính từ.
Note: Some irregular forms of adverbs of manner
well → better badly → worse
Ex: I believe you’ll do better in the next test.
Nam drives worse than his brother (does).
- Only these following adverbs (the same form as adjectives) are short: soon, late, early, fast, hard…






Ex: Phong gets up earlier than anyone in his family.
Nga works harder than Nam (does).
S + V + short Adv_ER + than +…
FORM:
2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.

healthily
slowly
generously
soundly
traditionally
1. Can you speak ___________ ? My English is not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep ____________.
3. Nowadays, people dress ______________, so it’s difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It’s not always true that rich people donate ______________ than poor people.
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat ____________.
more slowly
more soundly
less traditionally
more generously
more healthily
3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable
comparative form of: hard, early, late, fast,
well and badly.
1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do _______.
2. We’ll be late for the fair. Can you drive ______?
3. On Sunday, we can get up ______ than usual.
4. The farmers have to work ______ at harvest time.
5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________ than you did this morning?
6. My mother has to get up ______ than us to milk the cows.
better
faster
later
harder
worser
earlier
4. Underline the correct comparative forms to
complete the sentences.
1. People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically / more optimistically about the future than city people.
2. In India, rural areas are more popularly / popular known as the ‘countryside’.
3. A village is less densely populated / more densely populated than a city.
4. City people seem to react quickly / more quickly
to changes than country people.
5. Medical help can be less easily / more easily
obtained in a city than in the countryside.
6. A buffalo ploughs better / more well than a horse.
1. Farmers collect fruit __________ others. (fast)
2. A city has _______________ activities than the countryside. (interesting)
3. The city offers more services. It`s much _____________________ the countryside.
(convenient)
4. Some people think that country folks are ____________ city people. (friendly)
5. This task can be completed __________ than that one. (easy)
CONSOLIDATION: Supply the correct form of words given in the parentheses.
faster than
more interesting
more convenient than
friendlier than
more easily
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HOMEWORK
- Review the grammar points: Comparative forms of Adjectives and Adverbs.
- Do exercises B 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in workbook (page 10 and 11)
- Prepare: Unit 2: Skills 1.
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