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LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

WARM-UP

MAKING
COMPARISON

PRESENTATION
– For most adverbs (often with two or more syllables), we make comparative
forms by adding more.
Example:
slowly → more slowly
carefully → more carefully
– For adverbs that have the same forms as adjectives like fast, hard, soon, etc.,
we make comparative forms by adding -er.
Example:
fast → faster
hard → harder
– Some irregular adverbs:
well → better
badly → worse

PRACTICE

1 Write the comparative forms of the adverbs in the table below.
higher
later
more quickly
more frequently
earlier
more
less

PRACTICE

2 Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. Mai dances (beautifully) _______________
more beautifully than Hoa does.
2. Please write (clearly) _____________.
I can't read it.
more clearly
3. Life in the city seems to move (fast) _____
faster than that in the
countryside.
4. If you want to get better marks, you must work much (hard) ______.
harder
more heavily than it was yesterday.
5. Today it's raining (heavily) ____________

PRACTICE

3 Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of the adverbs from the box.
early

soundly

fast

carefully

quietly

1. After his accident last month, he is driving _____________
more carefully now.
2. A horse can run ______
faster than a buffalo.
more quietly
3. You're too loud. Can you speak a bit ____________?
4. After working hard all day on the farm, we slept ____________
more soundly
than ever before.
5. The farmers started harvesting their crops ______
earlier than expected.

PRACTICE

4

Read the situations and complete the sentences using the comparative forms of the
adverbs in brackets.

1. The red car can run 200 km/h while the black car can run 160 km/h.
faster than the black car (fast)
 The red car can run _______________________.
2. Nick can jump 1.5 m high while Tom can jump only 1.3 m.
higher
than
Tom
(can)
 Nick can jump ___________________. (high)

PRACTICE
3. Mai and hoa both did well on the exam. Hoa got 80% of the answers
correct and Mai got 90%.
 Mai did ___________________________.
better on the exam than Hoa
(well)
4. My dad expected the workers to arrive at 7 a.m., but they arrived at
6:30 a.m.
 The workers arrived __________________________.
earlier than my dad expected (early)
5. The buses run every 15 minutes. The trains run every 30 minutes.
more frequently than the trains (frequently)
 The buses run ____________________________.

Exercise 1 : Underline the correct form of the word.
1. It usually rains heavier / more heavily in my country than in yours.
2. People in the countryside work harder / more hard than those in the city.
3. Nowadays children adapt more quickly / quicklier to technical developments
than their parents.
4. I think countryside dwellers live happier / more happily than city dwellers.
5. This morning, the farmers in my village got up more early/ earlier than usual.
6. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.
7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees.
8. Don't talk so fast / fastly– I can't understand what you're saying.
9. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.
10. Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more carefully.
11. Life in some parts of the country is boring / more boring than that in other parts.
12. The old usually get up earlier / early than the young.
13. After a hard working day, you may sleep soundlier / more soundly than usual.
14. The bus runs frequent / more frequently than the train everyday.

Exercise 1 : Underline the correct form of the word.
1. It usually rains heavier / more heavily in my country than in yours.
2. People in the countryside work harder / more hard than those in the city.
3. Nowadays children adapt more quickly / quicklier to technical developments than
their parents.
4. I think countryside dwellers live happier / more happily than city dwellers.
5. This morning, the farmers in my village got up more early/ earlier than usual.
6. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.
7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees.
8. Don't talk so fast / fastly– I can't understand what you're saying.
9. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.
10.Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more
carefully.
11.Life in some parts of the country is boring / more boring than that in other parts.
12.The old usually get up earlier / early than the young.
13.After a hard working day, you may sleep soundlier / more soundly than usual.
14.The bus runs frequent / more frequently than the train everyday.

Exercise2: Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs
1. Horses can run _________ (fast) than buffalos.
2. You made the same mistake again. You should check your paper_______ (carefully)
before handing it in.
3. All these students are good, but some work ________ ( hard) than others.
4. Girls normally become mature________ (early) than boys.
5. My sister speaks English much _______ (fluently ) than I do.
6. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) _________ than his sister.
7. I speak French (fluently) _________ now than I did last year.
8. You'll find your way around the village (easily) _________ if you have a good map.
9. It rained ( heavily) _________ today than it did yesterday.
10. If you work ( hard) _________ , you will do (well) _________ in your exam.
11. People in the city seem to react ( quickly) ____ to changes than those in the country.
12. We need to work ( hard ) _________ , especially at exam time.
13. You must finish harvesting the rice ( early) ____ this year than you did last year.
14. As they climbed ( high) _________ up the mountain, the air became cooler.
15. Life here seems to move ( slowly) _________ than in cities

Exercise 2 : Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in
brackets.
1. Horses can run faster (fast) than buffalos.
2. You made the same mistake again. You should check your paper more carefully
(carefully) before handing it in.
3. All these students are good, but some work harder ( hard) than others.
4. Girls normally become mature earlier (early) than boys.
5. My sister speaks English much more fluently (fluently ) than I do.
6. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) earlier than his sister.
7. I speak French (fluently) more fluently now than I did last year.
8. You'll find your way around the village (easily) more easily if you have a good map.
9. It rained ( heavily) more heavily today than it did yesterday.
10.If you work ( hard) harder, you will do (well) better in your exam.
11.People in the city seem to react ( quickly) more quickly to changes than those in the
country.
12.We need to work ( hard ) harder, especially at exam time.
13.You must finish harvesting the rice ( early) earlier this year than you did last year.
14.As they climbed ( high) higher up the mountain, the air became cooler.
15.Life here seems to move ( slowly) more slowly than in cities

Exercise 5 : Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. Horses can run faster (fast) than buffalos.
2. You made the same mistake again. You should check your paper more carefully
(carefully)
before handing it in.
3. All these students are good, but some work harder ( hard) than others.
4. Girls normally become mature earlier (early) than boys.
5. My sister speaks English much more fluently (fluently ) than I do.
6. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) earlier than his sister.
7.
8. I speak French (fluently) more fluently now than I did last year.
You'll find your way around the village (easily) more easily if you have a good map.
9. It rained ( heavily) more heavily today than it did yesterday.
10. If you work ( hard) harder, you will do (well) better in your exam.
11. People in the city seem to react ( quickly) more quickly to changes than those in the country.
12. We need to work ( hard ) harder, especially at exam time.
13. You must finish harvesting the rice ( early) earlier this year than you did last year.
14. As they climbed ( high) higher up the mountain, the air became cooler.
15. Life here seems to move ( slowly) more slowly than in cities

PRODUCTION

5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer to find out who:
– can run faster
– can jump higher
– stays up later at night

Example:
A: How fast can you run?
B: I can run 15 kilometres an hour.
A: OK, you can run faster than me.

– gets up earlier in the morning

Report your results to the class.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to use the comparative forms of adverbs

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook.

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