TA7 BỘ 1 U4
TA7 BỘ 1 U4
TA7 BỘ 1 U4
Exercise 2. Find the word which has a different stress from the others.
1. A. anthem B. artist C. affect D. colour
2. A. carpenter B. celebrate C. exhibit D. educate
3. A. compel B. critic C. music D. famous
4. A. rural B. parade C. puppet D. photo
5. A. portrait B. famous C. prefer D. critic
1. 2. 3. 4. 5
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1. Write the comparative form of equality (as ... as) of the following adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
1. This cake is _________________________ that cake. (sweet)
2. My laptop is _________________________ yours. (expensive)
3. This actress acts _________________________ that one. (excellently)
4. Does a tiger run _________________________ a cheetah? (fast)
5. Simon is _________________________ his brother. (brave)
6. Is an elephant _________________________ a whale? (heavy)
7. Emma is _________________________ Judy. (studious)
8. Did he do the test _________________________ you? (badly)
9. I slept _________________________ my mother last night. (well)
10. Ben cooks _________________________ his friend. John. (badly)
Exercise 2. Write the comparative form of inequality (not as / so ... as) of the following adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
1. She is not _________________________ her sister. (charming)
2. My car isn’t running _________________________ that one. (fast)
3. A bird is not _________________________ a butterfly. (colourful)
4. A wolf is not _________________________ a puppy. (friendly)
5. Fast food isn’t _________________________ salad. (healthy)
6. Those shoes aren’t _________________________ these ones. (loose)
7. We don’t work _________________________ him. (hard)
8. I didn’t leave home _________________________ them. (early)
9. She doesn’t take care of babies _________________________ my mom. (carefully)
10. A computer isn’t _________________________ a book. (light)
Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with “different” or “the same”.
1. Your house looks _________________________ from my house.
2. John has _________________________ job as my brother.
3. His ideas are little _________________________ from those of his friends.
4. The book’s _________________________ from the last time I read it.
5. My opinion is _________________________ from yours.
6. Ann's salary is _________________________ as mine.
7. Your motorbike has _________________________ weight as my motorbike.
8. Humans are _________________________ from other animals.
9. This apple has _________________________ flavor as that apple.
10. The apple is _________________________ weight as the orange.
Exercise 5. Circle the correct answers.
1. My younger brother has as many toys (as / from) me.
2. No other island in the world is (as large as / different large from) Greenland.
3. The cake tastes (different / the same) as chocolate.
4. I have (different / as) much money as my older brother.
5. Life in the city is (different /the same) from life in the countryside.
6. My book is (same / as) interesting as yours.
7. His house is different (from / as) my house.
8. No other writer in English (is / are) as famous as Shakespeare.
9. No other metal is as (use / useful) as iron.
10. Your hat (look / looks) the same as Mary’s.
Exercise 6. Complete the sentences by using “as... as”; “not as... as”; “different... from”.
1. Ms. Hoa is _________________________ Mrs. Lan. (attractive)
2. Her daughter is _________________________ her. (beautiful)
3. That dog _________________________ it looks. (not dangerous)
4. Living in Valencia _________________________ living in Paris is. (not expensive)
5. Schools in Viet Nam are _________________________ schools in the USA. (different)
6. Learning French is _________________________ learning English, (difficult)
7. These trees _________________________ those. (same)
8. Vios _________________________ Mazda 3. (not luxurious)
9. His appearance is _________________________ what I have expected. (different)
10. His job is _________________________ mine. (important)
Exercise 8. Circle the best answers.
1. No one else in the class plays the guitar __________ John.
A. as well B. as far as C. so well as D. as soon as
2. The Brit School is the most famous __________ arts school in Britain
A. performing B. performance C. perform D. performed
3. Jane is not __________ her brother.
A. more intelligent as B. intelligent as
C. so intelligent as D. so intelligent that
4. Since the 1970s, the festival in Glastonbury has taken __________ almost every year and has grown in size.
A. part B. place C. note D. notice
5. He drives as __________ his father does.
A. careful as B. more carefully
C. the most careful D. carefully as
6. Dong Ho paintings are made on __________ paper with beautiful __________ colors.
A. traditional - nature B. tradition – natural
C. tradition - nature D. traditional – natural
7. I’ll be there __________ l can.
A. sooner as B. no sooner as C. as soon as D. soonest as
8. My village is not __________ it was ten years ago.
A. the same as B. the same to C. same as D. the same
9. The villagers are __________ they were years ago. There is no change at all.
A. differently from B. not as friendly as
C. as friend as D. as friendly as
10. Water puppetry __________ in the 11th century in the villages of the Red River Delta of North Viet Nam.
A. originated B. formed C. started D. began
11. The puppet shows present __________ themes of Vietnamese villages.
A. city B. urban C. village D. rural
12. No one in my class is __________ beautiful __________ her.
A. as - as B. more - as C. as - than D. the – more
13. The group is __________ for their albums and tours around the world.
A. well-knows B. know-how C. well-prepared D. well-known
14. Going by train isn’t __________ convenient as going by car.
A. so B. as C. more D. A & B are correct.
15. The performance of puppetry show __________ in the countryside and __________.
A. everyday life – folk rock B. every day life – folk people
C. everyday life – folktales D. every day life – folk stories
16. Classical music is not _________ as pop music.
A. exciting B. more excited C. as exciting D. as excited
17. The test is not _________ difficult _________ it was last month.
A. as - as B. so - as C. more - as D. A & B are correct.
18. This year's musical festival is not _________ it was last year.
A. different from B. worse C. as good as D. as well as
19. He works _________ we do.
A. harder B. as hard as C. harder D. so hard as
20. Marie is not _________ intelligent _________ her sister.
A. more-as B.so-so C. so-as D. the-of
Exercise 9. Find and correct the mistakes.
1. Playing the piano is as difficult as play the guitar. __________
2. Can a horse run same fast as a train? __________
3. You should try as hardly as you can. __________
4. My writing style is totally same from Tom’s. __________
5. His car runs the same speed from mine. __________
6. My best friend and I went to same school. __________
7. This fridge isn’t as good as mine old one. __________
8. Spending time on computers isn’t as entertaining than spending time with friends. __________
9. She does not as famous as she was before. __________
10. This camera is as better as it was before. __________
Exercise 2. Combine the sentences using the words in brackets.
1. Mr. Pike teaches history of arts. Mrs. May teaches history of music. (same subject)
_______________________________________________________________________.
2. This bike is 800,000 VND. That bike is 600,000 VND. (price … different)
_______________________________________________________________________.
3. My house is small and old. Your house is spacious and modern. (different from)
_______________________________________________________________________.
4. Classical music is interesting. Folk music is interesting. (as … as)
_______________________________________________________________________.
5. Mr. Owen speaks English. Mrs. Phan speaks English. (same language)
_______________________________________________________________________.
6. Huyen My sings beautifully. Her sister sings more beautifully than her. (as … as)
_______________________________________________________________________.
7. The new sculpture is 4 metres high. The old sculpture is 4.2 metres high. (as … as)
_______________________________________________________________________.
8. My sister’s hair is long and wavy. My hair is short and straight. (different from)
_______________________________________________________________________.
9. Van Gogh is Dutch. Picasso is Spanish. (nationality … different)
_______________________________________________________________________.
10. This house is green. That house is yellow. (color … different)
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