A closer look 2 Unit 2: Life in the countryside

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A closer look 2 Unit 2: Life in the countryside

Grammar 

Comparative forms of adjectives: review

1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative form of the adjectives provided.

Hoàn thành đoạn văn bên dưới với 1 hình thức so sánh phù hợp của tính từ được cho.

Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0.good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the country. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1.high) __higher__ education, and (2. easy) __easier__ access to (3.good) __better__ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) __more exciting__ and (5. convenient) __more convenient___. They may be right, but there`s one thing they might not know. I feel (6.happy) __happier___ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) __more friendly__ than city folk. I know every body in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) __fast__ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) __safer___. Perhaps the (10. good) __best___ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home

2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.

Hoàn thành các câu với những hình thức so sánh phù hợp của trạng từ trong khung.

traditionally       soundly        generously         slowly          healthily

  • 1. Can you speak __more slowly___? My English is not good.
  • 2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep __more soundly___.
  • 3. Nowadays, people dress ___less traditionally___, so it`s difficult to say which country they are from.
  • 4. It`s not always true that rich people donate ___more generously___ than poor people.
  • 5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat __more healthily___.

3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of  hard, early, late, fast, well and badly.

Hoàn thành những câu bên dưới với một hình thức so sánh thích hợp của hard, early, late. Fast, well và badly.

  • 1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do __better___.
  • 2. We`ll be late for the fair. Can you drive ___faster___?
  • 3. On Sunday, we can get up __later___ than usual.
  • 4. The farmers have to work ___hard__ at harvest time.
  • 5. You look tired. Are you feeling __worse___ than you did this morning?
  • 6. My mother has to get up ___earlier__ than us to milk the cows. 

4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences.

Gạch dưới những hình thức so sánh để hoàn thành các câu.

  • 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 / popularknown as the 'countryside'.
  • 3. A village is less densely populated / more denselypopulated 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.

5. Write the answers to the questions below.

Viết những câu trả lời cho câu hỏi bên dưới.

  • 1. Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?

The countryside is more peaceful. Miền quê bình yên hơn.

  • 2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?

A computer works faster at calculus.

  • 3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?

 Life in a remote area is harder.

  • 4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?

Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive.

  • 5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings? 

Animals can smell better than human beings.

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Giải bài tập những môn khác

Tiếng anh 8 mới - tập 1

Unit 1: Leisure ativities

Unit 2: Life in the countryside

Unit 3: Peoples in Viet Nam

Unit 4: Our customs and traditions

Unit 5: Festivals in Viet Nam

Unit 6: Folk tales

Tiếng anh 8 mới - tập 2

Unit 7: Pollution

Unit 8: English speaking countries

Unit 9: Natural disasters

Unit 10: Communication

Unit 11: Science and Technology

Unit 12: Life on other planets