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5. Circle a mistake in each sentence below and correct it.
(Hãy khoanh tròn một lỗi sai trong mỗi câu dưới đây và sửa lại.)
1. Safer a city is, the more liveable it becomes.
A. Safer B. the C. more liveable D. becomes
2. Our city is age-friendly. We make it easy for the elderly to get along by public transport.
A. age-friendly B. easy C. elderly D. get along
3. The bigger the shopping mall is, the attractive it is to teenagers.
A. bigger B. is C. attractive D. to
4. Although people wanted to carry out with the project, the company stopped funding it.
A. Although B. out C. funding D. it
5. The local authority tried to cut on private car use but they didn’t succeed.
A. local B. cut on C. use D. succeed
6. The closer an area is to the downtown, denser its population is.
A. closer B. to C. denser D. is
7. Many teens prefer hanging in at shopping malls to outdoor places.
A. teens B. in C. at D. to
8. Hoang is coming up with a fever. The more time that passes, the higher his temperature is.
A. up with B. more time that passes C. higher D. temperature
1. A
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “safe” là “safer”
Sửa: safer => the safer
The safer a city is, the more liveable it becomes.
(Một thành phố càng an toàn thì nó càng trở nên đáng sống hơn.)
2. D
get along: rời đi
get around: di chuyển, đi lại
Sửa: get along => get around
Our city is age-friendly. We make it easy for the elderly to get around by public transport.
(Thành phố của chúng tôi thân thiện với người cao tuổi. Chúng tôi giúp người cao tuổi dễ dàng đi lại bằng phương tiện giao thông công cộng.)
3. C
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ dài “attractive” là “more attractive”
Sửa: attractive => more attractive
The bigger the shopping mall is, the more attractive it is to teenagers.
(Trung tâm mua sắm càng lớn thì càng hấp dẫn thanh thiếu niên.)
4. B
carry out: thực hiện, tiến hành
carry on with something: tiếp tục làm gì
Sửa: out => on
Although people wanted to carry on with the project, the company stopped funding it.
(Mặc dù mọi người muốn tiếp tục dự án nhưng công ty đã ngừng cấp vốn cho nó.)
5. B
cut on => không có cụm động từ này
cut down on something: cắt giảm cái gì
Sửa: cut on => cut down on
The local authority tried to cut down on private car use but they didn’t succeed.
(Chính quyền địa phương đã cố gắng cắt giảm việc sử dụng ô tô cá nhân nhưng không thành công.)
6. C
So sánh “càng … càng …”: The + so sánh hơn + S + V, the + so sánh hơn + S + V
So sánh hơn của tính từ ngắn “dense” là “denser”
Sửa: denser => the denser
The closer an area is to the downtown, the denser its population is.
(Khu vực càng gần trung tâm thành phố thì dân cư càng đông đúc.)
7. B
hang in => không có cụm động từ này
hang out: đi chơi
Sửa: in => out
Many teens prefer hanging out at shopping malls to outdoor places.
(Nhiều thanh thiếu niên thích đi chơi ở trung tâm mua sắm hơn là những nơi ngoài trời.)
8. A
come up with: nảy sinh, đưa ra, đề xuất (ý tưởng)
come down with: bị ốm
Sửa: up with => down with
Hoang is coming down with a fever. The more time that passes, the higher his temperature is.
(Hoàng đang bị sốt. Thời gian càng trôi qua, anh ta sốt càng cao.)
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Grammar
Double comparatives (So sánh kép)
1. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
(Chọn phương án đúng để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)
1. Lan isn't home yet. The later / more late it gets, the more worried I get about her.
2. He wants a new house. The larger the house is, the comfortable / more comfortable he feels.
3. She thinks the bigger the city is, higher / the higher the cost of living gets.
4. The famouser / more famous the city is, the higher number of tourists it can attract
5. The larger population the town has, more difficult / the more difficult it is to find a job.
2. Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below and correct it.
(Tìm lỗi sai ở phần gạch chân trong mỗi câu dưới đây và sửa lại cho đúng.)
1. I love the spicy food in this city. The hottest the food is, the more I like it.
A B C
2. I got stuck in a traffic jam yesterday. The more congested the road was, the tired I became.
A B C
3. The modern the library is, the more attractive it is to teenagers.
A B C
4. The streets are getting dirtier. The more crowded this city is, more polluted it becomes.
A B C
5. The denser the buildings are, the more ugly the city becomes. It'll soon look like a
A B
concrete jungle.
C
4. Find a grammar mistake in each sentence and correct it.
(Tìm lỗi ngữ pháp trong mỗi câu và sửa nó.)
1. The dirtier the air gets, more difficult it is for people to breathe.
2. My brother likes to get up the city by bike, but I prefer using public transport
3. Nearer the school is, the more convenient it is for the students.
4. She came up with a cold after walking in the heavy rain.
5. The more slow the Internet is, the angrier the users get.
4. Write the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.
(Viết dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc.)
1. The (busy) _____ the street is, the less I like it. I hate noisy places.
2. The later it gets at night, the (cold) _____ it becomes.
3. The (light) _____ the street was, the (safe) _____ I felt.
4. The (crowded) _____ the bus got, the more difficult it was for me to breathe.
5. I fear that the more modern city life is, the (friendly) _____ people are to one another.
6. (close) _____ it gets to pick-up time, (difficult) _____ traffic around the school becomes.
7. I think that (expensive) _____ a restaurant is, (good) _____ its service is.
8. (far) _____ the community sports centre is, (convenient) _____ it is for me to go there.