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</div><p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Comparative forms of adverbs</strong></p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>1. <em>more/less + adverb + (than)</em></strong> is the form of comparative for almost all adverbs of manner ending in <strong><em>ly</em></strong>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Examples:</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Can you walk <em>more slowly</em>? I can't catch up with you.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Hanh acts <em>less responsibly</em> than anyone here.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. <em>adverb + er + (than)</em></strong> is the form of comparative for adverbs of manner with the same form as adjectives.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">fast ➞ faster<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>early ➞ earlier</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">hard ➞ harder<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>late ➞ later</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Example:</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The rain is coming. Let's run <em>faster</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. </strong>Some irregular forms of adverbs of manner:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">well ➞ better<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>badly ➞ worse</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Example:</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">I believe you'll do <em>better</em> in the next test.</p> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/uploads/tinymce/u2-l3-grammarbce9d-1668711277.jpg.webp" width="637" height="635" alt="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-1" title="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-1" loading="lazy"></p> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.</h4> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/uploads/tinymce/u2-l3-2-2-lrebkudvhfnizmsy1b-1668711358.jpg.webp" width="560" height="587" alt="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-2" title="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-2" loading="lazy"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">traditionally&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; soundly&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; generously&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;slowly&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;healthily</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. Can you speak __________? 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The farmers have to work __________ at harvest time.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">5. You look tired. Are you feeling __________ than you did this morning?</p><div class="google-auto-placed ap_container" style="width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; text-align: center;"><ins data-ad-format="auto" class="adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8123786206223951" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 280px;"><div id="aswift_6_host" style="border: none; height: 280px; width: 741px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; background-color: transparent; display: inline-block;"></div></ins></div> <p style="text-align: justify;">6. My mother has to get up __________ than us to milk the cows.</p><div class="google-auto-placed ap_container" style="width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; text-align: center;"><ins data-ad-format="auto" class="adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8123786206223951" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 280px;"><div id="aswift_7_host" style="border: none; height: 280px; width: 741px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; background-color: transparent; display: inline-block;"></div></ins></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">4. Circle the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences.</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. People in rural areas of Britain talk <em>optimistically/ more optimistically</em> about the future than city people.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">2. In India, rural areas are <em>more popularly/ popular </em>known as the ‘countryside'.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">3. A village is less densely<em> populated/ more densely populated </em>than a city.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">4. City people seem to react <em>quickly/ more quickly</em> to changes than country people.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">5. 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Write the answers to the questions below.</h4> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/uploads/tinymce/u2-l3-5-1-nqegjktfycxbvszr1126-1668711423.jpg.webp" width="842" height="481" alt="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-4" title="hinh-anh-a-closer-look-2-2259-4" loading="lazy"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">1 .Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">→ ________________________________________.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">→ ________________________________________.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">→ ________________________________________.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">→ ________________________________________.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">→ ________________________________________.&nbsp;</p>