GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work ________ on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on ________ methods in some countries. (traditional/
traditionally)
3. The ________ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/
densely)
4. He is very ________ - he often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is ________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can ________ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily)
7. They have replanted many areas with rare and ________ plants. (unusual/ unusually)
8. She ________ ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly)
9. The Thompson left their homeland and looked for a ________ place to stay. (permanent/
permanently)
10. Some reporters spoke ________ about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically)
II. Supply the comparative form of the words in brackets. Add “than” where necessary.
1. Average incomes in rural areas are rising ________ those in the city. (slow)
2. The conditions they’re living in are ________ we thought. (bad)
3. Your book looks ________ mine: can I borrow it for some days? (interesting)
4. The evening in the countryside is often ________ that in the city. (peaceful)
5. Many families in the suburbs are ________ the ones you meet in the urban. (happy)
6. With the help of technology we can live ________ ever before. (convenient)
7. Watching football is one of Britain’s top leisure activities, even ________ eating out.
(popular)
8. Henderson said that he could run ________ anybody else in the class. (fast)
9. This year’s harvest season seems to come a week ________ usual. (early)
10. All these students are good, but some work ________ others. (hard)
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. This year’s exam was much ________ than last year’s.
A. the harder B. harder C. more hardlyD. more hard
2. The growth rate of rice farms is ________ that of corn farms this year.
A. higher more than B. high more than
C. more higher than D. higher than
3. I think living in the city is ________ living in the countryside.
A. more expensive than B. expensive more than
C. as expensive more than D. more than expensive
4. Our house in the town looks ________ than their house in the country.
A. moderner B. more moderner
C. more modern D. modern
5. The development of cities happens ________ than that of the countryside.
A. more rapidly B. much rapidly
C. more rapid D. more rapidly as
6. We could go back to the days when life was ________ it is today.
A. slower than B. slowlier than C. slower D. more slowly
7. I think you’ll find going fishing ________ than playing mobile games.
A. more relaxing much B. much more relaxing
C. more much relaxing D. much relaxing more
8. My parents’ farm is very big, but my uncle’s is even ________.
A. more bigger B. more big C. bigger than D. bigger
9. Doing shopping in the countryside is ________ that in cities.
A. the least convenient B. less conveniently than
C. less convenient than D. least conveniently
10. Adding fertilizer to the soil will help the plants to grow ________.
A. more quick B. quicklier C. more quickly D. quickly more
IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
1. He feels more happily there than in a crowded and noisy city.
A B C D
2. When spring comes, we enjoy to pick flowers on the hill near our house.
A B C D
3. I think nomad life isn’t easy because people have to move very often.
A B C D
4. It’s not always true that living in the city is better than live in the countryside.
A B C D
5. We helped them load the rice onto buffalo-draw carts and transport it home.
A B C D
6. Will you help me putting up a tent when our school goes camping next month?
A B C D
7. Their village had no running water, so they collected water to the stream.
A B C D
8. Kelvin was very kind and he acted more responsible than anyone in the class.
A B C D
9. I lived happily in the farm and there was still more much to explore.
A B C D
10. Which activity do you like most, herding a buffalo or riding a horse?
A B C D
V. Match the sentences.
1. How was your stay in the countryside? a. Yes, they are.
2. Look at the clear blue sky. b. Their harvest time is in December.
3. What did you do during your vacation? c. Why don’t you like it?
4. The apricot tree is in full bloom. d. It was pleasant during the day but a little
boring at night.
5. Are people in the countryside more optimistic e. And its blossoms look lovely in the
than those in the city? sun.
6. Country life doesn’t excite me at all. f. So villagers can now use electrical
7. When is their harvest time? appliances.
8. Rice is now transported home on trucks. g. No, I haven’t. But I’d like to.
9. The village has electricity now. h. What a beautiful sky it is today!
10. Have you ever ridden a horse? i. Yes, but it used to be put on animal-
drawn carts in the past.
j. Lots of things.
VI. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
When I was young, I used to spend the summer on my grandparents’ farm. I loved those
days, so carefree and enjoyable. There were so many things to do and to see that I was
never bored. I would get up at sunrise and go for a walk around a meadow. I had a dog and
together we wandered while the rest of the world was sleeping.
In the morning my grandmother fed the chickens and other farm animals and my
grandfather turned out the cattle. Then together we went to a field to reap the harvest. We
usually worked in the field until lunchtime but when it was too hot to work I picked currants,
raspberries or fruit in the garden or went for a walk to a nearby forest and looked for birds’
nests. Later in the afternoon I would often go swimming or fishing in the river. When I felt
lazy, I just lay in the sun and watched the birds and animals again and collect chickens’ eggs.
I even learned to milk the cows and I was very proud of myself. My grandparents had a barn
behind the house, and I used to spend the night there. I took my sleeping-bag and a torch
and slept in hay. That was an unforgettable experience. After such holidays I always
returned to town refreshed and healthy.
Now I do not spend the summer in the country any longer. My grandparents have
grown old and they are not strong enough to work in the fields and look after cows, pigs and
hens. I visited them last year but it was not the same. The village has grown and developed.
You can no longer see horses in the fields but modern agricultural machines. The forest I
loved so much has been cut and has lost its natural beauty.
I miss the good old days and I feel sorry that time goes by so quickly.
1. The author lives in a town and his grandparents live in the country. ________
2. The author enjoyed the activities on his grandparents’ farm. ________
3. In his grandparents’ place, the author used to get up late in the morning. ________
4. The author usually looked for birds after picking fruits in the garden. ________
5. There’s a barn behind the grandparents’ house and the author used to sleep there.
________
6. The author never went swimming in the river, but fishing. ________
7. At current time, the grandparents have grown old, so they do not work in the field.
________
8. Horses and agricultural machines can be found in the fields now. ________
VII. Write complete comparative sentences with the cues given.
1. His farm/ big/ other farms/ neighbourhood
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2. Today/ he/ behave/ less/ responsibly/ he/ used to
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3. The problem/ traffic jams/ in/ city/ become/ bad/ ever
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4. My homework/ be/ all right,/ but/I/ could do/ well/ that
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5. people/ live/ healthily/ rural areas/ in/ cities?
____________________________________________________________________?
6. Yesterday/ Thomas/ arrive/ at school/ early/ other students
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7. I/ can/ fly a kite/ easily/ in/ farm/ many other places
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8. Our village/ be/ much/ less/ densely populated/ your city
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VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. A horse doesn’t plough as well as a buffalo.
A buffalo ___________________________________________________________
2. The paddy field is so vast and green.
How ______________________________________________________________!
3. No flowers on the hill are as colourful as this one.
This is _____________________________________________________________
4. This is the first time Harry has ever ridden a camel.
Harry has__________________________________________________________
5. It was such a beautiful flower farm that lots of tourists came to enjoy it.
The flower farm ____________________________________________________
6. Brian is better at herding the cattle than William.
William is not _______________________________________________________
7. City people talk less optimistically about the future than people in rural areas.
People in rural areas _________________________________________________
8. It’s raining heavily, but he continues collecting rice on the farm.
Despite _____________________________________________________________
