Chương trước chúng ta đã tìm hiểu về so sánh hơn và cách hình thành so sánh hơn trong tiếng Anh. Trong chương này, mình trình bày cách phân biệt older và elder trong tiếng Anh.
Phân biệt Older và Elder trong tiếng Anh
A. Phân biệt Older và Elder trong tiếng Anh
* Giống nhau:
– Hai từ này đều là tính từ có nghĩa lớn hơn, già hơn. Tuy nhiên dùng “elder” thì trang trọng hơn
Ví dụ: I have an older brother.
I have an elder brother.
* Khác nhau:
– Chúng ta dùng older khi muốn nói đến cái nghĩa chung là lớn tuổi hơn, già hơn, cũ hơn và older có thể dùng cho cả người và vật.
– Còn elder chỉ dùng để nói về người và thường được dùng để nói đến một thành viên nào đó trong gia đình.
Ví dụ: Tom looks older than he really is. (Tom trông có vẻ già hơn tuổi thật.)
My book is older than his book. (Quyển sách của tôi cũ hơn quyển sách của cậu ấy.)
My elder brother is a pilot. (Anh tôi là một phi công.)
– Older có thể dùng với cấu trúc so sánh hơn (older + than), Elder thì không được dùng cấu trúc này.
Ví dụ: Bella is older than I am. (đúng)
Bella is elder than I am. (sai)
– Elder có thể dùng như một danh từ (với nghĩa là người lớn tuổi), older thì không được dùng như một danh từ.
Ví dụ: You should respect the elders. (Bạn nên tôn trọng người lớn tuổi.)
B. Bài tập
Exercise 1. Choose the correct answers.
1. My ______ sister is having a trip to Nha Trang next week.
A.older
B. elder
C. A and B
2. She has two older sisters.
A. There are two sisters.
B. There are three sisters.
C. There are more than three sisters.
3. I’m 25 years old. My brother is 22 years old.
A. I’m elder than my brother.
B. I’m older than my brother.
C. I’m younger than my brother.
4. She thinks I’m a couple of years ______.
A.older
B. elder
C. A and B
5. He’s ______ than his wife.
A. B and C
B. elder
C. older
6. Nam is the elder son.
A. There are two sons.
B. There are three sons.
C. There are more than three sons.
7. I think he’s ______.
A.elder
B. A and C
C. older
8. Bella is 52 years old. Her husband is 50 years old.
A. Bella is older than her husband.
B. Bella is elder than her husband.
C. A and B
9. She’s six years ______ than her brother.
A.elder
B. older
C. A and B
10. I have two ______ brothers.
A.elder
B. older
C. A and B
Đáp án:
|
1. C |
2. B |
3. B |
4. A |
5. C |
6. A |
7. C |
8. A |
9. B |
10. B |
Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with “older” or “elder”.
1. Lan’s house is ______ than Linh’s house.
2. My ______ sister is a singer.
3. He is ______ than his wife.
4. We asked the ______ for advice.
5. I think she is ______ than my mother.
6. Jessica has three ______ brothers.
7. She is the ______ of the two sisters.
8. Her parents and ______ sister stayed behind in Poland when she came to America.
9. I think her mother must be ______ than her father.
10. This is the ______ church.
Đáp án:
|
1. older |
2. elder |
3. older |
4. elder |
5. older |
|
6. older |
7. elder |
8. elder |
9. older |
10. older |
Exercise 3. Underline the correct answer.
1. When he entered again, the elder/ olders of the two cousins was putting stuff on the table.
2. Ken is five years elder/ older than I am.
3. Do you remember the eder/ older sister?
4. As the elder/ olders brother, he took his role seriously, even if it was the only thing he put any effort into.
5. They were much elder/ older, much stronger than Tom.
6. Let me introduce Bella. She’s my elder/ olders sister.
7. There is no record of the elder/ oder Johnny’s life.
8. I had a brother Bob, nine years elder/ older than me.
9. My elders/ older brother is coming to stay with us on the weekend.
10.Bett’s car is elder/ older than mine.
Đáp án:
|
1. elder |
2. older |
3. older |
4. elder |
5. older |
|
6. elder |
7. elder |
8. older |
9. older |
10. older |
Exercise 4. Arrange the sentences with the given words.
1. Keith/ an/ older/ owned/ different/ a/ and/ bunch/ brother/ Danny/ of/ places.
→ ____________________________________________.
2. There/ rules/ time./ than/ are/ some/ older
→ ____________________________________________.
3. He/ his/ in/ brother’s/ studied/ elder/ law/ office/ in/ 1997.
→ ____________________________________________.
4. sister/ is/ month./ to/ My/ elder/ an/ exam/ going/ have/ this/
→ ____________________________________________.
5. name/ of/ The/ older/ was/ district/ the/ Maine.
→ ____________________________________________.
6. Perhaps/ we/ sympathy/ feel/ the/ with/ elder/ some/ son.
→ ____________________________________________.
7. Mai/ brothers/ to/ at/ followed/ her/ to/ elder/ study/ technical/ schools.
→ ____________________________________________.
8. In/ same/ he/ married/ older/ the/ a/ lady/ much/ year,/ than/ himself.
→ ____________________________________________.
9. respect/ the/ We/ elders./ always/
→ ____________________________________________.
10. years/ than/ He/ is/ two/ her/ older/ sister.
→ ____________________________________________.
Đáp án:
1. Keith and an older brother Danny owned a bunch of different places.
2. There are some rules older than time.
3. He studied law in his elder brother’s office in 1997.
4. My elder sister is going to have an exam this month.
5. The older name of the district was Maine.
6. Perhaps we feel some sympathy with the elder son.
7. Mai followed her elder brothers to study at technical schools.
8. In the same year, he married a lady much older than himself.
9. We always respect the elders.
10.He is two years older than her sister.
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