2.7 Complete sentences with the words from the list.

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1. A person who teaches at a British university is called a tutor but at an American university a teacher is called an ______. 2. Fill in the application ______ and send it, with a letter, to the college. 3. He has passed the certificate course and now he is doing a _______. 4. When you do a task, first do a _____ then write it out again.

Grammar: Degrees of Comparison

	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
I	long easy big	longer than easier than bigger than	(the) longest (the) easiest (the) biggest
II	interesting	more interesting than	(the) most interesting
III	good bad far	better than worse than farther than further than	(the) best (the) worst (the) farthest (the) furthest
IV	m uch many	more than	(the) most
	little	less than	(the) least

2.8 Change the adjectives according to the models.

	Model: This text is difficult. – That text is more difficult, and that text is the most difficult of all.
	1. This problem is interesting. 2. This lecture is good. 3. This engine is powerful. 4. This border is long. 5.This area is large. 6. This answer is bad. 7. This test is useful.

Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison

than	— чем
as … as	— так же (такой же) … как
not so … as	— не так (не такой) … как
the … the	— чем …, тем

2.9 Translate the sentences.

1. Tom is as intelligent as Mark. 2. The Moskva river is less navigable than the Neva. 3. The more we study, the more we know. 4. Jane is not as pretty as Alice. 5. The more attentive we are at the lessons, the more we learn. 6. The voyage to Odessa is as beautiful as the voyage to Sochi. 7. This shipyard is not so well-known as the Admiralty shipyard. 8. Russia has more natural resources than any other country in the world.

2.10 Open the brackets.

1. Mary is a (bad) student than Lucy. 2. The Alps are (high) than the Urals. 3. The (tall) trees in the world grow in California. 4. It is as (cold) today as it was yesterday. 5. Today the weather is (cold) than it was yesterday. 6. This is the (beautiful) view I have ever seen in my life. 7. She is not so (busy) as I am. 8. She speaks Italian (good) than English. 9. Chinese is (difficult) than English. 10. This book is (interesting) of all I have read this year. 11. The station is (far) from the beach than our hotel