A delivery service
At big grocery shops there is a special delivery service where you can make your orders by phone or in person. The charge for delivery service is quite reasonable. However, the people who are on the look out for the best quality like to see what they are getting. They prefer not to do their ordering by phone. The people have to make sure that they don't do over their daily allowance. The family budget must always be kept balanced.
Task 5. Answer the questions:
What is the delivery service? ___________________________________________________
Why do not some people like to use the delivery service? ____________________________
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Task 6. Translate the words from the text:
grocery shop ______________________, in person _______________, charge _____________, delivery ___________________, reasonable ____________________, quality ______________, to make sure ___________________, daily allowance ___________________________, budget, be kept balanced ____________________________.
Shopping in Britain. Some interesting facts.
! Marks & Spencer is Britain's favorite store. Tourists love i t too. It attracts a great variety of customers from house wives to millionaires. Princess Diana, Dustin Hoffman and the British Prime-minister are just a few of its famous customers. Last year it made a profit of 529 million pounds, which is more than 10 million a week.
! The stores in Britain base their business on 3 principles: good price, good quality and good service.
! A few British people spend at least 60£ on trainers.
Hardly anybody of them buys designer clothes.
Few of them can afford to shop in «Harrods».(It’s the most expensive shop in London)
Nearly everybody looks for bargains.
Тема 8. Meals in an English Family.
6 Часов Степени сравнения прилагательных.
Task 1. Read and translate :
Cold – colder – the coldest; hot – hotter – the hottest; nice – nicer – the nicer; fat –fatter – the fattest; black – blacker – the blackest; small – smaller – the smallest; fine – finer –the finest.
Task 2. Form the comparative and the superlative degrees of the adjectives:
Large ______________________________, dark _________________________, fast ___________________________, tall __________________________, dirty ____________________________, hard ______________________, fresh _________________, sweet ____________________, free _______________________, good ___________________, busy ________________________, full _______________________, easy _________________, cheap ______________________, clean _____________________, weak _________________, heavy ______________________, clear _____________________, near __________________, loud _____________________, comfortable _________________________________________, light _____________________, soft _______________________, new ____________________, wide ____________________, modern _____________________, colorful __________________________________.
Task 3. Translate into English:
Старый ____________________, старший ________________, самый старый _____________________, самый старший _________________, мой старший брат ______________________, мой старый друг ________________________, дальше _____________, самый дальний ____________________, самый длинный ______________, короче ___________, счастливый ________________, счастливее ___________________, самый лучший ______________, самый черный __________________, длиннее _____________, хуже ________________, лучше __________________, теплее _____________, ее лучший друг _________________, ее младший сын _________________, его младший сын ________________________.
Сравнительный союз than – чем.
She is nicer than her sister. He is stronger than his brother.
One (ones) – заменяет любое существительное в английском языке при повторе.
This house is bigger than that one. This street is wider than that one.
Если в конце предложения оказывается притяжательное местоимение, то оно стоит в своей абсолютной форме: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Task 4. Put in the necessary degree of the adjectives:
Two heads are _____________ than one.(good)
Mike is ____________ than Nick. (tall)
This is ___________ hotel in our city. (cheap)
My ______________ brother is five years. (old)
Winter is _____________season of the year. (cold)
Which is _______________day of the year? (long)
In spring the days are ____________than in winter. (long)
Your English ___________ is now. (good)
It is _________today than it was yesterday. (cold)
Запомните:
as ... as — такой же... как
not so ... as — не такой... как
Task 5. Read and translate into Russian:
English is as difficult as German. It isn't as warm today as it was yesterday. Johnny isn't as rich as Don but he is younger and much happier. My dog isn't as friendly as your dog. The hotel isn't as cheap as we expected. His songs aren't as popular as the Beatles songs. 12. Her brother is as intelligent as his wife.
Task 6. Put in as ... as or so ... as:
1. Mike is ________ tall _______ Pete. 2. Kate is not ________ nice ________ Ann. 3. My room is _________ light _________ this one. 4. This book is not _________thin _____________ that one. 5. Sergei is _________ old _________ Michael. 6. She is _______young _______ Tom's brother. 7. This woman is _______ good ... that one. 8. Nick's English Is not ___________ good _________ his friend's. 9. I am not _________ tall ________ Pete. 10. This woman is _________ young ... that one. 11. I am _______ thin __________ you. 12. Kate is ________ lazy _______ her brother. 13. This child is not ________ small _______that one.
Task 7. Translate into English:
Такой же красный, как роза ____________________________________
Такой же зеленый, как трава ____________________________________
Такой же голубой, как небо ____________________________________
Такой же белый, как снег ______________________________________
Такой же старый, как мир ______________________________________
Такой же сильный, как лев ____________________________________
Такой же красивый, как цветок __________________________________
Такой же сладкий , как конфета __________________________________
Такой
же горячий, как солнце
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