Степени сравнения прилагательных.

По образованию степеней сравнения прилагательные и наречия можно разделить на 3 группы:

1.

форма	прилагательное	Сравнительная степень	Превосходная степень
Одно- и двусложные Прилагательные с Окончаниями -y, -ow, -er, -le	Nice Happy Clever Red easy	Nicer Happier Cleverer Redder easier	The nicest The happiest The cleverest The reddest The easiest

2.

форма	прилагательное	Сравнительная степень	Превосходная степень
Многосложные, а также некоторые двусложные	Beautiful Comfortable serious	More beautiful More comfortable More serious	The most beautiful The most comfortable The most serious

3. Образование степеней сравнения не по общим правилам.

прилагательное	Сравнительная степень	Превосходная степень
Good, well Bad Many, much Little far	Better Worse More Less farther	The best The worst The most The least The farthest

В предикативных конструкциях «as …as» (такой же …как) и «not so …as» (не такой …как) прилагательное не меняется.

He is as tall as his brother.

Если в предложении, после прилагательного, стоит слово «than» (чем), то речь идет о сравнительной степени сравнения.

Exercises

1. It is (hot) in Athens than it is in London. 2. A train goes faster than a ship but not so (fast) as an aeroplane. 3. Your work is much (good) than I thought. 4. Susan is (old) than Mark, she is the (old) of the family. 5. Jack and Peter are exactly as (tall) as each other. 6. Tom is the (tall) in his class.

2. Put adjectives into correct forms. 1. John is (young) of the 3 brothers. 2. The Sun is (bright) the Moon. 3. Is the diameter of Jupiter (big) than that of the Earth? 4. That room is (light) than yours. 5. This room is (large) than the one upstairs. 6. It doesn’t take (much) than four days to cross the Atlantic, does it?

3. Choose the correct form of an adjective. 1. Jane is the (taller — tallest) of the 2 girls. 2. Father was the (eldest — elder) of seven sons. 3. Albert is (elder — older) than John. 4. I think your plan is the (best — better) of the two. 5. This is the (most large-largest) power — station, I’ve ever seen. 6. Henry is the (oldest — eldest) of the 3 brothers.

Hot, often, interesting, good, popular, small, narrow, white, many, far, cold, beautiful, strong, thin, bad, thick, high, flat, happy, dry, large, useful, difficult, numerous.

2. Вставьте прилагательное, данное в скобках, поставив его в необходимую степень сравнения:

1. Not ___________ago space travel seemed to meet people a _____________idea (long, fantastic)

2. A ________lamp has a ____________resistance than a_______ one. (small, high, large)

3. In technics we have to do with pressure_____________ than that of air. (great)

4. The devouring flames were repelled by the yet ____________ wind.(powerful)

5. The land was __________-as ____________ as a table. (flat)

6. The bottom of the Arctic Ocean is not so_________ as old charts indicated. (smooth)

7. Thе ice in the camp melted five times as ___________ as the ice on the floe. (fast)

8. The coefficient of expansion of air is about twenty times as _____________as that of mercury. (Much)

9. Molecules of gas are moving as ____________-as bullets. (fast)

10. Baikal is _____________freshwater lake in Europe and Asia. (large)

1. Заполните пропуски необходимой формой прилагательного:

1. The three musicians play on ____________________stage.

a) a new                                b) a newer                                c) the newest

2. She speaks in ______________voice than the last time.

a) a loud                                b) a louder                                c) the loudest

3. They leave ____________way they can/

a) a quick                        b) a quicker                                c) the quickest

4. A whale is ____________than a dolphin.

a) long                                b) longer                                c) the longest

5. Is it _____________to go there by car or by train?

a) cheap                                b) cheaper                                c) the cheapest

6. Do you know that the Dead Sea is ______________sea.

a) a salty                                b) a saltier                                c) the saltiest

7. This is ______________ problem she has ever had.

a) a great                                b) a greater                                c) the greatest

8. My case isn’t very _____________. Yours is _____________.

a) heavy                                b) heavier                                c) the heaviest

9. The weather was not very ____________yesterday, but it’s ________ today.

a) good                                b) better                                c) the bes

10. Of the two skirts, that one is the __________.

a) smart                                b) smarter                                c) the smartest

11. These trousers are too small. I need _________size.

a) a large                                b) a larger                                c) the largest

12. I’m not so _____________as a horse.

a) strong                                b) a stronger                                c) the strongest

13. China has got __________population in the world.

a) a large                                b) a larger                                c) the largest

14. Of the three girls, this one is __________

a) pretty                                b) prettier                                c) the prettiest

15. Which is _______________: five, fifteen or fifty?

a) little                                b) less                                c) the least

Modal verbs.