Упражнения

1. Прочтите и запомните основные словообразовательные суффиксы и префиксы прилагательных

а) б)

-ful -ant -ous -ed -ing -al -ent -ish un- in- im- dis- non-

careful, useful important distant famous dangerous strong-willed talented interesting disappointing cultural agricultural dependent different Polish, Spanish unhappy uncomfortable independent indirect impossible immoral discouraging disappointing non-governmental non-persistent

-ible -able -ic -y -less -ary -ive -ian ir- inter- post- pre-

possible, horrible hospitable, eatable historic, poetic rainy, sunny, dirty hopeless, useless revolutionary ordinary impressive Belarusian irregular irrational international post-war pre-revolutionary pre-war pre-Christian

2. Образуйте прилагательные от следующих слов по модели

Образец: care – careful – careless

use, hope, truth, beauty, rain, peace, help, harm, colour, thought, meaning, power, tune, delight.

3. Определите, от каких существительных образованы следующие прилагательные, обозначающие национальность

Russian, German, American, Canadian, Rumanian, Georgian, Lithuanian, English, Spaniard, Frenchman, Chinese, Japanese.

4. Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степени следующих прилагательных

1) tall, long, short, hot, cold, nice, large, big, wide, strong, happy, warm, high, heavy, low, hard, busy, easy, bright;

2) interesting, comfortable, important, necessary, beautiful, famous, pleasant, popular, wonderful, active, careful.

5. Переведите следующие предложения

Mary is as young as Ann.

Pushkin street is as long as Lermontov street.

The Baltic Sea is not so warm as the Black Sea.

This book is not so interesting as that one.

This road is worse than any other.

Football is more popular than basket-ball.

The more you study the better you pass your exams.

The longer is the night, the shorter is the day.

The less we speak English the worse for us.

The earlier you get up the more you can do.

6. Ответьте на вопросы

а) Are the mountains of the Crimea as high as the mountains of the Caucasus?

Is the climate of England as mild as that in our country?

Is the Volga longer than the Don?

Is the Moscow underground the best in the world?

б) Which is the shortest month of the year?

Which is the biggest city in Great Britain?

Which is the most beautiful square in Minsk?

Which season is the coldest?

в) Where is it better to rest: in the South or in the North?

Where is it better to live: in the city or in the country?

Where is it warmer: in Italy or in Sweden?

Where is it more snow: in the North or in the East of Asia?