Правила правопису ступенів порівняння

Односкладові прикметники:

♦ кінцева «е» пропускається:

fine — finer — the finest (гарний — гарніший — найгарніший)

♦ кінцевий приголосний подвоюється, якщо прикметник закінчується одним приголосним з попереднім коротким наголошеним голосним звуком:

big — bigger — the biggest (великий — більший — найбільший)

♦ кінцева «у» змінюється на «і», якщо перед нею стоїть приголосний:

busy — busier — the busiest (зайнятий — більш зайнятий — найбільш зайнятий);

♦ кінцевий «у» не змінюється, якщо перед ним стоїть голосний:

gay -gayer — the gayest (веселий — більш веселий — найбільш веселий);

♦ в порівняльному ступені звичайно вживається сполучник than (ніж, за):

A house is bigger than a room. (Дім більший за кімнату.)

Exercise 1. Form comparative and superlative degrees of comparison of adjectives.

1. Long, short, large, big, fine, straight, new, old, few, young, easy, busy, light, clean, small, thin, thick, high, poor.

2. Good, much, bad, little, many.

3. Interesting, difficult, comfortable, important, beautiful, expensive, modern, gorgeous.

Exercise 2. Translate adjectives in English, and form the degrees of comparison.

1. Вузький, брудний, широкий, важливий, малий, тонкий, голодний, гарний, поганий, щасливий, дивний, зручний, сердитий, голосний, низький, красивий, добрий, прямий, молодий, дорогий.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences putting the adjectives in the necessary degree of comparison.

1. Kyiv, Lviv (small). 2. English grammar, Ukrainian grammar (easy). 3. My mother, my father (young). 4. My bag, your bag (large). 5. These pens, those pens (good). 6. Sugar in my coffee, in his coffee (little). 7. The English language, the Ukrainian language (difficult). 8. My old flat, my new flat (comfortable). 9. This text, that text (long). 10. This work, that work (important). 11. This book, that book (interesting). 12. This car, that car (new).

Exercise 4. Form the necessary degree of comparison of adjectives.

1. Her (old) daughter is married. 2. He is the (bad) driver I have ever seen. 3. This exercise is (difficult) than the last one. 4. Who is the (old) person in the family? 5. Niagara falls is one of (fantastic) sights in the world. 6. He was (wise) man I have ever met. 7. I think Swiss chocolate is (tasty) in the world. 8. The Sahara Desert is one of (hot) of the world’s deserts. 9. A big house is usually (expensive) than a small one. 10. Half a loaf is (good) than no bread.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Петро — найвищий хлопець у класі. 2. Взимку дні коротші, ніж влітку. 3. Який місяць найкоротший у році? 4. Її дочка старша на 2 роки за його дочку. 5. Англійська є важчою, ніж українська. Отже українська легше. 6. Дніпро — найдовша річка в Україні.

7. Які останні новини? 8. Сьогодні погода гірша, ніж учора. 9. Мій словник кращий за твій. 10. Яка гора найвища в світі? 11. Який шлях найкоротший? 12. Анна — моя найкраща. 13. Це — найбільша помилка! 14. Останнє оповідання в цій книзі — найцікавіше. 15. У вихідні ми встаємо пізніше, ніж у будні. 16. Синевир — найкрасивіше та найзагадковіше озеро в Україні. 17. Ця вправа легша, ніж наступна. 18. Вона молодша за свого брата. 19. Її нова квартира зручніша і світліша, ніж стара. 20. Завтра буде тепліше, ніж сьогодні. 21. Він нижчий ростом, ніж його брат.

MUSIC………………..………………….………………………………………………………………………LESSON 3-4

Exercise 1. Read the text about music. Translate it into Ukrainian. Do you listen to music on your phone? Do you buy CDs? Do you prefer to watch music or just to listen? What about the old-fashioned radio? Have you ever seen your favourite band or singer perform live? There are so many ways to discover, buy and listen to music!

MUSIC VIDEOS

British teenagers like to watch their music online. Watching music on video streaming sites on the internet is now more popular than listening to the radio with young British people. Popular videos can quickly become extremely popular internationally. Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby’ was the most watched music video on YouTube.Until recently in 2012 PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ became the most watched video on YouTube with over 1 billion views. Things can change quickly on YouTube!

LIVE MUSIC

The O2 in London is the second largest live music arena in Europe. There you can see world-famous bands such as One Direction, Justin Bieber, Scissor Sisters, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Take That. This massive stadium has space for 20,000 people. Tickets are not cheap. You can pay more than 50 pounds to see a concert at The O2.

What about free live music? There are music festivals across Britain every year that are completely free of charge. Last year more than 150,000 people went to the Tramlines free music festival in Sheffield in the north of England. The two-day festival is held every July. Last year there were nine hundred performances in total including local bands as well as music from all over the world.

MUSIC ON TV

‘The X Factor’ is a British television music competition to find new talented singers. The 'X Factor' of the title refers to the difficult-to-define quality that makes a star. The TV show began in 2004 and is still extremely popular. X Factor singers perform on a stage in front of the judges and a live audience. After the performance the audience at home can vote by phone for their favourite acts. Many winners then go on to get a UK number-one single. But you don’t have to win the X Factor to become famous. One Direction, the massively popular British boy band, competed in the X Factor in 2010. They didn’t win; they came third!

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC?

What are you and your friends listening to these days? Hip hop, dance, rock, heavy metal, rap, urban, reggae, ... Individual tastes are very varied amongst British teenagers. If a type of music exists then somebody likes it. A shopping centre in Birmingham, in central England, recently discovered what kind of music some local teenagers don’t like. This is what happened ... Shoppers and shop owners complained to the police about teenagers behaving badly in the shopping centre. When a new sound system started playing Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, the antisocial behaviour stopped. The young people causing problems had gone! Classical music was clearly not popular with these particular teenagers!

Exercise 1. Circle True or False for these sentences. T F

1. British teenagers prefer the radio to YouTube videos.

2. The O2 is the largest live music stage in the world.

3. There are free music festivals in the UK every year.

4. One Direction didn’t win a television music competition.

5. Classical music helped to solve a problem in a British shopping centre.

Exercise 2. Circle the best answer for these questions.

Watching music on video streaming sites on the internet is now more _____________than listening to the radio.	Popular / Exciting
Gangnam Style’ became the ________watched video on YouTube	more / most
The O2 in London is the second live music arena in Europe	Largest / biggest
Tickets are not________.	Cheap / cheaper
There are music festivals across Britain every year that are completely	free of charge / fee to pay
The X Factor’ show began in 2004 and is still extremely__________.	Popular / famous
British teenagers like_______________their music online	to watch / watch
‘The X Factor’ is a British television music competition new talented____________singers.	to find / find
The audience at home can______by phone for their favourite acts.	to vote / vote
You don’t have to win the X factor________________famous.	to become / become

Speech bubbles. Speaking task.