- •Table of contents
- •Part 1. Grammar
- •1.1. Infinitive
- •1.1.1. Infinitive as Subject
- •1.1.2. Infinitive as Predicate
- •1.1.3. Infinitive as Predicative
- •1.1.4. Infinitive as Part of Compound Verbal Modal Predicate
- •1.1.5. Infinitive as Part of Compound Verbal Aspect Predicate
- •1.1.6. Infinitive as Object
- •Part of Modal/Verbal Aspect Predicate and Object
- •1.1.8. Infinitive as Attribute
- •1.1.9. Infinitive as Adverbial Modifier
- •1.1.10. Infinitive as Parenthesis
- •1.1.11. Complex Object
- •1.1.14. Complex Subject
- •Complex Subject, Parenthesis; For-to-Infinitive and Revision
- •Excuses! excuses!
- •Lies, damn lies?
- •What does it come under?
- •Mind your skin!
- •1.3.The Adjective and the Adverb
- •The champ
- •Eager driver
- •Not a fast life!
- •Not a dog's dinner!!
- •A splash of colour
- •I'm quite certain about this.
- •I expected the book to be boring, but it was rather interesting.
- •I looked at the frightened child encouragingly. Alike – similar
- •Part 2. Analytical reading
- •2.1. Unit One. “Three Men in a Boat”
- •Jerome k. Jerome
- •Active Vocabulary from the text
- •Vocabulary Activities
- •Task 8. Fill in the gaps with one of the active words and expressions.
- •2.2. Unit Two. “Encountering directors”
- •Ingmar Bergman
- •Active vocabulary from the text
- •2.3. Unit Three. “To Sir, with Love”
- •Part 1.
- •Part 2.
- •Part 3. Key to grammar
- •3.1. Key to Infinitive
- •Infinitive as Subject
- •Infinitive as Predicate
- •Infinitive as Predicative
- •Infinitive as Part of Compound Verbal Modal Predicate
- •Infinitive as Part of Compound Verbal Aspect Predicate
- •Infinitive as Object
- •Infinitive as Attribute
- •Infinitive as Adverbial Modifier
- •Infinitive as Parenthesis
- •Complex Object
- •Complex Subject
- •Mind your skin!
- •3.3. Key to The Adjective and The Adverb
- •The champ
- •Eager driver
- •Not a fast life!
- •Not a dog's dinner!!
- •A splash of colour
- •I looked at the frightened child encouragingly.
- •Part 4. Key to analytical reading
- •4.1. Unit One
- •4.2. Unit Two
- •4.3. Unit Three
1.3.The Adjective and the Adverb
Revise the following sources before doing the tasks given in this section:
Каушанская В. Л. и др. Грамматика английского языка. – М. : Просвещение, 1987. – С. 47-51; С. 204-205.
Гордон Е. М., Крылова И. П. Грамматика современного английского языка. – М. : Высш. школа, 1980. – С. 261-268; С. 305-311.
Кобрина Н. А. и др. Грамматика английского языка. – М. : Просвещение, 1985. – С. 215-225; С. 269-272.
*TASK 1. Underline the right forms in these sentences. Mind that in some cases both forms are right.
I bought the (last/ latest) edition of today’s paper.
My house is much (father/ further) than yours along the road.
Who is the (oldest/ eldest) in this class?
Your driving is (worse/ worst) than mine.
It's the (less/ lesser) of two evils.
Have you heard the (last/ latest) news?
We have no (further/ farther) information.
Jane Somers, (the last/ latest) Booker Prize winner, writes (good/well).
The dying man’s (latest/ last) words were: 'This is the end'.
This is the town's (oldest/ eldest) house.
My flat is (less/ smaller) than yours.
I've got (less/ lesser) time than you.
Jane is 5 years (older/ elder) than I am.
This dress is the (more/ most) expensive of the two.
His English is (the best/ better) of the four candidates.
It's the (better/best) alternative.
It's the (furthest/farthest) point west.
This oak is the (oldest/eldest) tree in the park.
There are five sisters in out family. Telma is my (elder/older) sister.
It’s not fair! I've got the (least/less)! And you've got the (more/most)!
*TASK 2. Revision: adjectives and adverbs. Put in the right forms. Alternatives are possible.
The champ
Two men were sitting at the bar. The one ______ (near) to me was the ______ (big) and ______ (strong) man I have ever seen. The one ______ (far) from me was ______ (small/little) and ______ (weak). They were having the ______ (violent) argument I had ever heard. Suddenly the little man said. 'It's a case of the (small) ______ brain in the world fitted into the ______ (big) head!' They were his ______ (late) words. The little man didn't know what hit him as he fell to the floor. 'When Shortie wakes up, tell him that was my ______ (good) Karate chop,' the big man told the barman as he left. The next evening, King Karate was at the bar as usual when Shortie crept in quietly, swung his arm and the champ fell to the floor. 'When King Karate wakes up,' Shortie said, tell him it was my ______ (old) Land Rover starting handle.'
*TASK 3. Make up compound adjectives of measurement. Follow the example.
Example: a man who is twenty years old – a twenty-year-old man
NOTE: Don’t confuse compound adjectives of measurement with the use of possessive case in time references and money’s worth, compare:
Compound adjectives of measurement |
Time references and money’s worth |
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a building that is three years old
a farm that has fifty acres
a car whose fuel tank can contain two litres of fuel
a meeting that lasts four hours
a ruler which length is 30 centimetres
a hole which is six metres deep
a dress that costs 50 dollars
a walk that lasts 10 minutes
a bag that weighs 20 kilos
an office-block that costs two million pounds
a woman who is seventy years old
a conference that lasts two days
a park that is eighty hectares
a journey that takes three days
a baby who weighs five kilos
an engine that is three litres
a note for fifty pounds
a fence that is twenty miles
a tunnel that is fifty kilometres
a bicycle that has five speeds
*TASK 4.Change the words in brackets to fill the spaces.