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7.19. Use the required form of the adjective.
1. He was the (amusing) lad you ever met.
2. He’s a far (intelligent) person than my brother.
3. She was the (practical) of the family.
4. When they told me that, I can tell you I was (afraid) than glad.
5. I wanted to ask you both what you thought of my (late) films if
you saw them.
6. He is (talkative) than his sister. He won’t tire you so much.
7. He turned out to be (angry) than I had expected.
8. Today I’m no (wise) than yesterday.
9. This wine is the (good) I ever tasted.
10. Jack is the (clever) of the three brothers.
11. I don’t think it matters in the (little) which seat I choose.
12. He felt (bad) yesterday than the day before.
13. The (near) house is three miles away.
14. Of the two evils let us choose the (little).
15. He was the (late) man to come.
16. She waited until her silence became the (noticeable) thing in the
room.
17. The (near) item on the program is a piano sonata.
18. He is the (tall) of the two brother.
19. She is (amusing) in a small company.
20. Uncle Nick was the (old) son of the family.
7.20. In nine of these sentences there is a mistake in the use of
adjectives. Spot the mistake and correct it.
1. That was the worse film I’ve even seen.
2. If you need a suitcase, I’ve got a leather old lovely one that you
can borrow.
3. He should catch a more earlier train if he wants to get to London by five.
4. This is one of the commonest mistakes made by new students.
5. The peaches rotten looked so I didn’t have any.
6. Our last holiday wasn’t so enjoyable than this one.
7. My home town is small pretty peaceful.
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8. Which of the students lives most far from the school?
9. I’m really boring with this exercise. Let’s go and have a coffee.
10. Clothes aren’t cheap here. These jeans are so expensive as the
ones you bought back home.
7.21. Fill the gaps with appropriate comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives in the box. Add THAN and THE where
necessary.
DRY KEEN FAT GOOD LOOSE REAL SAFE
TIDY BAD BIG PRETTY WET SCARED WRONG FAR
1. I’m rather worried about the side effects of aspirin. Can you rec-
ommend a … alternative?
2. And now we come to the award for … actor in a leading role.
3. It’s been raining non-stop. I wouldn’t be surprised if this turns
out to be … July on record!
4. The authenticity of dialogue and setting often makes low-bud-
get films seem … the somewhat artificial version of reality in
Hollywood movies.
5. In medieval times people rarely traveled long distances. For
most peasants …they would ever travel would be to the local
market town.
6. In our study children on a diet high in dairy products tended to
be considerably … on average.
7. Now that I’m employing a cleaner, the house has become a lot
… it ever used to be!
8. This skirt’s much too tight on the hips. I need something with a
… fit.
9. The actor was awful! I think that’s … performance I’ve ever seen
him give.
10. I don’t mind the Mediterranean summer because it’s a … heat
than you find in the tropics.
11. They say the great pyramid at Giza is …structure to survive from
the ancient world.
12. I like all Mozart’s operas but I think Don Giovanni is the one I
am … on.
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13. We inherited two paintings from my grandmother. Of the two,
I’d say the landscape is … .
14. I know all murder is wrong, but don’t you agree that it’s … to
murder a child than to murder an adult?
15. … I’ve ever felt was when Joe and I were flying over the Himala-
yas and we hit a storm. It was absolutely petrifying.
7.22. Complete the text with comparative or superlative forms
of the words in brackets.
ANCIENT TRADITIONS
The Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo (5 May), which remembers
the Mexican defeat of the French army in 1862, is celebrated (1) … (en-
thusiastically) in the state of Puebla than in other parts of Mexico. It
is not (2) … (popular) holiday in Mexico. In fact, it is celebrated (3) …
(widely) by Mexicans in the USA than in Mexico, and the holiday is (4)
… (well-known) in the USA than Mexican Independence Day.
In recent years, Cinco de Mayo has become (5) … (big) than ever
and is promoted as a celebration of Mexican culture, food and music.
Participation is now (6) … (wide) than before, and non-Mexican Americans are (7) … (enthusiastic) about it as Mexicans. In California, the
(8) … (lively) and (9) … (sensational) parties take place in Los Angeles.
Celebrations have become (10) … (commercialized) in recent years, but
Cinco de Mayo is still a great festival.
7.23. Complete the following article using only one word for
each space.
HAIR CONDITIONERS
For this week’s consumer test we’ve been looking at the (1) … popu-
lar choices of competing hair conditioner. We chose the three (2) … selling brands: Supremesoft, Vitabalm and ActiveShine, and gave them to our
panel of ordinary consumers to try for a month.
At $2.99 for 250ml Supremesoft is the (3) … expensive of the three
brands. But, surprisingly, price is no guide to quality as this brand was
(4) … more effective (5) … the cheaper brands. On the other hand, the
panel felt the packaging was (6) … upscale than the competitors, and the
conditioner itself had an attractive color and scent. But these advantages
weren’t significant (7) … to compensate for the extra cost.
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Vitabalm is the (8) … of the tested brands ($1.99 for 250ml). Our
consumers thought the packaging wasn’t (9) … attractive (10) … the
others and the conditioner had what one tester described as “a rather
chemical smell”. It was (11) … as effective as the others in dealing with
tangled hair, but testers with dry hair found that it wasn’t rich enough
(12) … give their hair any extra body. And everyone agreed that it was
(13) … harsh to be useable on a daily basis.
ActiveShine emerged as the (14) … all-round value for money. It had
a strong smell, rather (15) … an antiseptic cream, but the smell was not
(16) … strong as to be off-putting. Testers found that it was just as effective with greasy hair as with dry hair and it was (17) … far the most
successful with flyaway hair. ActiveShine doesn’t have (18) … a rich composition as Supremesoft, but our testers found that (19) … more they used
it, the (20) … noticeable the effect on their hair, so it was considered to
be all right in the long term. So, at around $2.50 for 250ml ActiveShine
receives this month’s three-star rating.
7.24. Correct the mistakes in this text.
MORAL PRNICIPLES
Sometimes I wonder what people in other countries think about us.
We are no longer among the rich and powerful of Europe. In a very short
period, we seem to have turned into the poor and weaks. The situation
is appalled. You cannot walk down a street in our cities without seeing a
homeless. The unemployeds stand around on our street corners. The old
and sick receives no help. Why are we no longer shocking that this is going on? Is it like this everywhere? Does the Japanese and the Canadian
have the same problems? I doubt it. The unthinkable have happened
here and we must do something about it soon.
7.25. Fifteen of these sentences contain mistakes. Rewrite the
sentences correctly.
1. London features numerous histories sites such as Westminster
Abbey.
2. I’m writing a report on the political attitudes of the young’s.
3. Health care needs of elderly are a major problem for many
countries.
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4. Have we won first prize? What amazing!
5. A plant being built outside the town is chemical.
6. Try not to disturb the asleep children.
7. They are doing experiments on alive animals.
8. Please don’t tell me negative anything.
9. I’m afraid that’s the only answer possible.
10. Our latest release is a film suitable for all ages.
11. The involved people will be caught and severely punished.
12. We will be supplying an antidote to all those infected by the virus.
13. To avoid theft please make actively use of the security boxes.
14. The report into the rail crash was rather worried.
15. I always seem to play for the lost team!
16. We’ve inherited a dining mahogany table from my great aunt.
17. They’re selling that Victorian wonderful house on the corner.
18. The players will be wearing striped shirts for today’s match.
19. Interest in Latino music is not confined to speaking Spanish
audiences.
20. The interviewers felt the applicant was well-informed and honest.
7.26. Seven of these sentences contain mistakes. Rewrite the
sentences correctly.
1. Come on, you’ve got to admit she’s much slimer than you!
2. She’s always saying she’s better looking of us two.
3. We felt the male character was realer than the female who
seemed artificial.
4. “Which do you prefer, darling, the brown or the green?”
5. I’m most proudest of this one. I won it against really stiff com-
petition.
6. The divorce has made him the most unhappy man, don’t you
think?
7. The eldest piece in the museum is this Egyptian amulet from the
Third Dynasty.
8. Hasn’t their eldest son just landed some sort of job in Seattle?
9. Windsor Castle is the largest occupied castle of Britain.
10. Things are about as worse as they can get.
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7.27. Translate the following fragments into English using vari-
ous sentence pat terns to express comparison.
1. (Чем меньше) you will talk, (тем лучше).
2. Unfortunately I failed to come (так рано, как) I had promised.
3. The cat fell off the roof but feels (нисколько не хуже от этого).
4. The room is nice enough but (не такая хорошая, как) I would
have liked.
5. (Чем больше) a person has, (тем больше) a person is eager to
have.
6. I’m (не так молод, как вы).
7. The weather is changing (к лучшему).
8. The window is (узкое, как) the door.
9. The soup (хорошо пахнет), and (на вкус он еще лучше).
10. How do I get to (ближайшей) post office?
11. If he helps us (тем лучше).
12. If he doesn’t do his homework, (тем хуже для него).
13. (Чем скорее) you will do it, (тем лучше).
14. He was getting (все слабее и слабее).
15. This time you have (меньше) mistakes.
7.28. Read the biography and complete it correctly.
A SOLO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD
Zac Sunderland is an American sailor who was the first person un-
der the age of eighteen to sail around the world. His achievement is (1)
высоко оценивается by all the professional sailors though not recognized by Guinness World Records and other similar bodies.
Zac comes from a large family – he has eight siblings. Yet their par-
ents managed to make the kids’ life (2) очень интересный as the family
spent (3) большую часть своего времени on board various ships.
The Sunderlands sailed in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
They also completed a (4) трёхгодичный круиз of California’s Channel
Islands and mainland Mexico. When Zachary decided to attempt the
solo circumnavigation, he bought an (5) одиннадцатиметровую яхту
for $6000 using up all his savings. He named his first ship “The Intrepid”
and equipped it for the journey with his father’s help.
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Despite his age and difficulties that lay
ahead the young sailor felt (6) достаточ-
но уверенно. Initially Zac planned for his
voyage to take up to eighteen months with
about twenty stops around the world, (7)
главным образом in big ports. He wasn’t
going to neglect his education either taking all his books aboard or e-mailing completed tasks and tests to his mother for
evaluating and grading. He knew he would have to work (8) усердно.
Sunderland started his voyage in June, 2008, sailing (9) прямо to the
Marshall Islands in the Pacific and later, Australia.
The Indian Ocean was to be crossed (10) следующим. Afterwards Zac
planned to cross the Atlantic and go back to the Pacific via the Panama
Canal. Then he would be (11) почти home. Yet the sailor had to reroute several times, due to some minor repair work and the need for food
supplies.
On his way Zac was (12) с энтузиазмом greeted by some politicians,
including Governors and US Ambassadors and the general public. Not
everything went (13) хорошо, however. Because of fuel and technical
problems the young adventurer had to make more stops. He also endured a (14) двадцатичетырёхчасовой storm. He even had some meeting with pirates in the Indian Ocean whom he later described as ominous
and dangerous. Luckily for Zac the pirates lost interest in the lonely
yacht and sped away. He also made some deliberate breaks in his trip like
flying home for Christmas. Nevertheless Sunderland showed an amazing result with his circumnavigation taking a little over thirteen months.
Although his record wasn’t recognized (15) официально he did manage
to accomplish something worthwhile and light the way for others.
WORD FORMATION
7.29. Make new adjectives using the given prefi xes.
MULTI- (MANY) TRANS-(ACROSS)
SUPER-(ABOVE, MORE THAN) DE-(ACTING AGAINST)
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1. The land is becoming …forested so quickly that soon there will
be no trees.
2. He works in London and in New York so he’s a regular …atlan-
tic air passenger.
3. The train became …railed at 60 miles per hour but no one was
seriously hurt.
4. He was so powerful that he sometimes seemed almost … human.
5. Britain has people from all over the world. It’s a …racial society.
6. The villages are becoming …populated as more and more people
leave them.
7. He believes in ghosts and magic and other …natural things.
8. Concorde was a …sonic plane. It flew faster than sound.
9. If you work hard on a very hot day you can become … hydrated.
10. The New Year tree was sparkling with … colored lights and or-
naments.
7.30. Put one of the prefi xes UN- or DIS- in each space in the
phrases below to make the word which follows it opposite in meaning.
1. a(n) … comfortable chair
2. a(n) … believable story
3. a(n) … punctual train
4. a(n) … respectful pupil
5. a(n) … popular man
6. a(n) … honest shopkeeper
7. a(n) … lucky accident
8. a(n) … familiar city
9. a(n) … satisfied customer
10. a(n) … grateful child
7.31. Put one of the prefi xes IR-, IL-, IM-, IN- in each space in the
phrases below to make the word which follows it opposite in meaning.
1. an … resistible temptation
2. an … possible plan
3. an … legal business deal
4. an … accurate calculation
5. an … mature young man
6. an … moral action
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7. an … convenient arrangement
8. an … logical answer
9. an … responsible boy
10. an … patient motorist
11. an … secure feeling
12. an … relevant question
13. an … polite letter
14. an … literate person
15. … frequent buses
16. … legible handwriting
17. an … curable illness
18. an … regular train service
19. an … dependent country
20. … formal clothes
7.32. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the
sentences below.
SALTY GRASSY SCHOLARLY RAINY BOSSY
FRIENDLY GHOSTLY WEEKLY DAILY YEARLY
1. It’s a very … book for academic reading.
2. It’s been dry for two weeks but I think next weekend will be … .
3. We found a nice … place by the river for our picnic.
4. Julia will help you. She’s a very pleasant and … girl.
5. The water of the lake was rather … like sea-water.
6. A … figure in white suddenly appeared before us.
7. He makes …visits to his firm’s head office in Paris, usually in
April.
8. Time is an American … news magazine.
9. He has become quite … after his latest promotion.
10. My life is really monotonous – my … routine hardly ever varies.
7.33. In each space below put an adjective ending in -OUS
made from the noun in brackets after the phrase.
1. a … plant (poison)
2. a … organization (religion)
3. an …journey (adventure)
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4. a … movement (nerves)
5. a … country (mountain)
6. a … story (humour)
7. a … escape (miracle)
8. a … machine (danger)
9. a … sunset (glory)
10. an … politician (ambition)
11. a …soldier (courage)
12. a … earthquake (disaster)
13. a … film star (fame)
14. an … student (industry)
15. an … disease (infection)
16. a … disappearance (mystery)
17. a … army (victory)
18. a … person (suspicion)
19. a … creature (wonder)
20. a … girl (flirtation)
7.34. Make adjectives ending in -IC from the following nouns,
making any necessary spelling changes, and put them in the sentences
below.
DEMOCRACY ART DRAMA SYMPATHY CLIMATE
PHOTOGRAPHY POETRY ENERGY SCIENCE ALCOHOL
1. There is no point in using … drinks.
2. She paints and draws. She’s very … .
3. Sweden and Brazil have different weather. They’re in different
…zones.
4. In a … country the transfer of power is regular and peaceful.
5. I feel very fit and … today.
6. She bought a camera and other … equipment.
7. She likes physics, chemistry and other … subjects.
8. He was very patient and … when I told him my problem.
9. She has a very imaginative and … style of writing.
10. The big doors suddenly opened and he entered. It was very … .
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