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16. Of course this hotel is (more comfortable / the most comfortable)
than that we last stayed at.
17. Seeing is believing, but sometimes the (most real / realest) things in
the world are the things we can’t see.
18. The left hand side of the keyboard is (more worn / worner) than the
right, which I chalk up to the fact that I’m a gamer.
19. In October 1961, (more powerful / the most powerful) weapon ever
constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya
Zemlya in the Arctic Sea.
20. Burj Khalifa, the (tallest / taller) man-made structure on the planet,
stands at over 800 metres tall with (more / most) than 160 floors.
III. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. Nothing is (worse / worst) than missing a flight because of traffic.
2. They say that the (latest / last) straw can break the camel’s back.
3. Who is the (next / nearest) heir to the British Throne?
4. Your smoke is making me ill, would you mind smoking a bit (fur-
thest / farther) away?
5. Valentino Rossi is considered one of the (better / best) world ath-
letes of the past decade.
6. The (last / latest) news is regularly added to the home page of our
website.
7. The (nearest / next) star to Earth, beyond the Sun, lies at the fantas-
tic distance of 25 trillion miles!
8. A new study of Apollo lunar rocks suggests that the moon is (elder
/ older) than anyone believed.
9. All the patients recovered without (farther / further) difficulties and
showed no noted (latter / later) effects.
10. I met Nick and Alex in the street. The (more former / former) said
“Hello”, but the (last / latter) pretended not to recognize me.
IV. Расставьте прилагательные в нужном порядке:
1. Please, send us your resume and references from (last / your / two)
jobs.
2. This (black / stylish / leather) purse has special compartments for
coins and credit cards.
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3. Mercara is nothing more than a (provincial / sleepy / small) town.
Rembrandt was a (seventeenth-century / prominent / Dutch)
4.
painter.
5. The (lucky / three / first) customers will receive a gift certificate
from our shop.
6. A (light / candle-lit / romantic) dinner is a perfect date for any lov-
ing couple.
7. We’ve just returned from Sadara, a (beach / spa / fashionable) re-
sort on Bali.
8. This (dark / sleeveless / blue / gorgeous) blouse is designed using
the finest quality silk.
9. Someone smashed into his (sports / brand / luxury / new) car and
then left the scene.
10. This is our (cake / homemade / favourite / birthday / chocolate)
recipe!
V. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. Will you please talk a bit (more quietly / quiet)?
2. Belarus occupies approximately the same area (as / than) Britain.
3. Don’t drive any (fastest / faster) – there’s a speed limit here.
4. TV screens are getting (bigger and bigger / more and more big)
while their costs are coming down.
5. My wife and I did our best to keep our son’s wedding (simpler than
/ as simple as) possible.
6. Women have lost as (much as / more than) they have gained by
achieving equality.
7. You left work a little (more early / earlier) than usual this after-
noon.
8. The flight to New York was not as (comfortable / more comfort-
able) as I had expected.
9. The United States is by far the world’s (larger / largest) natural gas
producer.
10. Here at FlexJob, our goal is to help people find a job as (quickly /
more quickly) as possible.
11. (The more / The most) expensive petrol becomes, (the less / the
least) people drive.
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12. My son’s maths homework is getting (more difficult and more dif-
ficult / more and more difficult) for me to understand.
13. Our cat has been much (lively / livelier) since we added vitamin
supplements to his diet.
14. (The longer / The longest) the strike goes on, (the more / the most)
difficult it will be to find a solution.
15. If you want to live longer, eat half (more / as much) and sleep twice
(as much / more).
VI. Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски словами
like / as:
When my granny left school at the age of 16, she was in the same
situation (1) … most young people at that time – she couldn’t continue her education and had to earn a living. She got her first job (2) …
a waitress in a local café. It was hard for her, but the tips were great.
I’ve got some photos of her from that time and she looks just (3) …
me, but taller. When she grew older, she did all sorts of things, such (4)
… babysitting for kids in their neighbourhood, working (5) … a parttime nurse and what not. Whatever she did, she had a reputation (6) …
a responsible, honest and easy-going person. (7) … many people of her
generation, she worked hard all her life, but she always found time for
the things she enjoyed, (8) … knitting and growing flowers. (9) … you
know, grannies always set the right example for their grandchildren and
I hope I’ll be (10) … her when I am her age.
VII. Заполните пропуски словами so / such:
1. I must be off. I didn’t realise it was … late.
2. Don’t take yourself … seriously. No one else does.
3. It was … a boring film that I can’t even remember most of it now.
4. He had … much luggage that we couldn’t get it all into the car.
5. I’m … hungry that I could eat a horse.
6. I have difficulty understanding native speakers as they speak …
fluently.
7. … a lot of good things have been happening, it is … hard to keep
up!
8. Alone we can do … little. Together we can do … much.
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9. Most consumers are unwilling to pay … a high price for … few
extra benefits.
10. I’m … glad to see you after … a long time.
VIII. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
Before the wedding ceremony, Lindsey got a lovely (1) (silk / silky)
dress and trendy (2) (leather / leathery) shoes made by the best designers. Her fiancé bought unique (3) (gold / golden) rings with diamonds.
On the wedding day, Lindsey put on a long (4) (gold / golden) cape
over her dress and went to the church in a fantastic (5) (silver / silvery)
chauffeur-driven limousine. The inside of the church was decorated
with vines and flowers wrapped around ancient (6) (wood / wooden)
columns and (7) (stone / stony) floors were covered in purple (8) (wool
/ woollen) carpets. While walking down the aisle, Lindsey caught her
mother’s (9) (stone / stony) look. She looked down and instead of the
bridal bouquet saw a colourful (10) (feather / feathery) duster in her
hands!
IX. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. It was very hot in the room so the windows were (wide / widely)
open.
2. You are to be promoted; the boss thinks very (high / highly) of you.
3. In Belarus children under the age of 18 travel (free / freely) on pub-
lic transport.
4. How (beautiful / beautifully) the stars appear tonight!
5. I remember my teacher saying to us, “Will you (kind / kindly) think
before you speak?”
6. Behaving (silly / in a silly way) doesn’t mean you’re stupid.
7. During my younger days I had no one to talk to and felt (awkward /
awkwardly) all the time.
8. The index finger on my left hand is (slight / slightly) shorter than
the ring finger.
9. Life has been (extreme / extremely) busy these days so I haven’t
paid much attention to the project.
10. The passengers who arrive (late / lately) for check-in or boarding
can be denied Air Carriage.
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11. They met in the street, looked (cold / coldly) into each other’s face,
and passed without even a nod.
12. It’s (hard / hardly) surprising that weather is a favourite topic for so
many people around the world.
13. Manage your time and your expenses (wise / wisely), and you’ll suf-
fer less stress and worry.
14. Sometimes life doesn’t seem (fair / fairly), but it’s still (well / good).
15. It’s (dangerous / dangerously) to cut out when all the cars are mov-
ing (fast / fastly).
16. We are (near / nearly) the end of the term; our school-days are
(near / nearly) over.
17. My parents (deep / deeply) love each other and are (happy / happily)
together!
18. Being (friendly / in a friendly way) to others and smiling often
makes you seem (confident / confidently).
19. If you want to look more (attractive / attractively), you need to
dress more (attractive / attractively).
20. It is (wide / widely) believed that green tea, which is very (cost /
costly), is good for health.
X. Раскройте скобки, употребив прилагательное или на-
речие в соответствующей степени сравнения:
1. The (good) things in life are free.
2. This exercise will give you a lot (much) practice.
3. Even the (carefully) prepared plans can go wrong.
4. Giving up bad habits is (easy) said than done.
5. We all have terrible voices, but I sing (badly) of all.
6. One of my favourite quotes is, “If you’re the (smart) person in the
room, you’re in the wrong room.”
7. Could you please stay a few minutes (long)?
8. In my opinion, apologizing is the (little) you should do.
9. As a politician I often receive threats, but some are (real) than oth-
ers.
10. In the IT sector people have to work (hard and hard) to get promo-
tion.
11. Are you sleeping any (well) since you’ve been taking the pills?
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12. The optimist sees a glass as half (full). The pessimist sees the same
glass as half (empty).
13. Jeremy prefers to be alone. He is the (sociable) person in class.
14. They say that the (high) you fly, the (far) you fall.
15. Prices go up and up. Everything gets (expensive and expensive).
16. This device uses much (little) electric energy than the previous one.
It is far (economical).
17. Avocado Oil Hair Conditioner is the perfect treatment to get the
(soft), (silky) hair ever.
18. It’s good advice to eat (many) foods that grow on trees and plants
and eat (little) food that is manufactured in plants.
19. Nothing makes me (angry) than waiting on the phone and trying to
decide whether to wait (long) or hang up.
20. German is not half as (easy) to learn as English and people say it
doesn’t sound as (pleasant) as English.
XI. Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложе-
ния, данный в скобках:
1. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing (хорошо).
2. The (последняя) drop makes the cup run over.
3. The cruise ship looked (как) a skyscraper lying on its side.
4. He’s (ужасно занят) and you really shouldn’t bother him.
5. A lovely face is (в два раза) as lovely when it’s radiant and alive!
6. (Чем старше) he grew, the wiser he became.
7. Our tour to Vietnam was (очень плохо) organized from the start.
8. Millennials are (наименее) worried about online fraud.
9. The (золотой) anniversary is one of the most celebrated wedding
anniversaries.
10. Rosi loves her husband (так глубоко) that she can’t bear it when
he’s away.
11. The higher the risk you take, (тем больше) money you could make.
12. The sloth is (самый ленивый) animal. It spends 80 per cent of its
life asleep.
13. I’m sorry, I’m (опоздала). My taxi arrived very (поздно).
14. Antonio is a (высоко) qualified specialist (как) most of our em-
ployees.
15. She nodded to me in a (дружелюбно) way and smiled (вежливо).
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XII. Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков
только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу:
My new job is ideal. I like it much better (1) … my previous one.
My colleagues are nicer than I expected. Fortunately, the head of the
department isn’t as rude (2) … my old boss, Mr Lincoln, was. I was
afraid of him. He was the (3) … friendly person I’ve (4) … met. I’m the
youngest person (5) … the office and everyone here is (6) … than (7)
… . But I don’t care about it. The best thing about the job is that I earn a
(8) … more money, much more than I got before. The bad thing is that
my way to work isn’t as simple (9) … it was in my old job, where the
bus took me straight there. Now I have to change buses. But the boss
lets me leave work a little earlier. (10) … earlier I leave the office, the
easier the journey is because the buses aren’t so crowded.
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5. Имя ЧИСлИТЕльНОЕ
По своему значению числительные делятся на:
количественные – указывают на количество предметов
и употребляются как прилагательные перед существительными
без артикля или притяжательного или указательного местоимения: forty-seven participants, five thousand dollars;
порядковые – указывают на порядок предметов при сче-
те, как правило, употребляются с определенным артиклем the: the
third sentence, но: a second time, a third party.
Количественные числительные
Числительные
0 nought, zero, oh
1 one rst
2 two second
3 three third
4 four fourth
5 ve fth
6 six sixth
7 seven seventh
8 eight eighth
9 nine ninth
10 ten tenth
11 eleven eleventh
12 twelve twelfth
13 thirteen thirteenth
14 fourteen fourteenth
15 fteen fteenth
16 sixteen sixteenth
17 seventeen seventeenth
18 eighteen eighteenth
19 nineteen nineteenth
20 twenty twentieth
21 twenty-one twenty-rst
Количественные
сколько?
Порядковые
какой? который?
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Числительные
22 twenty-two twenty-second
30 thirty thirtieth
33 thirty-three thirty-third
40 forty fortieth
44 forty-four forty-fourth
50 fty ftieth
55 fty-ve fty-fth
60 sixty sixtieth
66 sixty-six sixty-sixth
70 seventy seventieth
77 seventy-seven seventy-seventh
80 eighty eightieth
88 eighty-eight eighty-eighth
90 ninety ninetieth
99 ninety-nine ninety-ninth
100 a (one) hundred one hundredth
2,000 two thousand two thousandth
3,000,000 three million three millionth
Правила чтения сложных числительных
Количественные
сколько?
Порядковые
какой? который?
В составных числительных в пределах каждых трех разрядов
перед десятками (а если их нет, то перед единицами) ставится
союз and:
– 713 words – seven hundred and thirteen words
– 1201 books – one thousand, two hundred and one books
– 1600 tons – one thousand six hundred tons; sixteen hundred tons
– 44,040 euros – forty-four thousand and forty euros
– 100,000 kilometres – one hundred thousand kilometres
– 560,127 miles – ve hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred
and twenty-seven miles
– 2,035,349 dollars – two million, thirty-ve thousand, three hun-
dred and forty-nine dollars
– 303,000,000 people – three hundred and three million people
st
– 101
day – one hundred and rst day
nd
– 3242
visitor – three thousand, two hundred and forty-second
visitor
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Примечания:
Перед существительными с артиклем, притяжательным или
указательным местоимением, а также перед личными местоимениями и существительными в притяжательном падеже количественные числительные употребляются с предлогом of: three of his
colleagues, two of Jack’s friends, one of us.
Числительные в качестве определения при существитель-
ном могут употребляться после артиклей, притяжательных и указательных местоимений: his three books, the four of them.
Числительные dozen, hundred, thousand, million, billion в со-
ставе сложного числительного употребляются в единственном
числе: three hundred metres, twenty-five billion dollars, a few thousand
cars, several dozen people. Форма множественного числа этих числительных встречается в выражениях, указывающих на неопределенное количество, в этом случае после числительного употребляется предлог of: dozens of books, millions of people, some hundreds of
acres, many thousands of miles.
В английском языке количественные числительные исполь-
зуются для обозначения:
– номеров домов, квартир, комнат: Oxford Street 62;
– номеров трамваев, троллейбусов, автобусов, маршрутов са-
молетов: Bus 7, Flight Number 59;
– размеров обуви и предметов одежды: size forty shoes;
– номеров упражнений, страниц, параграфов, глав, томов книг:
lesson 2, page 30;
– номеров телефонов: 222-01-55 (two-two-two-o-one-double five).
В указанных случаях цифра ставится после существительного.
Обратите внимание, что артикль перед существительным не употребляется: Open your books at _page 5. Passengers should proceed
to _Gate Four.
При обозначении упражнений, частей, страниц, глав, парагра-
фов возможно употребление порядкового числительного, которое
ставится перед существительным и употребляется с определенным артиклем the: the second sentence, the third part.
Обратите внимание на употребление следующих числитель-
ных: Elizabeth II (Elizabeth the Second); Peter I (Peter the First);
World War II (World War Two / the Second World War).
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