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7. I like Betty and Maud, but I think Maud is (the nicer / the nicest)
of the two.
8. He works (hardest / the hardest) when he’s doing something for his
family.
9. She is (as lovely / lovelier) as her sister.
10. He who laughs last laughs (longest / longer).
11. I’m glad that English isn’t my first language because otherwise I
would have missed the opportunity to learn the (most fine / finest) language in the world.
12. We lost all the matches! We were (less / the least) successful team
in the competition.
13. The Belarusian State Economic University is by far (the most
prestigious / more prestigious) university training economists in Belarus.
14. (The smaller / The more small) a car is, (the easier / the more eas-
ier) it is to park.
15. She earns twice (as much as / more than) me although she’s only
half (as well qualified / better qualified).
II. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. You left work slightly (more early / earlier) than usual this afternoon.
2. She is in hospital because she has been working too (hard / hardly)
lately.
3. A van came round the corner and was coming (straight / straightly)
at us. I don’t know how we missed it.
4. Have I filled in this form (correct / correctly)?
5. She invested (most / mostly) of her money in shares.
6. He gave him a (stone / stony) look when she criticised his daughter.
7. Children under five years old can travel (free / freely).
8. Jack is a (high / highly) qualified specialist like most of our employees.
9. He wears (woolly / woollen) suits and expensive (leather / leathery)
shoes.
10. Oh, what are you cooking? It smells so (delicious / deliciously)!
11. It was getting (dark / darkly), and it was (terrible / terribly) cold.
12. At the end of the day we all were (pretty / prettily) worn-out.
13. Bernard Shaw wrote a perfect epigram: “The (gold / golden) rule
is that there is no (gold / golden) rule.”
14. The man looked (thoughtful / thoughtfully) around the room.
15. Simon told everyone he would pass the centralized test (easy /
easily), so he was (deep / deeply) embarrassed when he came (last / lastly) in the class, with 30 %.
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III. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
Adam: What are you going to do upon graduating, Kevin?
Kevin: I’d like to work (1) (as / like) a chef in some big hotel.
Adam: You know, I’ve worked in a kitchen before. It’s (2) (as / like)
working in an oven.
Kevin: At least, this job sounds (3) (as / like) fun and it wouldn’t be
(4) (as / like) boring (5) (as / like) working in a food store.
Adam: Don’t you want to try something different, such (6) (as / like)
a waiter, or a barman?
Kevin: No, I’d prefer to do something creative (7) (as / like) cooking.
I could never see myself (8) (as / like) a waiter or a barman.
Adam: You’re just (9) (as / like) my sister. She’s always saying things
(10) (as / like) that.
IV. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. The Clarksons are (so / such) nice people.
2. It’s (so / such) a long way from here.
3. The deal seems (so / such) attractive. It would be ridiculous to say no.
4. There was (so / such) much money that the robber couldn’t carry
it all.
5. Everything happened (so / such) quickly that I had no time to
think.
6. We are (so / such) different characters that I don’t know how we’ll
manage to get on.
7. The earthquake was (so / such) powerful that the town was completely destroyed.
8. There’s (so / such) a lot of crime in our town that the police can’t
cope with it.
9. He was in (so / such) a hurry that he almost pushed me over on the
stairs.
10. I was shocked to find out that there are (so / such) few female
composers.
V. Дополните диалог, выбрав один из предложенных вариантов
ответа:
Daniel:
Sandra:
Is it true you saw a ghost last night?
Yes, I did. I went to bed (1) (late / lately), and I was sleeping
(2) (bad / badly). I suddenly woke up in the middle of the
night. I went to the window and saw the ghost walking across
the lawn.
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Daniel:
Sandra:
Daniel:
Sandra:
Daniel:
Was it a man or a woman?
A woman in a white dress. I had a (3) (good / well) view from
the window, but she walked very (4) (fast / fastly). She wasn’t
there very (5) (long / longly). I’d (6) (hard / hardly) caught
sight of her before she’d gone. I (7) (near / nearly) missed
her.
You don’t think you’ve been working too (8) (hard / hardly)!
You’ve been looking a bit pale (9) (late / lately).
I saw her, I tell you.
It isn’t very (10) (like / likely) that ghosts actually exist, you
know. I expect you were imagining it.
VI. Раскройте скобки, употребив прилагательное или наречие
в соответствующей степени сравнения. Обратите внимание на
употребление артикля the:
1. The film was a little disappointing. It was (interesting) than I expected.
2. He thinks he’s the world’s (strong) man.
3. The children are behaving a bit (badly) than they normally do.
4. Birmingham is the second (large) city in Great Britain.
5. Berta tries to keep her life as (simple) as possible.
6. Korea is one of (fast) developing countries in the world.
7. Riding a motorbike is far (dangerous) than driving a car.
8. The programme will be shown at a (late) date.
9. I wish I could learn as (quickly) as you do.
10. People say that education should be given a much (high) priority.
11. I really think that apologizing is (little) you can do.
12. There’s (many and many) investment in China every year.
13. I’ve been feeling a little (good) since I started taking vitamins.
14. (Much) money he makes, (many) useless things he buys.
15. Gas can be compressed a lot (easily) than a liquid or solid.
16. I’m sorry, the journey took a bit (long) than we expected.
17. Prices go up and up. Everything gets (expensive and expensive).
18. This device uses much (little) electric energy than the previous
one. It is far (economical).
19. “Are you looking for a cheap holiday?” “Yes, (cheap) (good).”
20. They say that indoor air can be from two to five times as (polluted)
as outdoor air.
VII. Расставьте прилагательные в нужном порядке:
1. They have a (leather, navy-blue, modern) sofa.
2. She has a (lovely, singing, pure) voice.
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3. I bought a (silk, white, long, costly) dress.
4. Tom found a (gold, round, tiny, Russian) coin.
5. I’d like to try on (smart, those, snake-skin, brown) shoes.
6. My parents live in a/an (old, brick, ugly, urban) house.
7. What a (wooden, nice, little, blue) spoon!
8. This is a/an (English, walnut, 18-century, fine) chest of drawers.
9. He was given a/an (new, red, expensive, mountain) bike for his
birthday.
10. He’s just sold that suit to a (slim, beautiful, tall, French, young)
woman.
VIII. В каждом предложении найдите и исправьте ошибку:
1. Could you talk a little clearlier?
2. It was so a risky project that we decided to cancel it.
3. Einstein is one of intelligent scientists who ever lived.
4. She is not as easy to get on with than her sister.
5. The weather is much more worse today.
6. Why do teachers earn fewer money than doctors do?
7. Mr Rogers is a high respected and experienced employee.
8. The Boeing 777 is regarded like one of the safest jets in the world.
9. Serena has given up trying to keep up with the last fashions.
10. It’s becoming more difficult and more difficult to find a job.
IX. Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, дан-
ный в скобках:
1. Today is (гораздо холоднее) than usually.
2. Helen is a real chatter-box. She talks (как) a parrot.
3. In spite of being in bad mood he behaved (дружелюбно).
4. My coat is (такое же теплое) as yours.
5. I tasted the soup (осторожно).
6. Let’s wait for (дальнейшие) instructions.
7. This steak is (очень плохо) cooked.
8. When I met him for the first time he seemed (таким несчаст-
ным).
9. He is (самый молодой) person ever to swim across the Channel.
10. Our outstanding pizzas are delivered right to your door (бесплат-
но) of charge.
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количественные – указывают на количество предметов и упот-
ребляются как прилагательные перед существительными без артикля или притяжательного или указательного местоимения: forty-
seven participants, five thousand dollars;
порядковые – указывают на порядок предметов при счете,
как правило, употребляются с определенным артиклем the: the
third sentence, но: a second time, a third party.
Числительные
0 nought, zero, oh
1 one first
2 two second
3 three third
4 four fourth
5 five fifth
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 fifteen fifteenth
16 sixteen sixteenth
17 seventeen seventeenth
18 eighteen eighteenth
19 nineteen nineteenth
20 twenty twentieth
21 twenty-one twenty-first
22 twenty-two twenty-second
30 thirty thirtieth
33 thirty-three thirty-third
Количественные
сколько?
Порядковые
какой?
который?
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40 forty fortieth
44 forty-four forty-fourth
50 fifty fiftieth
55 fifty-five fifty-fifth
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
В составных числительных в пределах каждых трех разрядов
перед десятками (а если их нет, то перед единицами) ставится
союз :
– 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 – five hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and
twenty-seven miles
– 2,035,349 dollars – two million, thirty-five thousand, three hundred
and forty-nine dollars
– 303,000,000 people – three hundred and three million people
– 101st day – one hundred and first day
– 3242nd visitor – three thousand, two hundred and forty-second visitor
1. Перед существительными с артиклем, притяжательным или
указательным местоимением, а также перед личными местоимениями и существительными в притяжательном падеже количественные числительные употребляются с предлогом : three of his
colleagues, two of Mark’s friends, one of us.
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2. Числительные в качестве определения при существительном
могут употребляться после артиклей, притяжательных и указательных местоимений: his three books, the four of them.
3. Числительные dozen, hundred, thousand, million, billion в составе сложного числительного употребляются в единственном числе:
three hundred metres, twenty-five billion dollars, a few thousand cars, several dozen people. Форма множественного числа этих числитель-
ных встречается в выражениях, указывающих на неопределенное
количество, в этом случае после числительного употребляется
предлог : dozen books, million people, some hundred acres,
many thousand miles.
4. В английском языке количественные числительные используются 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-double-two-oh-one-double
five).
В указанных случаях количественное числительное ставится
после существительного, которое при этом должно употребляться
без артикля: Open your books at _page 5. Passengers should proceed to
_Gate Four.
При обозначении упражнений, частей, страниц, глав, параграфов возможно употребление порядкового числительного, которое
ставится перед существительным и употребляется с определенным артиклем : the second sentence, the third part.
5. Обратите внимание на употребление следующих числительных: Elizabeth II (Elizabeth the Second); Peter I (Peter the First); World
War II (World War Two / the Second World War).
6. Сочетание количественного числительного и существительного в притяжательном падеже используется для обозначения
меры времени или длины: ten minutes’ break, two miles’ walk.
Для обозначения единицы измерения также может использоваться конструкция, в которой числительное и существительное
пишутся через дефис. В этом случае существительное должно быть
употреблено в общем падеже и в единственном числе: a ten-minute
break, a two-mile walk, a three-part book, a seven-year-old girl.
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16(th) January, 2008 (British) = January 16(th), 2008 (Ame-
Даты
Годы
Десятилетия
rican) – the sixteenth of January, twenty oh eight; January
the sixteenth, twenty oh eight
1500 BC (Before Christ) – fifteen hundred BC; one thousand
five hundred BC
1500 AD (Anno Domini) – fifteen hundred AD; one thousand
five hundred AD
1900 – nineteen hundred
1906 – nineteen oh six; nineteen hundred and six
1983 – nineteen eighty-three
2000 – the year two thousand; twenty hundred
2007 – two thousand (and) seven; twenty oh seven
2010 – two thousand (and) ten; twenty ten
2019 – twenty nineteen
the 1960s – the (nineteen) sixties
the 2000s – the noughties
the 2010s – the twenty tens
Слово year не употребляется после обозначения года, но мо-
жет стоять перед ним в сочетании с артиклем the: The presidential
election took place in () 2017.
Числительные thirties, forties, nineties и т. п. обозначают деся-
ток: thirties (= 30s) – числа от 30 до 39; nineties (= 90s) – числа от 90
до 99. Такие числительные могут употребляться для обозначения:
– возраста: He was in his (early, mid, late) . Сравните: He was
over (under) . Возраст от 13 до 19 лет обозначается существи-
тельным teens: She is in her .
– температуры: The temperature is in the (low, mid, high) .
– десятилетия: They met in the (the nineteen eighties).
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дробные Числительные
Простые дроби
1
/2 ton – half (of) a ton
1
/3 mile – a third of a mile
2
/3 students – two thirds of the students
1
/4 year – a quarter of a year
3
/4 hour – three quarters / fourths of an hour
1 1/2 months – one and a half months; a month and a half
2 1/5 tons – two and a fifth tons; two tons and a fifth
3 1/4 miles – three and a quarter miles; three miles and a quarter
11
/16 – eleven sixteenths
Десятичные дроби
0.1 dollar – nought (zero, oh) point one of a dollar
0.01 litre – nought point nought one of a litre
2.35 kilometres – two point three five kilometres
32.306 tons – thirty-two point three nought six tons
Обратите внимание на согласование дробных числительных с гла-
гол
ом-сказуемым:
– Four-fifths of the report devoted to the recent innovations.
– Three-quarters of the workers to upgrade their professional quali-
fications.
– One in three new cars down in the first year.
Проценты
0.2 % = 0.2 per cent = 0.2 p.c. – nought point two per cent
1
/2 % = 1/2 per cent = 1/2 p.c. – a half per cent; a half of one per cent
2 % = 2 per cent = 2 p.c.
– two per cent
∗ 50 per cent of the machinery to be replaced.
∗ 20 per cent of our employees a Bachelor’s degree.
∗ The percentage of profitability rather low.
6 + 4 = 10
six and four is ten
six plus four equals ten
6 – 4 = 2 six minus four is / equals two
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six fours is twenty-four
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6 × 4 = 24
six times four is twenty-four
six multiplied by four equals twenty-four
4 ÷ 2 = 2 four divided by two is / equals two
2x + 3y – z = 3z ÷ 4x
2
4
3
7
4
8
two x plus three y minus z equals three z divided by
four x
four squared
seven cubed
eight to the power of four
the (square) root of nine
Вес
1 ounce (oz) = 28.35 grams (g)
16 ounces = 1 pound (lb) = 0.45 kilogram (kg)
2.2 pounds = 1 kilogram
14 pounds = 1 stone = 6.350 kilograms
1 tonne (metric ton) = 2,204.6 pounds = 1000 kilograms
1 ton (UK) = 2240 pounds = 1016 kilograms
1 ton (US) = 2000 pounds = 907 kilograms
Длина
1 inch (in) = 25.4 millimetres (mm)
12 inches = 1 foot (ft) = 0.3 metre (m)
3 feet = 1 yard (yd) = 0.9 metre
1.76 yards = 1 mile (m) = 1.6 kilometres (km)
5 miles = 8 kilometres
Объем
1 pint (pt) = 0.568 litre (lt) (UK) = 0.473 litre (US)
8 pints = 1 gallon (gal) = 4.546 litres (UK) = 3.785 litres (US)
Площадь
1 acre (ac) = 4.84 square yards = 4047 square metres = 0.4 hectares (ha)
1 square mile = 640 acres = 259 hectares
I. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:
1. I make seven (hundred / hundreds) dollars a month.
2. See (– / the) page sixty-five for more details.
3. Today is (twenty-two / the twenty-second) of April.
4. The book contains interesting facts about Katherine Parr, Henry
the Eighth’s (six / sixth) wife.
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