- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Legal texts for reading the legal profession
- •Exercises
- •Types of Legal Professions: Great Britain
- •Solicitors
- •Barristers
- •Judges in Great Britain
- •Us Attorneys
- •How does someone become a lawyer?
- •An outline of lawmaking process in great britain and the usa
- •Britain
- •United States
- •The court system of england and wales
- •The united states of america the constitution
- •The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- •The system of government The American System of Government
- •Congress
- •The President and Federal Departments
- •The Federal Judiciary
- •The system of checks and balances
- •Great britain the system of government
- •The crown
- •Judiciary
- •Discussion topics for credit
- •Discussion topics for exam
- •Individual task for credit
- •Our American Government
- •Vocabulary
- •Individual task for exam
- •I. Basic concepts of American Jurisprudence
- •Law study in the u.S.A. Around the Law School (6-8)
- •II. Government in Britain
- •Grammar reference and exercises
- •1. Pronouns
- •2. Nouns
- •3. Adjectives (Comparisons)
- •Irregular forms:
- •Comparative constructions:
- •4. Present Simple
- •Romeo and juliet
- •5. Present Continuous
- •6. Present Simple vs Continuous
- •7. Future Simple and Present tenses with the future meaning
- •Finish, complain, fall off, be, miss, die, rain, drive, work, fail
- •The future of our solar system
- •8. Present Perfect
- •9. Past simple
- •Louis Pasteur 1822-1895
- •10. Past Simple and Present Perfect
- •11. Present Perfect Continuous
- •12. Past Continuous
- •Alexander the Great
- •The Vikings in America
- •Charles-Marie de la Condamine
- •13. Past Perfect
- •14. Past Perfect Continuous
- •15 Revision
- •Reported Speech
- •1. “Say” and “tell”
- •2. Reported statements
- •3. Reported Questions
- •4. Reported commands / requests / suggestions
- •5. Revision
- •Passive Voice
- •1. Formation and uses
- •Ship, pick, drink, take, dry, roast, prepare, sell, sort, plant Growing and preparing coffee.
- •Grown, cut, taught, locked, sent, explained, killed, given, built, driven
- •Cause, damage, hold, include, invite, make, overtake, show, translate, write
- •2. Changing from active into passive
- •3. Revision
- •Active Voice: Formation
- •Irregular Verbs
3. Adjectives (Comparisons)
Adjectives of: |
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
one syllable |
Tall |
Taller (than) |
The tallest (of/in) |
two syllables ending in -er, -ly, -y, -w |
Happy Friendly |
Happier (than) Friendlier (than) |
The happiest (of/in) The friendliest (of/in) |
two or more syllables |
Modern |
More modern (than) |
The most modern (of/in) |
3.1 Write the comparative or superlative of the adjectives in brackets:
1. It's warmer today than it was yesterday. (warm)
2. This is the most expensive dress in the shop. (expensive)
3. What's the _____________ mountain in your country? (high)
4. This car is too small. We need to get a _____________ one. (big)
5. It was the _______________________ music I've ever heard. (beautiful)
6. Your computer is _______________________ than mine. (modern)
7. Australia is the earth's _____________continent. (old)
8. My sister was always ______________ than me. (pretty)
9. This year's exam was __________________ than last year's. (difficult)
10. This is the __________________ pan we've got. (large)
Irregular forms:
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
Good/well |
Better |
The best |
Bad/badly |
Worse |
The worst |
Much |
More |
The most |
Many | ||
Little |
Less |
The least |
Far |
Further/farther |
The furthest/the farthest |
Comparative constructions:
1. As … (positive) … as Not so/as … (positive) … as |
Paul is as heavy as Tom. Jane is not so/as tall as Mary. |
2. Less … (positive) … than The least … (positive) … of/in |
Betty is less hard-working than Kate but Jean is the least hard-working of all. |
3. The + comparative …, the + comparative |
The harder you work, the more money you earn. |
3.2 Complete these sentences:
1. The weather is much warmer than it usually is at this time. (warm)
2. Going by car took twice as long as going by train. (long)
3. It was by far the worst time of my life. (bad)
4. The train's a lot ____________ all the other ways of getting there. (fast)
5. This exam was a bit _____________________ all the other tests. (easy)
6. I think English spelling is by far ____________________. (difficult)
7. The food isn't nearly ________________ it has been in the past. (good)
8. She's a bit ______________________________ her brother. (sensitive)
9. Flying's a lot _____________________ going by car. (quick)
10. First class is much _________________________ second. (expensive)
11. This is easily ______________________ restaurant in London. (good)
12. Ellen was a bit ________________________ she usually is. (cheerful)
13. He's not nearly ________________________ his sister. (intelligent)
14. The journey was three times ______________ we had expected. (long)
15. The film wasn't ________________ I had thought it would be. (good)