8. Insert a suitable adjective in the proper form.

Model: a less ___ husband

a less jealous husband

1. a less ___task 2. the least ___ story 3. a less ___ child 4. the most ___ holidays 5. the least ___ room 6. the most ___ question 7. the ___ winter day 8. the most ___ student 9. a less ___ lesson 10. a less ___ necklace

9. Compare:

Model: your new jeans and the old ones

My new jeans are more fashionable

than the old ones.

1. trains and buses 2. women and men 3. children and grown-ups 4. the Vietnamese and Germans 5. Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford 6. ice-cream and hot chocolate 7. cats and dogs 8. winter and summer 9. mice and elephants 10. lemons and grapes 11. Cinderella and her stepsisters 12. girls and magpies

Положительная, сравнительная и превосходная степени сравнения английских прилагательных используются в разных сравнительных конструкциях. She is more beautiful than all the rest. She is the most beautiful of all.

положительная степень as A as You’re as stubborn as a mule. not as/ so A as I’m not as/ so young as you. twice/ 3 times as A as She is twice as old as I am.

сравнительная степень Aer than Life is harder than it used to be. more A than It’s more difficult to teach than to study. twice Aer than = twice more A than It’s twice harder/more difficult to lend money than to borrow it.

превосходная степень the Aest of all Which is the smartest of all? the most A of all Which is the most expensive of all?

A most beautiful girl is different from the most beautiful girl. чрезвычайно красивая самая красивая Yours is a most expensive dress, but not the most expensive, surely.

10. Translate into Russian.

1. Father is the stricter of my parents. 2. My younger sister is twice as talkative as a magpie. 3. Be careful. The neighbours have a most dangerous dog. 4. My elder sister is 5 years older than I am. 5. Which of you is the modest of all? – I am! 6. He’s as cool as a cucumber. 7. This exercise is more difficult than all the rest. 8. He’s a million times as rich as I am. 9. You’ve chosen the worst car of all! 10. He’s a most dangerous criminal.

11. Insert a suitable adjective in the correct form.

1. Which peak is ___ than all other mountains in the world? 2. My little brother always chooses the ___ apple. 3. If you don’t give up smoking, your health will become ___ 4. The rich are sometimes ___ than the poor. 5. My mother is 3 times as ___ as I am. 6. Summer holidays are twice as___ as winter ones. 7. A cottage is surely ___ than a flat. 8. Winters are not so ___ now as they used to be. 9. Moscow is ___ city of all I know. 10. Grown-ups can be as ___ as children. 11. A monkey is a most ___. 12. Textbooks are often most ___.