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cheap. 6. All of those oranges are good. 7. None of those bottles are full. 8. Neither of these cups are clean. 9. Both of them are small.

Ex. 39. Fill in the blanks with the defining pronouns both, either, all or the negative pronouns neither, none, no. Use of if necessary.

1. … the three boys had any money, so they couldn‘t go to the cinema. 2. I saw two films and liked … them very much. 3. She has two boyfriends but doesn‘t want to marry … them. 4. … the two applicants was suitable for the job, so I didn‘t employ … them. 5. … John and Mary will help you if they can. 6. … passengers must show their boarding passes. 7. … four boys thought that the competition was too difficult. 8. The Blues won the football match, but … the players played well; in fact … played quite badly. 9. … the men entered the competition but … them won. 10. … the two cars was suitable for the job, so we didn‘t hire … them. 11. There are two solutions, but … is perfect, I don‘t like … the alternatives. 12. I tried all keys but … them worked. 13. … pupils k new their new teacher. 14. … of them knew the way. 15. There are two windows in my room. It was very warm, so I had … them open.

Ex. 40. Use neither … nor, either … or, both … and in the sentences.

1. My sister and I were upset when we heard the news. 2. You can change trains at this station or the next one. 3. My friend and his wife were surprised when they saw me so late. 4. My son and I like football very much. 5. My sister and I have been to the museum. 6. The children and their parents enjoyed the play. 7. Books and magazines are sold in this shop. 8. A boat and a ship were seen in the distance. 9. They said the room was light and bright, but in fact it was not large or bright. 10. You can have some apples or fruit juice. 11. It‘s urgent, so could you phone or telex? 12. He didn‘t write or phone. 13. You must go at once or wait till tomorrow. 14. London and Paris are crowded in summer because they are famous.

Ex. 41. Make up sentences using another as in the model. Model: There‘s a magazine on the table (on the chair).

There‘s another magazine on the chair.

1. Mr. Black has a clock in his office (in his bedroom). 2. Peter has a radio in his car (in his study). 3. There‘s a library on Main Street (on

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Lime Street). 4. There‘s a bottle on the shelf (on the floor). 5. Nancy has a mirror in her bathroom (in her bedroom). 6. She has a pen in her pocket

(in her desk). 7. There‘s a bus stop at the post office (at the bank). 8. There‘s a notebook on the table (in the desk). 9. There‘s a cat in the tree

(on the roof).

Ex. 42. Make up sentences using one and the other as in the model. Model: There are two dictionaries in the bookcase

(Spanish/French). — One is Spanish and the other is French.

1.We have two lamps (yellow / green). 2. Al has two radios (cheap

/expensive). 3. Barbara has two hats (new / old). 4. Sam has two brothers

(tall / short). 5. Nancy has two cats (black / white). 6. There are two roses in the vase (red / white). 7. There are two girls at the bus stop (fat / thin). 8. There are two letters on the table (from England / from France). 9. There are two libraries in the city(on Maine Street / on Lime Street). 10. There are two houses on High Hill (modern / old).

Ex. 43. Translate into English.

Ще одна сорочка, ще одна сукня, ще один костюм, ще о дна пара чобіт, інше пальто, інша валіза, інші костюми, інші магазини, інші адреси, інші речі; Роман, Олег та інші студенти; Марія, Ганна та багато інших; Київ, Одеса та інші міста; інші учні.

Ex. 44 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the defining pronoun other.

1. I got three letters. One from my father. … one was from my sister. … letter was from my girlfriend. 2. Look at your hand. There is a total of five fingers. One is your thumb, … is your index finger, … is your middle finger,… is your ring finger. And …finger (the last of the five) is your little finger. 3. Look at your hands. One is your right hand, … is your left hand. 4. I invited five people to my party. Out of those five people, only John and Mary can come. … can‘t come. 5. I invited five people to my party. Out of those five people, only John and Mary can come. … people can‘t come. 6. I would like some more books on this subject. Do you have any … that you could lend me? 7. I would like to read more books about this subject. Do you have any … books that you could lend me? 8. There are many means of transportation. The airplane is one means of transportation. The train is … . 9. There are many means of transportation. The airplane is one. … are the train, the automobile

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and the horse. 10. There are two women standing on the corner. One is

Helen Jansen and … is Pat Hendricks. 11. Alice reads The New York Times every day. She doesn‘t read any … newspapers. 12. Some people prefer classical music, but … prefer rock music. 13. He will graduate in … two years. 14. I‘m almost finished. I just need … five minutes. 15. Two countries border on the United States. One is Canada. … is Mexico. 16. One of the countries I would like to visit is Sweden. … is Mexico. Of course, besides these two countries, there are many … places I would like to see. 17. Some people are tall; … are short. Some people are fat; … are thin.

7.1.3. The Adjective and the Adverb

Ex. 45. Fill in each blank by putting the two words in brackets in the correct order. Remember to remove the –s from plural noun modifiers.

Model: People need a (coat / winter) in December. People need a winter coat in December.

1. He bought a (car / beautiful). 2. In the supermarket we put our things in a (cart / shopping). 3. I need a (spoon / tea) to stir my tea. 4. To fry eggs you need a (pan / frying). 5. A (driver / taxi) drives a taxi. 6. The school is closed during (vacation / Christmas). 7. She took a (vacation / very / long). 8. A (worker / factory) has a (job / hard). 9. Many (factories / automobiles) use robots. 10. (Students / colleges) buy their (books / texts) at the (stores / books). 11. I had a (meeting / long / pretty) with my boss.

Ex. 46. Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position as in the model.

Model: A beautiful table (wooden / round). — A beautiful round wooden table.

1. An unusual ring (gold). 2. An old lady (nice). 3. A good-looking man (young). 4. A modern house (attractive). 5. Black gloves (leather). 6. An American film (old). 7. A large nose (red). 8. A sunny day (lovely). 9. A hot bath (nice). 10. An ugly dress (orange). 11. A red car (old / little). 12. A metal box (black / small). 13. A long face (thin). 14. A wide avenue (long). 15. A big cat (fat / black). 16. A little village (old / lovely). 17. Long hair (fair / beautiful). 18. An old painting (interesting / French). 19. An old shirt (cotton / white). 20. A black bag (plastic / small).

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Ex. 47. Choose the right word, adjective or adverb, from the words in brackets.

Justify your choice.

A. 1. He looked (angry / angrily). 2. He looked at me (angry / angrily). 3. The soup smells (good / well). 4. The sauce tastes (strange / strangely). 5. The cook tasted the sauce (careful / carefully). 6. Everybody looked at Mary (curious / curiously). 7. Mary‘s make-up looked (curious / curiously). 8. This perfume smells (different / differently) from the last. 9. We now smelled smoke very (distinct / distinctly). 10. Please, shut the door (quiet / quietly). 11. Can you be (quiet / quietly), please? 12. Do you feel (nervous / nervously) before the examination? 13. The doctor felt the patient‘s leg (thorough / thoroughly).

14. The dog seems very (clever / cleverly). 15. She does everything (clever / cleverly).

B. Last week I had my first job interview in the U. S. I wanted to do (good / well). A (good / well) friend of mine told me about a resume service. He told me that this service helps you to prepare your resume (good / carefully). I wanted my resume to look (carefully / professional). I never wrote a resume before, so I used this service. I wanted to have a (perfect, perfectly) resume.

A few days before the interview I worked very (hard / hardly) to prepare answers to possible questions. The night before the interview, I chose my clothes (careful / carefully) and ironed them. I wanted to appear

(neat / neatly). My friend told me that it‘s best to look (conservative / conservatively), so I chose my dark-blue suit. I went to bed (early), as (usual / usually), but I did not sleep (good / well) because I was (extreme / nervous).

Ex. 48. Translate into English.

Багато зошитів, багато молока, багато води, багато днів, багато газет, багато крейди, багато снігу, багато років, багато картин, багато музики, багато хлопчиків, багато дівчаток, багато чаю, багато лимонів, багато м яса, багато кімнат, багато вчителів, багато роботи, багато повітря, багато птахів, багато машин.

Мало будинків, мало чаю, мало чашок, мало хліба, мало вікон, мало паперу, мало кави, мало музики, мало радості, мало супу, мало дерев, мало трави, мало дітей, мало іграшок, мало світла, мало парт, мало ковбаси, мало соку, мало книг, мало квітів, мало солі, мало друзів, мало тепла.

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excellent. 18. of their conversation was about the institute. 19. There are new pictures in this room. 20. of her advice was useful.

Ex. 52. Fill in the blanks with a few, (very) few, a little, (very) little as in the model.

Model: I‘d like to ask you questions.

I‘d like to ask you a few questions. I need a little more information.

A. 1. I have money, so we can go to the cinema. 2. I have money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 3. This girl works very , that‘s why she knows nothing. 4. Mother gave us apples and we were very glad. 5. He didn‘t like the camp: he had friends there. 6. The hall was almost empty: there were people in it. 7. I can‘t buy this expensive hat today: I have too money. 8. She left and returned in minutes. 9. I think you can spare me time now. 10. Be quick, please, we have verytime. 11. My mother knows German and she can help you. 12. If you have spare time, look through this book, please. 13. He had English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books.

B. 1. After Rodney tasted the soup, he added salt to it. 2. I don‘t like a lot of salt on my food. I add salt to my food. 3. The professor lectured very clearly. As a result students had questions at the end of the class period. 4. I have to go to the post office because I have letters mail. 5. Every day Max goes to his mailbox, but it is usually empty. He gets mail. 6. Driving to the stadium for the baseball game was easy. We got there quickly because there was traffic. 7. My friend arrived in the United States months ago. 8. I think you could use some help. Let me give you advice. 9. Because the family is very poor, the children have clothes. 10. Are you finished? — Not, yet. I need more minutes. 11. Are you finished? — Not, yet. I need more time. 12. days ago I met a very interesting person. 13. Into each life, rain must fall (a saying). 14. I was hungry, so I ate nuts. 15. Margaret likes sweet tea. She usually adds honey to her tea. Sometimes she adds milk, too. 16. He‘s a lucky little boy. Because his parents have taken good care of him, he has had problems in his young life.

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Ex. 53. Fill in the blanks with much, many, little, few, a little, a few.

1. Are there college-graduates among your friends? — Yes, there are . 2.I have got time. I must hurry. 3. I have time and can help you. 4. There are cups on the table but there are glasses on it. 5. We know very about it. Tell us everything you know. 6. Very people know Doctor Sandford. 7. There are girls in the family, aren‘t there? 8. There‘s very chalk at the blackboard. Go and fetch some more. 9. It‘s a secret. Very people know about it. 10. Please, add more tea in my cup. 11. There is paper in the box. I need more. 12. May I take sheets of paper? 13. I have money, I cannot buy this hat. 14. Can you give him colored pencils? 15. Busy people don‘t have free time. 16. Was there snow last winter? 17. Americans prefer to live in big cities. 18. There‘s crime in a big city. 19. You will need time to do this exercise. It‘s easy. 20. He is a busy man. Ha doesn‘t have friends. 21. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends time preparing for his lessons. 22. I know very about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 23. The pupils of our class askquestions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 24. You do not make mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? — Oh, yes, I do. I work very . 25. Does your sister read ? — Yes, she does. And your brother? — Oh, he doesn‘t. He has so books, but he reads very .

Ex. 54. Fill in the blanks with so or such.

Model: Come on! Don‘t walk slowly! — Come on! Don‘t walk so slowly!

I‘ve never done a stupid task. — I‘ve never done such a stupid

task.

1. I was surprised that he looked well after his illness. 2.

They‘ve got a lot of money; they don‘t know what to do with it. 3.

She is a very pretty girl. She‘s got beautiful eyes. 4. Everything is expensive these days, isn‘t it? 5. Why did you ask them stupid questions? 6. It was a boring film that I fell asleep in the middle of it. 7. The wind was strong, it was difficult to walk. 8. The food at the hotel was very bad. I‘ve never eaten awful food.

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Ex. 58. Make one sentence using too or enough from the two sentences given as in the model.

Model: We couldn‘t eat the food. It was too hot.

The food was too hot to eat.

1. I can‘t drink this coffee. It‘s too hot. This coffee is . 2. Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. The piano . 3. I can‘t wear this coat in winter. It‘s not warm enough. This coat is . 4. Don‘t stand on that chair. It‘s not strong enough. That chair is . 5. Two people can‘t sleep in this bed. It‘s not wide enough for two people. This bed is .

Ex. 59. Complete the following sentences with so, such, too, enough, very.

1. That piece of wood is no good. It‘s not long … . 2. They all thought the new manager was … pleasant but a bit lazy. 3. They enjoyed themselves … much that they didn‘t want to leave. 4. The coffee is … hot to drink. 5. That screwdriver is not big … for this job. 6. She had a good voice that everyone asked her to sing again. 7. The film was good. I would even like to see it again. 8. It was an old record that we could hardly hear the music. 9. That jacket is big for you. 10. The guitarist played badly that the audience walked out. 11. You speak quietly that I can‘t hear what you say. 12. It was a heavy box that Mary could not lift it. 13. The sea was rough that the fishing-boats did not leave harbour. 14. It‘s foolish to smoke, as it is known to be dangerous to health. 15. Air pollution is making some cities unpleasant for civilized life. 16. There weren‘t chairs for everyone to sit down.

Ex. 60. Some adjectives are non-comparable because they have an absolute meaning. From the adjectives, given below, pick up the ten which are non-comparable.

Perfect, restless, unique, dead, active, lonely, serious, complete, helpful, wrong, total, futile, breakable, main, new, principal, right, sound, effective, good.

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Ex. 61. Change these statements so that they use as as.

Model: The teacher speaks English more fluently than I (do).

I don‘t speak English as fluently as the teacher (does).

1. A car costs more than a motorcycle. 2. Cream has more fat than milk. 3. Women live longer than men. 4. The teacher speaks English better than I do. 5. Chicago has more people than Miami. 6. Tokyo is more crowded than Los Angeles. 7. Do you spell better than the other students in the class? 8. Did you go to bed later or earlier than your roommate last night? 9. That horse runs faster than mine. 10. A big house is usually more expensive than a small one. 11. The weather was worse yesterday than it is today. 12. He can throw a ball farther than I can.

Ex. 62. Comparing now and then. Albert is thinking about life today and life 40 years ago. Complete his sentences. Use than or not as as.

Model: Cars / fast. — Cars are faster than they were.

Children / more things. — Children have got more things than they had. People / not work / hard. — People don‘t work as hard as they did.

1. Life / expensive. 2. People / not / friendly. 3. Films / violent. 4. People / live / long. 5. House / good. 6. Families / not big. 7. Children / freedom. 8. People / eat / good food.

Ex. 63. Compare the objects according to the given model.

Model: A lemon - an apple (sour). — A lemon is sourer than an

apple.

An apple is not so sour as a lemon.

1. The Black Sea – the White sea (warm). 2. Oil – water (light). 3. Butter – caviar (cheap). 4. Stone – wood (heavy). 5. Carrots – cucumbers (useful). 6. China – Japan (large). 7. Meat – vegetables (expensive). 8. Japanese – Spanish (difficult).

Ex. 64. Write sentences with not as as and comparative (older / more difficult etc.)

Model: Mexico City / London / expensive / crowded. — Mexico

City isn‘t as expensive as London but it is more crowded.

1. City life / village life / friendly / exciting. 2. Motorways / country roads / interesting / fast. 3. Travelling by plane / travelling by bus / cheap / comfortable. 4. Egypt / Iceland / green / warm. 5. Bicycles / cars / comfortable / easy to park.

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