- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- •Articles
- •Telephone Numbers
- •Countries and Nationalities
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Introductions
- •Dialogues
- •Much/many/a lot
- •Some/any/no
- •There is/are Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Articles
- •Numbers
- •Possessive - ’s/s’
- •Demonstrative Pronouns
- •(The) other(s)/another
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Greetings
- •Dialogues
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Possessive Pronouns
- •Articles
- •Adjectives. The Comparative: using -er and more
- •Object Pronouns
- •Like/alike
- •Adjectives. The Superlative: using -est and most
- •Word Order: Adjectives
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Fill in Paul's family tree. Write the names.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking
- •Family relations
- •Appearance
- •Character
- •Questions
- •Social english Time Expressions
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Adverbs Adverbs of manner (answer the question how?)
- •Adverbs of place (answer the question where?)
- •Adverbs of time (answer the question when?)
- •Word order: adverbs of manner, place and time
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •Adverbs of degree
- •Too/either
- •So do I/neither do I
- •Adverbs: the Comparative and Superlative
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Social english Directions What is the way to ...?
- •Verbs not normally used in the continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions.
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Present Continuous vs. Present Simple
- •To be going to
- •Would like to do vs. Like doing
- •(A) little / (a) few
- •Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs
- •Reflexive Pronouns
- •Themselves/ourselves vs. Each other/one another
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Days and Dates
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •Cost, like, be back, stay, finish, snow, pass.
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •There is/are’ in the Future Simple Tense
- •Future Continuous
- •Verbs normally not used in the Continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Simple vs. Future Continuous
- •Future Perfect Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Ways of Expressing Future
- •Time and Conditional Clauses
- •Time Clause
- •Conditional Clause
- •In case
- •Both, either, neither
- •Both ... And/either ... Or/neither ... Nor
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Package tour, trip, travel, journey, cruise, tour, flight
- •Social english
- •Positive form - Regular verbs
- •Positive form - Irregular verbs
- •Negative form
- •Regular and irregular verbs that are easily confused
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Used to/would
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
- •Present Continuous and Present Simple; Past Continuous and Past Simple
- •Emphatic Auxiliaries - do/does/did
- •Articles
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word-combinations and sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions Levels of education in uk:
- •School Subjects:
- •Students and Teachers:
- •Exams and Qualifications:
- •Questions
- •Social english At the Railway Station
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Just/ already/yet/still
- •Not ... Any more/not ... Any longer/no longer
- •Been in/been to/gone to
- •Since/for
- •Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
- •Article
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Making an Appointment
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 10
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •We use the following time expressions with the Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •Reported speech
- •Reporting verbs
- •Indirect speech
- •Reported statements: with tense changes
- •Reported statements: other changes
- •Reported questions: general and alternative questions
- •Reported questions: special questions
- •Reported questions: tag questions
- •Reported commands
- •Reported offers
- •Reported requests
- •Review of reported speech
- •Reported conversations
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Social English Saying Good-bye
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 11
- •Ability and inability: can, could, be able to
- •Permission and prohibition: can, could, may, be allowed to
- •Obligation and necessity: must/have to/need (to)
- •Must vs. Have (got) to
- •In some sentences, two answers are possible.
- •Obligation and advice: should/ought to/shall/had better
- •Possibility: can/could/may/might
- •Certainty: must/can't/couldn't
- •Probability: should/ought to/will
- •Requests: could/would/can/will
- •Offers: can/could/shall/will/would
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations and sentences.
- •III. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Questions
- •Social english Polite Requests
- •Unsolved mysteries
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Verbs with two objects in the passive
- •Verbs with prepositions in the passive
- •It is said that she ... / She is said to ... (Complex Subject)
- •Have something done
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Expressing Preference and Reluctance
- •Dialogue
- •Unit 13
- •First Conditional vs. Second Conditional
- •Third Conditional
- •"Zero" Conditional
- •First/Second/Third/Zero Conditionals
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Don't look back at the text and say whether the following statements are true or false. If false, say why.
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Invitations
- •Accepting Invitations
- •14003, М. Чернігів, вул. Стрілецька, 1.
Adjectives. The Comparative: using -er and more
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Adjectives with one syllable |
Big + er => bigger Tall + er => taller Lincoln is bigger than Mercedes. Tom is taller than his friends. |
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Adjectives with two or more syllables |
Famous => more famous => less famous Important => more important => less important Health is more important than money. This actor is less famous than that one. |
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Adjectives ending in -y |
Pretty => prettier Heavy => heavier Mary is prettier than Ann. The bag is heavy but the suitcase is heavier. |
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Irregular comparative forms |
Good => better Bad => worse Far => farther/further Old => older/elder Little => less Much => more Many => more Her accent is worse than Ann's. This exercise is less difficult than that one. Today the weather is better. Her elder son is 15. ”How far is the petrol station? A mile?” - “No, farther/further. About two miles.” BUT: further discussion/information. I think that any further discussion is useless. |
NOTE:
much/a lot/far + Comparative Form.
Life in Moscow is much more expensive than in my hometown.
The buildings in Chicago are a lot higher than in Washington.
His English is far better than mine.
a little/a bit/a little bit + Comparative Form.
Jill is a bit older than Gary — she's 20 and he is 21.
These shoes are a little more expensive than those ones.
The first exercise is a little bit more difficult than the second one.
Exercise 13. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative form of the given words.
Example: large Your apartment is larger than mine.
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1) deep |
The Pacific is ___ the Mediterranean. |
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2) difficult |
My Physics course is ____ my Maths course. |
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3) good |
Two heads are ____ one. |
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4) lazy |
I'm ____ my friend. |
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5) energetic |
She is ____ her boss. |
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6) hot |
Thailand is ____ Korea. |
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7) far |
My hostel is ____ his. |
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8) bad |
His cooking is ____ his wife's. |
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9) little |
The film is very short - _____ an hour. |
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10) generous |
He's much ____ any of his brothers. |
Exercise 14. Complete the sentences with a comparative and than.
Example: It's a _ day _ yesterday. (warm) — It's a warmer day than yesterday.
1. She's much _ her husband. (young)
2. The vegetables in this shop are _ the ones in the supermarket. (fresh)
3. My office is _ Helen's. (near)
4. You've got a _ life _ I have. (busy)
5. She's much _ her sister. (kind)
Exercise 15. Complete the following. Use the adjective in brackets. Use more/less or -er.
Example: a mouse/an elephant. (small) - A mouse is smaller than an elephant.
1. Physics/Chemistry. (interesting)
2. This exercise/that one. (good)
3. My hair/my father's hair. (dark)
4. Japanese grammar/English grammar. (difficult)
5. The weather here/ the weather in my hometown. (bad)
6. Jenny /her elder sister. (attractive)
7. Canada/Mexico. (large)