
- •The Noun
- •Foreword предисловие
- •Авторы the article Usage of Articles
- •Bay of Bengal
- •Madagascar
- •The noun
- •Plural and singular Usage of Nouns
- •Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- •The adjective and the pronoun
- •Some, Any, No
- •Not versus No
- •Much, Many, Few, Little
- •Other, The Other, Another
- •Different Meanings and Usage of: All, Each, Either, Neither, Every, Both
- •The adjective and the adverb
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •The verb
- •The Indicative Mood
- •I. The Present Simple Tense
- •Present Simple
- •II. The Past Simple Tense
- •III The Future Simple Tense
- •The Present Progressive Tense
- •The "Going To" Form
- •II. The Past Progressive Tense
- •III. The Future Progressive Tense
- •I. The Present Perfect Tense
- •II. The Past Perfect Tense
- •III. The Future Perfect Tense
- •I. The Ptesent Perfect Progressive Tense
- •II. The Past Perfect Progressive Tense
- •III. The Future Perfect Progressive Tense
- •I. The Past Simple Passive
- •II Present Simple Passive
- •III. The Future Simple Passive
- •IV. The Present Progressive Passive
- •V. The Past Progressive Passive
- •VI. The Present Perfect Passive
- •VII. The Past Perfect Passive
- •VIII. The Future Perfect Passive
- •The Imperative Mood
- •Modal Verbs can, could
- •May, might
- •Exercise 5
- •Must, to be to, to have to
- •Should, ought to
- •Recapitulation of the modal verbs
- •Conditional Sentences
- •II type
- •III type
- •If it were not for ...
- •If it hadn’t been for ...
- •The modal verbs "could" and "might" in conditional sentences
- •Recapitulation of conditional sentences
- •The Complex Object
- •Indirect Speech
- •Modal verbs in indirect speech
- •Passive voice in indirect speech
- •Conditional sentences in indirect speech
- •Recapitulation of indirect speech
- •Troublesome Verbs
- •The Participle
- •Appendix 1 tense forms (the active voice)
- •Appendix 1 tense forms (the active voice)
- •Appendix 3 conditional sentences
Degrees of Comparison
Exercise 1
Give the comparative and the superlative degree of the following adjectives.
thin, joyful, yellow, free, comfortable, polite, shy, dry, just, recent, free, narrow, deep, wicked, right, real, sweet, grey, complete, glad, happy, strong-willed, good-natured, wide-spread, far-fetched, kind-hearted, broad-minded, well-known.
Exercise 2
Supply the missing forms of the adjectives and adverbs
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well |
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comparative |
further |
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worse |
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older |
superlative |
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eldest |
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best |
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last |
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near |
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little |
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happier |
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superlative |
farthest |
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latest |
biggest |
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driest |
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Exercise
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Use the appropriate form of the adjectives in brackets.
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He is the (amusing) person you've ever met.
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The (near) house is 15 miles away.
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She is much (young) than your sister.
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The (near) item on the programme is a piano concerto.
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He seemed to be (angry) than I expected.
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She felt (bad) yesterday than two days before.
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The first edition of this book was (good), the new one is even (good).
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The voices of the singers were growing (faint) and (faint) as we walked away.
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This problem is as (serious) as the others.
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Your mother thinks you ought to be (respectful), she doesn't approve of your behaviour.
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Try on both costumes and see which is (becoming).
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This task is not so (difficult) as the rest.
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The (dim) light in the room grew (dim).
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The party was as (interesting) as I had expected.
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David was the (talented) of the two brothers.
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Uncle John was the (old) son of the family.
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Of the two evils let us choose the (little).
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This wine is (good) I have ever tasted.
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What do you think of his (late) film if you saw it?
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She is a (kind) woman, (kind) I have ever seen. And today she has been (kind) than ever.
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This bedroom is (sunny) in the house.
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My brother is much (young) than myself.
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The opera house is one of the (beautiful) buildings in our city.
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What is (high) mountain in the world?
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I cannot imagine (awkward) situation.
Exercise 4
Make up situations using the word-combinations listed below.
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as successful as I expected;
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more unpleasant than I had expected;
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the most complicated I had ever expected;
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not so useful as you imagine;
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worse than one can imagine;
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the worst imaginable;
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easier than before;
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the hardest of all done before;
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the most courageous in the world;
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the most successful man ever born;
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harder than I could bear;
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more amusing than anywhere else;
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as curious as the rest of them.
Exercise 5
Translate into English.
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1. 2.
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Моя старшая сестра на два года старше меня.
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Наш директор — старейший и наиболее уважаемый сотрудник этого предприятия.
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Этот текст гораздо труднее, чем тот, который мы переводили на днях.
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Комната хорошая, но всё же не такая хорошая, как мне бы хотелось.
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Я не так молод, как Вы.
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У вина волшебный аромат, а на вкус оно ещё лучше.
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Этот мальчик — старший сын моего старейшего друга.
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Скажите, пожалуйста, где ближайшая остановка автобуса.
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Ждите дальнейших распоряжений.
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Эта проблема не так серьезна, как Вам кажется.
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Ваша сестра очень талантлива. Пожалуй, самая талантливая из молодых художников.
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Сибирь — один из самых богатых полезными ископаемыми районов нашей страны.
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Нам нужен стол поменьше, так как комната небольшая.
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Вам нужны обои посветлее, тогда Ваша комната будет не такой мрачной.
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Я читала обе статьи. Первая значительно занимательнее второй.
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Ей столько же лет, сколько мне, хотя она и выглядит значительно моложе.
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Он сидел в самом дальнем углу комнаты, и оттуда наблюдал за всеми входящими.
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Я никогда не встречал ребенка более терпеливого, доброго и душевного.
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Чем больше Вы будете гулять, тем лучше будет Ваше здоровье.
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Чем внимательнее Вы будете выполнять задания, тем успешнее будет Ваша учеба.
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Чем труднее задача, тем больше времени занимает решение ее.
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Чем выше интеллект человека, тем больше его духовные потребности.
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С каждым днем погода ухудшалась.
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Музыка звучала всё более отчетливо с каждым нашим шагом по направлению к ложе.
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Сегодня вдвое холоднее, чем вчера.
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Этот ящик втрое тяжелее, чем предыдущий.
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Эта комната в два раза больше, но, несмотря на это, я привык к моей старой квартире.
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Все его приятели в два раза моложе его.
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Эта машина в три раза дороже того, что я ожидал.
Exercise 6
Work in groups. Student A: Describe one item in a set by making two comparisons. The others: guess which item student A is describing. The student who guesses correctly takes turn next.
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Hong Kong, Paris, Beirut, Helsinki, Athens
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Britain, Japan, India, Russia, Sweden
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iron, wood, plastic, glass
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car, bus, plane, bicycle, train
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carrier bag, suitcase, trunk, briefcase, handbag
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poodle, greyhound, wolf, Alsatian, fox
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