Degrees of Comparison
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Положительная степень |
Сравнительная степень |
Превосходная степень |
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1. Односложные прилагательные |
long длинный
easy big |
longer более длинный easier bigger |
(the) longest самый длинный (the) easiest (the) biggest |
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2. Многослож- ные прилагатель- ные |
important важный |
more important более важный |
(the) most important самый важный |
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3. Особая группа прилагательных и наречий |
good хороший well хорошо bad плохой badly плохо many много much много little маленький, мало far далекий |
better
лучше
worse
хуже
more
less
farther |
(the) best самый лучший (the) worst наихудший (the) most
(the) least
(the) farthest |
I. Read and translate:
new – newer – (the) newest; young – younger – (the) youngest; wide – wider – (the) widest; thick – thicker – (the) thickest; low –lower –(the) lowest; early – earlier – (the) earliest; near – nearer – (the) nearest; late – later – (the) latest; difficult – more difficult – (the) most difficult; necessary – more necessary – (the) most necessary; typical – more typical – (the) most typical; practical – more practical – (the) most practical; good – better – (the) best; many – more – (the) most; little – less – (the) least.
II. Translate using the...The «чем … тем»:
a) the more …, the less …(чем больше....,тем меньше)
the more different …, the better …
the higher …, the colder …
the smaller …, the better …
b) The more we study, the more we know.
The more we know, the more we forget.
The more we forget, the less we know.
The less we know, the less we forget.
Why study?
The more experiments are made, the better results are received.
The more people know about the nature, the better they can control it.
The more people learn about the Solar system, the more they know
about it.
III. Form the degrees of comparison:
old, distant, few, famous, far, short, big, possible, high, important, badly, different, large, great, deep, heavy, warm, hard.