5. Граматичний аспект заняття:

- пояснення граматичного матеріалу заняття:

Вживання quite та rather

a За значеням ‘quite’ (доволі) слабше ніж 'very' , але сильніше ніж 'a little':

• I'm surprised you haven't heard of her. She's quite famous. (= less than 'very famous' but more than a little famous1)

• It's quite cold. You'd better wear your coat

• Lucy live quite near me, so we see each other quite often.

Quite, як правило вживається перед a/an:

quite a nice day (not' a quite nice day'), quite an old house, quite a long way

Іноді ‘quite’ вживається з іменником (без прикметника):

• I didn't expect to see them. It was quite a surprise.

‘Quite’ також іноді вживається з дієсловами, особливо з ‘like’ та ‘enjoy’:

• I quite like tennis but it's not my favourite sport.

b ‘Quite’ іноді має значення «повністю, цілком»

• 'Are you sure?' 'Yes, quite sure.' (= completely sure)

‘Quite’ має таке значення з багатьма прикметниками, але частіше з наступними:

I’m sure right true clear different incredible amazing

certain wrong safe obvious unnecessary extraordinary impossible

• She was quite different from what I expected (= completely different)

• Everything they said was quite true. (= completely true)

У значенні «повністю, цілком» quite може вживатися і з деякими дієсловами:

• I quite agree with you. (= I completely agree) Not quite = 'not completely':

• They haven't quite finished their dinner yet.

• I don't quite understand what you mean.

• 'Are you ready yet?' 'Not quite.' (= not completely)

c ‘Rather’ дуже схоже на ‘quite’. Але ‘rather’ в основному вживається в негативному значенні або із словами, що мають негативне значення:

• It's rather cold. You'd better wear your coat.

• 'What was the examination like?' 'Rather difficult, I'm afraid.'

• Let's got a taxi. It's rather a long way to walk.

Отже, ‘quite’ вживається у позитивному сенсі, ‘rather’ – у негативному:

• She's quite intelligent but rather lazy.

d Але, якщо ‘rather’ вжито з позитивними словами (nice/interesting etc), то воно має значення «незвично, дивовижно».

For example, rather nice = unusually nice / surprisingly nice / nicer than expected:

• These oranges are rather nice. Where did you get them?

• Ann didn't like the book but I thought it was rather interesting (=more interesting than expected)

‘Rather’ може вживатися перед, або після a/an.

a rather interesting book or rather an interesting book

• виконання вправ для закріплення:

Вправа 1 Complete the sentences using quite + one of the following:

a busy day a good voice a nice time a lot of mistakes

a nice day a long way a strong wind a frightening experience

1 The weather was better than we had expected. It was ....quite.a nice day...

2 Tom often sings. He's got.......................................................................................................

3 The bus stop wasn't very near the hotel. We had to walk............................................................

4 I'm tired. I've had.......................................................................................................................

5 Our holiday was OK. We had:.......................................................................

6 It's warm today but there's..........................................................................................................

7 I hope that never happens again. It was.......................................................................................

8 She speaks English fluently but she makes..................................................................................

Вправа 2 Complete these sentences using the words in brackets. Each time use quite with the positive word and rather with the negative word.

1 She's quite intelligent, but ...rather lazy.. (intelligent / lazy)

2 The car goes...........................but it's...................(well / noisy)

3 The programme was..................but.......................(long / interesting)

4 George is...............but he's.................(a hard worker / slow)

5 I was.......................with the hotel but Jim was....................(disappointed / pleased)

6 It's........................job but it's....................work.(a well-paid/hard)

7 Sarah lives.................us but it's...................to get to her house. (near / difficult)

Вправа 3 What does quite mean in these sentences? Tick (V) the right meaning.

more than a little, less completely

than very

1 It's quite cold. You'd better wear your coat. …..V…………………………………………

2 'Are you sure?' - 'Yes, quite sure.' ……………………………………..V………

3 Maria's English is quite good. ………………………………………….

4 I couldn't believe it. It was quite incredible. ………………………………………….

5 The people I work with, are quite friendlv. ………………………………………….

6 My bedroom is quite big. ………………………………………….

7 You're quite right. …………………………………………

Вправа 4 Complete these sentences using quite with one of the following:

amazing different impossible right safe sure unnecessary true

1 I didn't believe her at first, but in fact what she said was ...quite true..

2 You won't fall. The ladder is.......................................................

3 Гm afraid I can't do what you ask. It's........................................

4 I couldn't agree with you more. You are......................................

5 You can't compare the two things. They are................................

6 You needn't have done that. It was..............................................

7 I think I saw them go out but I'm not...........................................

8 I couldn't believe what had happened. It was..............................

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