Степени сравнения прилагательных
1. Write down the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives, using -er, -est or more, the most:
Pretty, deep, important, cozy, busy, nice, comfortable, short, small, progressive, long, beautiful, carefully, old, special, cold, quick, easy, remarkable, kind, wonderful, warm, strong, difficult, realistic, attentively, wide, gay, early, big, near, brightly, clearly, late, interesting, energetic, fast, young, dependent, popular, large, heavy, sly, near, rude, polite, respectable, far, distant, slim, clever, shy, high, low, brave, stupid.
2. Complete the sentences with one of the following forms: good/better/best, bad/worse/worst, much/more/most.
It was the...accident in the history of the company.
The most expensive is not necessarily the... .
She was very ill yesterday, but she’s...today.
You surely don’t expect me to sell it far...than I paid for it!
Last year’s results were bad, but unfortunately this year’s are... .
Managers earn...than secretaries.
They all ate a lot, but he ate (the)... .
He is a good player, but his brother is... .
3. Complete the sentences with far/farther/farthest/further/furthest:
1. They live on the...side of the town. 2. I have nothing...to say. 3. Can you give some...examples? 4. Our products are sold in the...corners of the world.
4. Put the words in brackets into the comparative form:
1. The (near) the bone, the (sweet) the meat. 2. The (much), the (merry). 3. The (high) the temperature, the (great) the pressure. 4. The (much) I learn, the (little) I know. 5. The (great) the opportunity, the (great) the responsibility.
Личные местоимения
Use the suitable form of the Personal Pronoun:
1. I often see (they, them) in the bus. 2. She lives near (we, us). 3. (We, us) always walk to school together. 4. He teaches (we, us) English. 5. She sits near (I, me) during the lesson. 6. I always speak to (he, him) in English. 7. What is the matter with (he, him) today? 8. I know (she, her) and her sister very well.
Притяжательные местоимения
Fill in blanks with possessive pronouns:
1. (He)...composition is very interesting. 2. (We)...son goes to school. 3. (You)...sister is young. 4. (They)...knowledge of the subject is very poor. 5. (He)...name is John. 6. (I)...family lives in Yoshkar-Ola. 7. (She)...friends often visit her. 8. (You)...house is very comfortable.
2. Use the necessary form of the possessive pronoun.
1. Would you like to see some of (her, hers) poems?
2. (Their, theirs) knowledge of the subject is not much superior to (our, ours).
3. You take care of (your, yours) things and I’ll take care of (my, mine).
4. (Their, theirs) boat was faster than (our, ours).
5. I’m afraid they will take (your, yours) word against (her, hers).
Указательные и отрицательные местоимения
Translate into English using no, none, no one, nobody, nothing:
1. Никто не навестил меня, когда я был в больнице.
2. Ни одна из систем государственного управления не является совершенной.
3. Среди этих книг нет ни одной моей.
4. Я не нашел ни одной ошибки в его сочинении.
5. Он никому не рассказывал о своих планах.
6. Мне никто не звонил?
7. Никто в классе не выполнил домашнего задания.
8. В это время все магазины закрыты.
9. Мне никто ничего не рассказывает.
10. Среди тех, с кем мне пришлось общаться, не было ни одного англичанина.