Степени сравнения прилагательных

Упражнение 1. Напишите степени сравнения следующих прилагательных:

Tall, gay, kind, large, pretty, grey, loud, difficult, merry, strange, bad, rich, soft, red, good, clean, expensive, cheap, tall.

Упражнение 2. Переведите на русский язык:

1. You get up earlier than me. 2. Ben plays football best of all. 3. It is the dirtiest room in the house. 4. You are a better driver than I am. 5. London is older than Moscow. 6. The weather is wetter today. 7. Bob is the best football player. 8. This box is bigger than that. 9. This book is more expensive than that. 10. July is usually the hottest month of the year.

Упражнение 3. Сравните следующее, употребляя прилагательные в скобках:

Образец: January, February (long). – January is longer than February.

1. January, February (short). 2. December, November (cold). 3. Volgograd, Kamishin (big). 4. Volgograd, Moscow (old). 5. The Volga river, the Don river (long). 6. This cat, that dog (small). 7. Summer, spring (hot). 8. This school, that school (high). 9. This book, that book (interesting). 10. July, August (long).

Упражнение 4. Распределите следующие формы прилагательных по колонкам.

a) hotter, the longest, the shortest, clever, silly, greater, more, difficult, better, thin, the biggest, the nicest, less.

b) thick, new, the most importable, more, the fattest, the merriest, taller, weak, interesting, busier, few.

Положительная

Сравнительная

Превосходная

Упражнение 5. Вставьте прилагательные. Используйте сравнительную или превосходную степень.

1. It is (happy) day of my life.

2. The twenty-second of December is (short) day in a year.

3. The Neva is (deep) than the Moscva river.

4. It is (cold) day of the year.

5. The room is (small) of all the rooms in the house.

6. My rhymes are (bad) than yours.

7. Our school is (old) in our town.

8. This dictation is (easy) than that one.

9. Moscow is (large) city in Russia.

10. She is (tall) than her sister.

Упражнение 6. Выберите правильную форму прилагательных.

1. This book is (the most interesting, interestingest) of all I have read this year.

2. My sister speaks English (badder, worse) than I do.

3. Which is (the hottest, hotter) month of the year?

4. Which is (the beautifulest, the most beautiful) place in this part of the country.

5. A train is (faster, the fastest) than a bus.

6. Take some of these sweets: they are very (nicer, nice). They are (nicer, nice) than the sweets in that box.

7. (Tall, the tallest) trees in the world grow in California.

8. This girl is (the goodest, the best) student in our group.

9. Spanish is (the easiest, easier) than German.

10. The Thames is (short, shorter) than the Volga.

Упражнение 7. Почему их животные самые лучшие?

My cat is (big). My cat is the biggest.

My dog is (clever).

My rabbit is (fat).

My parrot is (happy).

My mouse is (pretty).

My fish is (small).

My bird is (beautiful).

Упражнение 8. Use the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences.

1) Jackets are more expensive than T-shirts. (expensive)

2) My Mum is … my Dad. (tall)

3) Dogs are … cats. (intelligent)

4. Franco is … Marco. (short)

5) My brother is … at sports … I am. (good)

6) My homework is … yours. (bad)

Упражнение 9. Use the comparative of the words in brackets and the words (a bit / a little / much / a lot / fat). Besides, you should use than where necessary.

1) It’s _______ today _______ it was yesterday (a little / warm).

2) A. Did you enjoy your visit to the museum?

B. Yes, I found it _______ I expected (far / interesting).

3) I prefer this armchair. It’s _______ the other one (much / comfortable).

4) You looked depressed this morning but you look _______ now (a bit / happy).

5) This flat is too small for me. I need something _______ (much / big).

6) It’s _______ to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken (a lot / easy).

Упражненеи 10. Fill in “like” or “as”.

1) This house is beautiful. It’s _____ a palace.

2) Ann failed her driving test _____ we expected.

3) Do you think Ann looks _____ her mother?

4) He really gets on my nerves. I can’t stand people _____ him.

5) Why didn’t you do it _____ I told you to do it?

6) “Where does Bill work? He works in a band, _____ most of his friends.

7) He never listens. Talking to him is _____ talking to a wall.

8) Tom’s idea seemed a good one, so we did _____ he suggested.

Упражнение 11. Write sentences with as ___as.

1) Athens is older than Rome. Rome _______.

2) My room is bigger than yours. Your room isn’t _______.

3) You got up earlier than me. I didn’t _______.

4) We played better than them. They didn’t _______.

5) I’ve been here longer than you. You haven’t _______.

TEXT 1

MY FAMILY

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Our family is small. We are three in the family: my mather, my father and me. My Dad’s name is Igor Nikolaevitch. He is forty-too years old. My father a teacher. He is very lkever. His favorite sport is shess.

My Mums name is Irina Vladimirovna. Her is rhirty-eigt years old. She is secretary. His hobby is cooking.

I hasm’t got any brathers or sisters but I got a pet. It is a kat colled Fatty. Fatty is my good frend. I love my perents, my pet and we are a happy family.

I’ve a granmother, an unlke, aunt and too kousins. The lousin’s names are Dima and Oleg. They are in the fifth form and the boys is good at math. Their favorite sport is footboll. And we like to play footbool together.

Упражнения

a) Answer the questions about the boy’s family:

1) Is the boy’s family large or small?

2) What is his Dad’s name?

3) What is his father?

4) How old is the boy’s mother?

5) Has she got a hobby?

6) Has the boy got a pet?

7) Who is the boy’s good friend?

8) Are they a happy family?

9) Has the boy got a grandfather?

10) What form are his cousins in?

11) What are the boys good at?

b) Now write the questions about his family:

1) Three.

2) Forty-two.

3) Chess.

4) Irina Vladimirovna.

5) A secretary.

6) Cooking.

7) No, he hasn’t.

8) It is called Fatty.

9) Two cousins.

10) Dima and Oleg.

11) Football.

с) Rewrite the boy’s story about his family.

HIS FAMILY

The boy’s family is small. They are three in the family: his mother, his father and he. His ____________________________________________

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