Degrees of Comparison. 1. Which river is longer: the Volga or the Thames?

Gr-15. What do you think?

1. Which river is longer: the Volga or the Thames? 2. Which city is more beautiful: Moscow or London? 3. Who is more popular: Michael Jackson or Paul McCartney? 4. Which beaches are cleaner: in the Black Sea or in the Baltic Sea? 5. Which vacation is better: in winter or in summer? 6. Which music is more popular: rock music or folk music? 7- Which language is more _t difficult: English or German?

8. Which kind of sport is more dangerous: diving of^lv;^ki-jumping?

9. Which subject is more interesting: History or Linguistics?

Gr-16. Discuss the differences between the city and the country. Use the follow­ing adjectives and nouns.

Examples: There is less traffic in the country than in the city. It is more exciting in the city.

traffic; people; views and scenery; cultural facilities (theatres, cine­mas, museums); air; job opportunities; pollution; streets; buildings

beautiful; quiet; noisy; peaceful; interesting; healthy; clean; crowded; wide; busy; modern

Gr-17. Use "as... as" to compare the following. See the example.

Example: Tom is 6 feet tall. John is 6 feet tall.

Tom is as tall as John. They are both the same height.

1. Jack is 57 years old. Ed is 57 years old. 2. German, French-difficult, easy. 3. men, women - intelligent, honest. 4. economics, poli­tics - interesting, boring. 5. cats, dogs - friendly.

Gr-18. Use "not as... as" or "than" to compare the following. See the example.

Example: the air in the city, the air in the country - clean

The air in the city is not as clean as in the country. The air in the country is cleaner than in the city.

1. a car, a bicycle - expensive, cheap, quick, slow. 2. a man, an

animal - intelligent. 3. an ocean, a lake - big, small. 4. money, love -
important.

Gr-19. Use these adjectives to talk about a car, a bicycle and a motorcycle.

Which one is the -est?

Example: big

The car is the biggest of the three.

small; cheap; fast; cold in winter; safe; noisy; heavy; healthy, easy to park; quiet; good for health

Which one is the most...?

expensive; dangerous; economical; comfortable; relaxing; exciting to drive or ride

Gr-20. Choose the right word: "elder", "eldest" or "older", "oldest".

1. Mr Clark is... than his wife. 2. Who is... of the children? 3. They have 3 children. John is the... child and Kate is the youngest daughter. 4. John is 8 years... than his sister. 5. Mr Clark's father is 80. He is the... among his relatives. 6. Mary has two sisters. Her... sister is 3 years... than she.

Gr-21. Steve and James work for General Company. They would like a better po­sition in the company. Who do you think will get the promotion? Why? Use these adverbs.

accurately; earlier/later; carefully; harder; longer; slower or slowly, faster

Steve

James

gets to work at 7.30 works 8 hours a day does careful work completes reports accurately completes reports a little late types 100 words per minute

gets to work at 8.30 works 6 hours a day does very careful work completes reports very accu­rately usually completes reports on

time types 85 words per minute

6. Articles and Prepositions Gr-22. Use the proper article.

A. 1. Does your brother go to... school? - No, he isn't... school­
boy yet. 2. Ann's sister has... family of her own. She has... two chil­
dren,... son and... daughter.... children are... same age. They are...
twins. 3. Mary is playing... piano,... grandmother is reading... book,
... boys are playing... chess. 4. My cousin is... nurse and her husband
is... builder. 5. Have you... uncle? - Yes, he is... teacher of... En­
glish. 6. I'm... aunt to my brother's son. 7. His sister is... ten-year-old
girl. 8. In England children usually begin school at... age of... five.
9. Uncle James came up to his little niece, patted her on... head and
took her by... hand saying she was such... pretty girl. 10. She is...
middle-aged woman of 43. She is like... mother to Jane.

B. 1. They all love Kate. She is... youngest in... family. 2. Tom is
in... second form. He is..i hard-working boy and... good pupil. 3....

man and... woman in... photo are... husband and... wife. 4.... Knights are... charming people. 5. Baby is... youngest member of the family, grandmother is... oldest. 6. Mary is... daughter of... Doctor Smith,... eldest of... children, to be more exact. 7. I like... girl. She has... straight nose,... wavy hair and... fresh complexion. She is... pretty girl, no doubt. 8. My elder sister is... girl of twenty with... large eyes,... golden hair,... pleasant smile. She has... good figure too. She is... tall and slender. She is... real beauty. 9. She is... most beautiful woman I have ever met.

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