Grammar and vocabulary. comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

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numerals

comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

the possessive case of nouns

N+N construction

noun suffixes –er/or

Exercise 1. Transcribe these names of jobs and learn them.

a manager, a secretary, an accountant, a waiter, an administrator,

a banker, a barman, a trader, a customer, a supplier, a management

consultant, a sales manager, a product manager

Exercise 2. Match these jobs (1–13) with the translations (A–M).

1. a receptionist A. поставщик

2. a secretary B. маркетолог

3. an accountant C. бармен

4. a waiter D. менеджер по продажам

5. an administrator E. секретарь

6. a banker F. клиент, покупатель

7. a barman G. торговец

8. a trader H. бухгалтер

9. a customer I. менеджер-консультант

10. a supplier J. официант

11. a management consultant K. секретарь в приемной

12. a sales manager L. администратор

13. a market specialist M. банкир

Exercise 3. Correct these statements. Use the model:

Model: He is a manager (a customer). — He isn’t a manager. He is

a customer.

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1. He is a trader (a banker). 2. You are a sales manager (product

manager). 3. She is an administrator (a receptionist). 4. We are waiters

(customers). 5. You are a barman (a waiter). 6. Anna is an accountant (a

management consultant). 7. Bob Calisson is a Transport Manager (a

director). 8. Michael Douglas is a writer (an actor).

Exercise 4. Pronounce these numerals. Learn them.

1 — one, 2 — two, 3 — three, 4 — four, 5 — five, 6 — six, 7 — seven,

8 — eight, 9 — nine, 10 — ten, 11 — eleven, 12 — twelve,

teen: 13 — thirteen, 14 — fourteen, 15 — fifteen, 16 — sixteen, 17 —

seventeen, 18 — eighteen, 19 — nineteen,

ty: 20 — twenty, 30 — thirty, 40 — forty, 50 — fifty, 60 — sixty, 70 —

seventy, 80 — eighty, 90 — ninety,

100 — one hundred,

1000 — one thousand,

1000 000 — one million,

1 000 000 000 — one billion

Exercise 5. Practice the following numerals. Use the model.

Model:

39 — thirty-nine

265 — two hundred and sixty-five

1,641 — one thousand six hundred and forty-one

1,384,596 — one million three hundred and eighty four thousand five

hundred and ninety six

23, 34, 45, 56, 67, 78, 89, 91, 132, 234, 312, 437, 574, 683, 798, 842,

953, 2,745,329

Exercise 6. Say these nouns in the plural using the numerals.

Model: a manager (3) — three managers

a receptionist (2), an accountant (4), a supplier (10), a designer (5),

a market specialist (6), a banker (11), a trader (20), a consultant (8), a sales

manager (7), a retailer (9), a shop assistant (12), a guest (13),

a management consultant (14), a product manager (15), a waiter (16), an

administrator (17), a driver (18), a writer (19)

Exercise 7. Transcribe the following adjectives. Learn them and make up

the sentences according to the model.

wealthy — состоятельный, influential — влиятельный, beautiful —

красивый, rich — богатый, expensive — дорогой, important — важный,

respected — уважаемый, little — маленький, far — далекий

Model: He / clever. — He is clever.

Bill Gates/wealthy, Steve Jobs/influential, they/rich, German cars/

expensive, managers/important, Sarah Michelle Gellar/beautiful, John D.

Rockefeller/respected, this company/little, the office/far

Exercise 8. Say these adjectives in the comparative and superlative forms

using a dictionary. Translate the forms from English into

Russian. Learn them.

Model:

big — bigg er — the bigg est/ большой — больше — самый большой

beautiful — more beautiful — the most beautiful/красивый — краси-

вее — самый красивый

good — better — the best / хороший — лучше — самый лучший

many/much — more — the most /много — больше — самый боль-

шой

little — less — the least /маленький — меньше — самый маленький

· large, rich, wealthy, cheap, fast, clever, clean, small,

· influential, important, difficult, respected, expensive,

· little, bad, good, far.

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