Grammar: Appendix 3; Appendix 6

v The Adjectives. The Adverb.

v Types of Questions.

Exercise 12. Give the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adjectives:

famous, cautious, careful, understanding, fat, strange, modern, polite, lonely, talented, short, brief, favourite, clever, daring, brave, courageous, naughty, little, narrow, bad, dead, quiet, drunk, satisfied

Exercise 13. Put adjectives in brackets in the proper degree of comparison:

1. The National bank of Ukraine is (strong) in the country. 2. Long deposit is (stable) than time deposit. 3. That has to be the (interesting) seminar I have ever visited. 4. He is the (bad) student in the group. 5. The second part of the lecture was (little) interesting. 6. What is (far) distance you have ever travelled? 7. Quantitative approach was (good) in that situation. 8. It is (important) branch in this discipline. 9. Industrial revolution was (short) than technological one.

Exercise 14. Choose the most suitable adverb in the box to fill each blank:

a) adverbs of frequency:

1. Our general director ____ types his papers himself. 2. Market prices _____ change because of inflation in the country. 3. Our employees are ____ in the office during the lunch time. 4. My secretary ____ prepares all necessary documents for the negotiations. 5. You must ____ lock the front door when you leave.

b) adverbs of place:

6. I went ___ and looked for the front-line manager. 7. Our new bookkeeper studied ____ for several years, mostly in the USA. 8. Fortunately there was a hotel ____. 9. I was very late for the meeting, but the queue of traffic slowly moved ____. 10. The executive director is ____ this week. He’s at a three-day conference.

c) adverbs of manner:

11. The secretary of our firm speaks English ____. 12. Please, type the letter for the Vice President ____. 13. He apologized _____ for his mistake. 14. Our partners called us ____ for the three days. 15. I ___ had any time to talk to my co-workers.

Exercise 15. Complete the sentences with one word from the list A and one word from the list B:

eg: This suitcase is very well made. It will last for years and years.

1. The new product is being ……. You see the adverts everywhere. 2. This website is … …. I can’t find the information I need. 3. You’ve been … …. I really appreciate it. 4. Our offices are … … Look out for the large flags at the front. 5. It’s strange, but this flight was … …. 6. Taking bribes is … …. You’ll lose your job if they catch you. 7. I arrived at the presentation … …. and missed the first part.

Exercise 16. Make a question with a question tag:

Model: Ask a colleague if he sent the fax. You expect the answer to be “no”- You did not send the fax, did you?

1. Ask a stranger at the airport if his name is Mr. Smith. You are not sure his name is Mr. Smith. Your name …? 2. You recognize someone. You are sure he is the general manager of Motors Corp. Your position title …? 3. Ask an employee if she prints copies of the contract. You expect the answer to be ‘yes’. 4. You guess that Biotech have cancelled their order. Biotech …? 5. You are very surprised that the bank accepts the payments. The bank …? 6. Ask a marketing manager if he analyses the distribution channels. You doubt he will do this. 7. You suppose the company introduces innovations to the market. You expect the answer to be ‘yes”.

Exercise 17. Make all possible types of questions to the following sentences:

1. The development of modern economics began in the 17^th century. 2. Economists have two ways of looking at economics and the economy. 3. Economic incentives often influence our decisions about what and where to buy. 4. Every society faces with the identical problem of scarcity. 5. Economic forces affect decisions in the world of market. 6. Prices usually direct market economies. 7. Large corporations use economists to study the way they do business.

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