Прочитайте вслух и переведите.

а. 1. Could you walk faster? We may be late!

2. Could you come a bit earlier tomorrow?

3. Let me explain it all a little later.

4. You must work harder if you want to make better progress in your English.

5. We're so sorry we couldn’t give you a definite answer sooner.

6. Please speak louder! I can't hear you!

b. 1. Could you speak more slowly, please?

2. Can't you write more neatly?

3. Please explain it more clearly!

4. Let me try to explain it more exactly.

5. The road's so bad today! You must drive more carefully!

6. Could you do it more quickly?

c. 1. Jim works harder than Tom, but earns less.

2. Alice speaks French better than Nancy, but she writes worse.

3. You know it better than me (You know it better than I do).

4. They arrived earlier than us (They arrived earlier than we did).

5. I left the house later than them (I left the house later than they did).

6. The train left a little later than usual.

7. The team's doing better than usual today.

8. He sang worse than usual last night, didn't he?

d. 1. The sooner you come the better.

2. The longer we live the more we learn.

3. The less we eat the better we feel.

e. 1. Which of them worked hardest?

2. Which of the students is doing best?

3. "Which photo do you like best of all?" "I like that one best."

Сравнительные конструкции as.. as..; not so as... так же как, такой же как...

It's as warm today as it was yesterday.	Сегодня так же тепло, как вчера.
He isn’t as old as he looks.	Ему не столько лет, на сколько он выглядит.
Is ten o’clock as convenient for you as eleven?	Десять часов так же удобно вам, как одиннадцать?
He was running as quickly as he could.	Он бежал так быстро, как мог.

В отрицательных предложениях чаще употребляется so...as...

The traffic here isn’t so heavy as in the city center. (=The traffic here isn’t as heavy as in the city center.)

Здесь движение не такое сильное, как в центре.

I can’t come as early as all the others, I’m afraid. (=I can’t come so early as all the others, I’m afraid.)	Боюсь, что я не могу прийти так рано, как все остальные.
as far as I know...	насколько я знаю...
as far as I remember...	насколько я помню...
as white as snow	белый как снег
as busy as a bee	занятый как пчела
Petrol's twice as expensive nowas it was a few years ago.	Бензин теперь вдвое дороже, чем несколько лет назад.
Your garden's three times as large as ours, isn't it?	Ваш сад раза в три раза больше нашего, не правда ли?
This year there aretwice as manyexhibIt’s as there were last year.	В этом году экспонатов вдвое больше,чемв про­шлом.
You may have to spendthree times as much time if you go by train.	Вам, возможно, придется потратить втрое больше времени, если поедете по­ездом.
He must read five times as much if he wants to make progress.	Ему надо читать в пять раз больше, если он хочет сделать успехи.

2. Прочитайте вслух и переведите.

1. This room's as large as that one, but it isn't so light.

2. His German's as good as his French.

3. The problem isn't as simple as we thought.

4. Please send us an answer as soon as you can.

5. Is the new model as reliable as the old one?

6. Is the screen version as successful as the book?

7. The problems we are going to discuss today are as important as the ones we've already solved.

8. This model looks as elegant as the one we've just seen, but it isn't so easy to operate, I'm afraid.

9. I'm sure the new method's ten times as economical as the old one.

10. I’m trying to finish this work as quickly as I can.

3. Перефразируйте, как показано в образцах.

Дано: The new model's less expensive than the old one.

Требуется: The new model isn't as expensive as the old one
(the new model isn't so expensive as the old one).

1. The traffic in the afternoon's often heavier than in the morning.

2. The conference last spring was less successful than this one.

3. The old models were less convenient to operate than the recent ones.

4. The picture on this screen's worse than on that one.

5. The first singer's voice was less pleasant than this one's, wasn't it?

Дано: I play tennis worse than John (worse than he does).

Требуется: I don't play tennis as well as John (as well as he does).

1. I read less than he does.

2. He smokes more than I do.

3. I feel less tired today than yesterday.

4. He knows the subject better than I do.

5. The other students work harder than you do.

6. His sister can play the piano better than him.

Оборот used to

оборот для выражения действия, которое когда-то в прошлом соверша- лось регулярно, часто, но в настоящем уже не совершается.

Iused to go to the stadium often, but now I haven't got enough time, I'm afraid.	Раньше я часто ходил на стадион, но сейчас у меня, к сожалению, слишком мало времени.
"Do you play tennis?" "Not now, but I used to."	Вы играете в теннис? Сейчас нет, но когда-то играл.
Sheused to be very beautiful when she was young.	Она была очень красива в молодости.
Heused to be an army officer.	Когда-то он был военным.

4. Прочитайте вслух и переведите.

1. We used to live in a village when we were little children.

2. Old John used to be a seaman.

3. "Ben used to be a good athlete." "Oh, did he?"

4. We don't go out as often as we used to, I'm afraid.

5. I can't speak German as well as I used to, I'm afraid.

6. Tom hasn't given up smoking, but he doesn't smoke as much as he used to.

5. Закончите предложения, как показано в образце.

Дано: John doesn't play tennis now, but he...

Требуется: John doesn't play tennis now, but he used to.

(...but he used to be very good at tennis when he was young).

1. Peter's too old to go skiing now, but he...

2. John's given up smoking, but he...

3. Mary's very fat now, but she...

4. Sally doesn't go out to work, but she...

5. Roy is a rich man now, but he...

6. I'm too old to dance, but I...

Дано: We don't go out as often...

Требуется: We don't go out as often as we used to.

1. We don't give parties as often...

2. I don't smoke as much...

3. He doesn't work as hard...

4. I don’t drive as carelessly as...

Part IV

К экзамену:

1. Усвоить материал по следующим темам:

1. Оборот be going to..............................................................
2. Определительные придаточные предложения, в которых относительное местоимение является подлежащим....................................................
3. Определительные придаточные предложения, в которых относительные местоимения не являются подлежащим...................................................
4. Степени сравнения прилагательных........................
5. Прошедшее время группы CONTINUOUS....................
6. Степени сравнения наречий..........................................
7. Оборот used to......................................................................
8. Будущее время группы Simple.....................................
9. Местоимения производные от some, any, no, every...........................................................................................

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