ADJECTIVES : Degree of Comparison (Степени сравнения прилагательных)
Упражнение 1. Напишите сравнительную и превосходную степень для следующих прилагательных:
happy young shallow difficult dirty patient hot comfortable brave wise friendly ridiculous late little | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ |
Упражнение 2. Вставьте подходящее прилагательное в нужной степени.
A train is ___________ than a bus.
This text is the ___________ of all.
I was ill last week but today I am________
Park Street is _______ than Market Street.
This jacket is small for me. Show me a ________ one.
What is the __________ thing in life?
A crocodile is _________ than a water snake.
Helen is the ________ girl in our class.
Упражнение 3. Упражнение Раскройте скобки, поставив предложенное прилагательное в нужной степени.
Jill’s a far________ (intelligent) person than my brother.
Kate was the_________ (practical) of the family.
Greg felt __________ (bad) yesterday than the day before.
This wine is the ____________ (good) I’ve ever tasted.
Jack was the________ (tall) of the two.
Jack is the__________ (clever) of the three brothers.
If you need any ___________ (far) information, please contact our head office.
The sinking of Titanic is one of _____________ (famous) shipwreck stories of all time.
Please, send the books back without_________ (far) delay.
The deposits of oil in Russia are by far the __________ (rich) in the world.
Could you come a bit _______ (early) tomorrow?
I like this song _________ (well) than the previous one.
Which of these two performances did you enjoy ________ (much)?
The fire was put out _________ (quickly) than we expected.
Упражнение 4. Вставьте more или less.
People are______ intelligent than monkeys.
Summer holidays are ____ splendid than winter holidays.
Maths is _____ important than English.
Books are ______ interesting than films.
Writing in English is_____ difficult than speaking.
Parents are_______ helpful than teachers.
Reading is_______ useful than watching TV.
Food is _____ expensive than clothes.
Упражнение 6. Прочитайте предложения. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа.
1. Mike found himself а _______ job somewhere out of town.
a) safer
b) more safe
c) more safer
d) safest
2. We prefer the Palm Beach though it is _______ from the center.
a) the farther
b) farthest
c) the farthest
d) furthest
3. This detailed map is ________ the atlas.
a) more useful as
b) more useful like
c) more useful than
d) usefuller as
4. Safari parks are ________ places of all to keep animals.
a) better
b) the best
c) most better
d) more better
5. This computer is ________ advanced than the old model.
a) farther
b) far most
c) far
d) far more
6. They talked about ____________ developments in agriculture.
a) the least
b) the latter
c) the latest
d) the late
7. The situation is_____________ now and there isn't an easy solution.
a) less more complicated
b) many more complicate
c) much more complicated
d) farther more complicated
8. People stay indoors during the _________ part of the day.
a) most hottest
b) more hotter
c) most hotter
d) hottest
Упражнение 7. Подчеркните правильный вариант использования степени прилагательных old, near, far, late.
Let’s take a later/latest train.
Computers are one of the latest/last discoveries of the 20th century.
Sorry I’m late — am I the last/latest?
That’s a further/farther reason to do it.
This poem belongs to his latter /later works.
Jane is 2 years older/elder than Jack.
Jane is older/elder than Jack by two years.
My older/elder brother is 5 years older/elder than me.
Where is the nearest/next post office?
The teacher told us about the latest/last elections in this country.
The nearest/next house to ours is 2 miles away.