Walk of fame
CELEBRITIES
ADJECTIVES
beautiful
красивый(о женщине)
handsome
красивый (о мужчине)
rich
богатый
attractive
привлекательный
famous
известный
successful
успешный
great
великий
ADJECTIVES
talented
талантливый
smart
остроумный
well-known
хорошо известный
funny
смешной, весёлый
clever
умный
intelligent
Сообразительный, смышленый
Example:
Claudia Schiffer is a beautiful model.
What can you say about these people?
How well do you know these people?
He was an English comic actor, film director and one of the most creative personalities of the silent-film era. And who is he?
She was an iconic figure of the late 20th century. She was loved and respected by millions of people and was the symbol of honour and kindness. She was a member of the Royal Family, a British princess. She gave money for charity (благотворительность). She wanted to make people happy.
She died in 1997 in a fatal accident.
Who is she?
.
Princess Diana
Most famous of his plays are Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. They are still popular and you can watch his plays in almost any country of the world. He produced more than 100 sonets . He had connections with the best English theatres for about 25 years .
She was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century.
She was known as the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising style.
Margaret Thatcher
Adjectives. Degrees of Comparison
Absolute
A.
(Positive)
Comparative
-
1. Односложные прилагательные
Superlative
2. Двусложные прилагательные на: 1) -у
-er
low
3. два способа c этими прилаг. Возможны:
pretty
2) -ow
(The) -est
lower
nice
nicer
lowest
-er/-est,
clever, common,friendly, pleasant, simple,quiet,cruel, polite
3) -le
hot
narrow
B.
prettier
-
Cleverer
prettiest
1.Bce остальные двусложные прилагательные
narrower
hotter
simple
4)-er
nicest
more/most
more
modern
Cleverest
More clever
2. Многосложные прилагательные (три и более слогов)
narrowest
simpler
hottest
Clever
successful
useful
ugly
(The) most
more modern
Cleverer
Most clever
simplest
more successful
Comfortable
uglier
Cleverest
most modern
more useful
most useful
Beautiful
ugliest
More comfortable
most successful
More beautiful
most comfortable
Most beautiful
Remember!
good - better - the best
bad - worse - the worst
little - less - the least
Much, many - more - the most
far - farther - the farthest ( о расстоянии)
far - further -the furthest (по порядку)
old- older – the oldest ( возраст)
Old- elder- the eldest ( старшинство в семье)
Speech – drill exercises
Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative and superlative degrees of following adjectives
hard _____________ ______________
cold _____________ ______________
close _____________ ______________
tall _____________ ______________
rich _____________ ______________
good _____________ ______________
funny _____________ ______________
big _____________ ______________
thin _____________ ______________
Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative and superlative degrees of following adjectives –
well-known _____________ ______________
friendly _____________ ______________
attractive_____________ ______________
difficult _____________ ______________
talented _____________ ______________
Great-greater- the greatest
Famous- more famous-the most famous
Funny-funnier-the funniest
Clever-cleverer(more clever)-the cleverest ( the most clever)
Good-better-the best
Noisy-noisier-the noisiest
Short-shorter-the shortest
Bad-better-the best
Loud-louder-the loudest
Beautiful-more beautiful-the most beautiful
Comparing facts
Ivan Urgant is young er than Dmitriy Nagiev.
Angelina Jolli is more successful than Cameron Diaz.
Facts
Steven Spielberg was the rich est man in 2004.
Jude Law is the most attractive man in the world.
Compare these women
Beautiful
Old
Slim
Talented
Successful
Young
Is… than…
Angelina Jolie
Meryl Streep
Antonio Banderas
Compare these celebrities. Old , famous, funny, popular, talented, intelligent, handsome
Example:
Antonio Banderas is older than Jim Carrey.
Harrison Ford is the oldest.
Jim Carrey
Harrison Ford
Сравнительные конструкции
As + прилагательное + as -
такой же …, как
- Frank is as clever as Laura.
- I skate as well as Evgeni Plushenko .
- Max is as tall as his father.
Not as + прилагательное + as –
Not so + прилагательное + as –
не такой …, как…
- Mike is not so strong as his father.
- Mike is not so strong as his father.
- Anna is not as rich as Bill.
- Istra is not so big as Moscow.
Compare, as in the example
1. snail/not/fast/rabbit
A snail is not as fast as a rabbit
2. CD/not/expensive/DVD
3. Jamie/funny/Mark
4. Bell Stiller/not/well-known/Tom Cruise.
5.Train/not/fast/plane
6. lion/strong/tiger.
7.Lemon/not/sweet/apple
Irina Slutskaya
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Listening
- Slutskaya and Gordeeva are two of the most famous skaters in Russia.
- Irina Slutskaya is younger than Ekaterina Gordeeva.
- Slutskaya is the most talented jumper of all female athletes.
4. Gordeeva and her husband won more Olympic medals than Irina.
5. Gordeeva started skating at a younger age than Irina .
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ask your partner about his/her favourite celebrity:
-Who’s your favourite celebrity?
- My favourite celebrity is the actress Angelina Jolly (actor , singer, sport star, writer).
-Why do you like her?
- She is a talented actress.
- Do you have a poster of her in your room?
- Do you watch videos (listen to music, read books) with her every day?
- Not every day, but often.
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