Make the degrees of comparison of adjectives

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Hot,

long,

short,

clever,

silly,

great,

red,

black,

white,

thin,

thick,

fat,

nice,

warm,

cold,

merry,

small,

tall,

high,

weak,

strong,

heavy,

light,

green,

dry,

clean,

dirty,

wide,

deep,

brave

Translate.

Старый,

старше,

самый старый,

самый старший,

мой старший брат,

мой старый друг,

дальше,

самый дальний,

самый длинный,

короче,

счастливый,

счастливее,

самый счастливый,

самый лучший,

самый черный,

длиннее,

хуже,

лучше,

теплее,

ее лучший друг,

ее младший сын,

его старший сын

Translate into Russian

1. Этооченьлегкаязадача. Дайте мне более трудную задачу.

2. Летом дни длинные, а ночи короткие.

3. 22 июня — самый длинный день.

4. В июле дни короче.

5. В декабре дни самые короткие.

6. «Четверка» — хорошая отметка, но «пятерка» лучше.

7. «Пятерка» — самая лучшая отметка.

8. Самая плохая отметка — «двойка».

9. Твое платье, конечно, очень красивое, но мое платье красивее.

10. Мой папа — высокий мужчина.

11. Это более теплое пальто.

12. Я думаю, что наш учитель английского языка был очень терпелив.

13. Наш старый доктор был очень занят. Наш новый доктор даже более занят.

14. Моя учительница немецкого языка — самый энергичный человек.

15. Мы знаем, твой сосед — очень скучный человек.

16. Я считаю, твой дедушка — самый щедрый человек, которого я когда-либо встречал.

17. Часы Рональда точные, но часы его тети более точные.

18. Она купила часы в Швейцарии, потому что она считает, что швейцарские часы самые точные в мире.

19. Тот телевизионный фильм гораздо хуже, чем сегодняшний.

20. Какая самая смешная телевизионная программа?

21. Это были самые счастливые дни в ее жизни.

Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.

1. I speak English (fluent) …more fluently…now than last year.

2. She greeted me (polite)………………………………… of all.

3. She smiled (happy) ………………………………… than before.

4. This girl dances (graceful) ………………………………… of all.

5. Could you write (clear) …………………………………?

6. Planes can fly (high) ………………………………… than birds.

7. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful) ………………………………… than before.

8. Jim can run (fast) ………………………………… than John.

9. Our team played (bad) ………………………………… of all.

10. He worked (hard) ………………………………… than ever before.

5. Fill in the gaps with as... as or so... as

1. Mike is... tall... Pete.

2. Kate is not... nice... Ann.

3. My room is... light... this one.

4. This book is not... thin... that one.

5. Sergei is... old... Michael.

6. She is... young... Tom’s brother.

7. Nick’s English is not... good... his friend’s.

8. I am not... tall... Pete.

9. This woman is... young... that one.

10. Iam... thin... you.

11. Kate is... lazy... her brother.

12. This child is not... small... that one.

6.Translate into Russian

1. Он не такой усталый, как она.

2. Упражнение 2 такое же трудное, как и упражнение 3.

3. Она думает, что бокс такой же опасный вид спорта, как и борьба.

4. Этот дом такой же высокий, как тот.

5. Сегодня вода в реке не такая теплая, как вчера.

6. Ты не такой умный, как папа.

7. Индия не такая большая, как Китай.

8. Темза такая же красивая, как Нева.

9. Его бабушка не такая старая, как дедушка.

10. Яблоки такие же вкусные, как сливы, но не такие вкусные, как груши.

11. Русский музей такой же богатый, как Эрмитаж?

12. Державин не так знаменит, как Пушкин.

13. Днепр не такой длинный, как Волга.

14. В прошлом году август был такой же жаркий, как июль.

15. Он не такой старый, как я.

16. Она такая же щедрая, как ее бабушка.

17. Его машина такая же удобная (комфортабельная), как твоя.

18. Экзамен был не таким трудным, как мы ожидали.

19. Он такой же сильный, как его брат.

20. Этот компьютер не такой дорогой, как я ожидал.

21. Ее сын такой же вежливый, как и она.

22. Эта работа такая же интересная, как и твоя.

7. Fill in the gaps with a, an, the or Ø:

(1) ………………… Prince Harry, who has now completed a 20-week deployment in Helmand province, insisted he and his brother were “not special” and said (2) ………………… Duke of Cambridge is envious of his tour of duty. Speaking alongside an Apache attack helicopter at Camp Bastion, (3) ………………… 28-year-old co-pilot gunner said there was no reason why members of (4) ………………… Royal family should not be “shot at” if troops on the ground are facing the same dangers while taking on (5) ………………… Taliban.

(6) ………………… Duke, 30, who is (7) ………………… future Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is (8) ………………… RAF Flight Lieutenant and works as (9) ………………… Search and Rescue Force pilot on Sea King helicopters based at RAF Valley on Anglesey. But the second in line to the throne has never seen active service because it is considered too dangerous. (10) ………………… Prince Harry believes his brother could fly Chinook helicopters with emergency medical crews on board to pick up casualties.

“People back home will have issues with that, but we're not special. The guys out there are. Simple as that.”

No future monarch has seen active wartime service since (11) ………………… George VI, then known as (12) ………………… Prince Albert, who served with (13) ………………… Royal Navy during the First World War. His brother, (14) ………………… then Prince of Wales, who later reigned briefly as (15) ………………… Edward VIII, also served in the Great War, as a staff officer behind the front line at the Battle of the Somme

(1) ………………… internet is said to be taking its toll on newspapers, but circulation is still healthy in highly wired countries like (2) ………………… Japan and South Korea. Tokyo seems to be the newspaper capital, boasting the two most widely circulated newspapers in the world: (3) ………………… Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun.

Tokyo has, in all, four of the 10 most widely circulated newspapers in the world. Two are published from London: (4) ………………… News of the World and (5) ………………… Sun. One is German: (6) ………………… Bild. Two are in China. And the other one is (7) ………………… Times of India.

So why aren't any American newspapers on the top 10 list? It can't be because of the internet. The internet is as widely used in Britain, Japan and South Korea as in (8) ………………… America.

The figures in the table below are from the US-based Mondo Newspapers, which covers newspapers around the world.

It shows 49 newspapers in the world have a circulation of more than a million.

Only two of them are American: (9) ………………… Wall Street Journal and (10) ………………… USA Today. Britain has four: (11) ………………… News of the World, (12) ………………… Sun, (13) ………………… Daily Mail and (14) ………………… Daily Mirror. Europe has none except (15) ………………… Bild.

Japan has 13, China 12 and so does India. Three of the Indian newspapers are in English: (16) ………………… Times of India, the Hindu and the Hindustan Times. (17) ………………… South Korea has three while Thailand and Pakistan have one each. There is none anywhere else.

(18) ………………… New York Times is 53rd on the list with a circulation of more than 950, 000. No other American publication is on the list of the world's 100 most widely circulated newspapers. If you look at the list, you will see there is only one from (19) ………………… Middle East – (20) ………………… Egyptian Al-Ahram – and none at all from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and the South Pacific

Discussion

Crime

1. What do you think of the police, the courts and the prisons in your country? What do you think should be done to improve them?

2. Do you think there is more crime than in the past or less? Why? What do you think will happen in the future?

3. Should police officers be paid more? Would higher salaries discourage corruption in the police?

4. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being a police officer?

5. What do you think about the death penalty?

6. Would you like to be a police officer? Why/not?

Corruption

1. Which areas do you think are the most corrupt (a) in your country (b) in other countries? E.g. Politics, education, construction, health, agriculture, the arms industry, transport, etc.

2. What are the effects of corruption on society?

3. Who is more to blame - the person who offers a bribe or the person who takes it?

4. Can corruption ever benefit a country?

5. How does corruption affect (a) people's lives in general (b) your life in particular?

6. What can be done to reduce or stop corruption?

7. How should corrupt officials be dealt with when they are found out?

8. Why are some countries more corrupt than others?

Space

1. What is the difference between 'astrology and 'astronomy?

2. Are you interested in astrology, the signs of the zodiac, etc? What star sign are you? Do you read your horoscope regularly? Why/not?

3. Would you like to be an astronomer? Why/not?

4. What do you think we can learn from space exploration?

5. Do you think that we should invest large sums of money in the exploration of other planets while some people on this planet are living and dying in poverty?

6. Would you like to travel into space, if it was possible? Where would you go and why?

7. Do you believe that aliens/UFOs have ever visited our planet?

8. Do you think schoolchildren should learn about the universe we live in? Why/not?

Unit #4. Word-formation (Suffixes –ance, -ence).Indefinite pronouns.

Grammar 4.1

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