Ex. 14. Find out the wrong sentences.

1. Do you hear me well?

Are you hearing me well?

2. She is preferring apples to pears.

She prefers apples to pears.

3. I know what you mean.

I know what you are meaning.

4. We understand French well.

We are understanding French well.

5. We are reading the first English book in the original.

He is always reading English books in translation.

6. Do you like Kirov?

She is liking this music.

7. She loves her baby.

She is loving her baby more than anything else.

8. I hate the heat.

What are you thinking of this picture?

9. Do you enjoy this game?

Are you having a webcam?

Ex. 15. Make up sentences according to the model.

M o d e l: Anna (old) Marina. – Anna is older than Marina.

Six o’clock (convenient) eight. – Six o’clock is more convenient than eight.

1. The weather today (bad/good) yesterday.

2. London (big) Paris.

3. They say girls (clever) boys.

4. The sin (bright) the moon.

5. Men (sensible) women.

6. The English (polite) the Americans.

7. Chris (serious) his younger brother.

8. My garden (nice) the school garden.

9. The air in the morning (cool) in the daytime.

10. Some people (honest) others.

11. A car (comfortable) the metro.

12. This dress (elegant) the old one.

13. Baseball in the USA (popular) tennis.

14. This watch (expensive) that one.

Ex. 16. Read the following reports on two hotels. Then compare them. There may be more than one acceptable answer. Say which hotel you would like to stay and why.

M o d e l: The Sheraton is nearer to the city centre than the Etruria Hotel.

The Etruria Hotel is farther from the city centre than the Sheraton.

Ex. 17. When did you have such events, weather or phenomena?

Share it with your partner.

The coldest day; the hottest day; the longest night, the easiest test, the most beautiful present, the biggest cake, the most difficult subject, the most interesting story, the happiest birthday party, the cheapest dinner, the worst day.

Ex.18. Describe the city you live in using superlative degree of adjectives.

These words will help you:

beau­tiful, big, small, high, wide, large, interesting, rich, long, short, good, bright.

Ex. 19. Open the brackets. Use the right Degree of Comparison of Adjectives.

1. Which is (large): the United States or Cana­da? 2. What is the name of the (big) port in the United States? 3. Moscow is the (large) city in Russia. 4. The London underground is the (old) in the world. 5. There is a (great) number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia. 6. St. Petersburg is one of the (beau­tiful) cities in the world. 7. The rivers in America are much (big) than those in England. 8. The is­land of Great Britain is (small) than Greenland. 9. What is the name of the (high) mountain in Asia? 10. The English Channel is (wide) than the straits of Gibraltar. 11. Russia is a very (large) country.

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