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Ex.3. Choose the right word.
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1. The sun shines …. There is a … fire in the garden. (bright; brightly) 2. We attend classes …. He has … working hours. (regular; regularly) 3. Do you … want to go there? She has a lot of … friends. (real; really) 4. This is an … exercise. I can translate this article …. (easy; easily) 5. These volumes contain the … works by Pushkin. I am … satisfied. (complete; completely) 6. Give me a … answer. This shows the difference …. (clear; clearly) 7. Alice dances … too. They have got a … little garden. (pretty; prettily) 8. What … weather we are having today! It was a … long war. (terrible; terribly) 9. Robert ran off …. That’s a … reply. (quick; quickly) 10. She always speaks to him …. That was an … remark. (angry; angrily) 11. We had a … talk on Monday. The days passed …. (pleasant; pleasantly) 12. The girls speak German …. (fluent; fluently) 13. We don’t like to drink … tea. (bitter; bitterly) 14. The floor looks …. (clean; cleanly) 15. The plane landed … on the runway. (safe; safely) 16. When the wind started to blow I grew …. (anxious; anxiously) 17. Most of the students did … on their tests. (good; well) 18. The contract offer sounded … to me, so I accepted the job. (fair; fairly)
Ex.4. Choose the correct adverb.
1. I saw a plane … in the sky. The idea seems … impossible. (high; highly) 2. We have heard very little of him …. He usually comes home … after classes on Tuesday. (late; lately) 3. I can … understand what he is saying. You must work … at your spelling. (hard; hardly) 4. We were … late. The café was …. (near; nearly) 5. Computers are … used nowadays. (wide; widely) 6. Students can enter the museum … on Sunday. (free; freely) 7. I like sitting … the fire. (near, nearly) 8. They arrived too … to catch the train. (late, lately) 9. To find the water they had to dig …. (deep; deeply) 10. Tom was the … to come. (last; lastly)
Ex.5. Give the comparative and superlative forms.
Slowly; much; lonely; safely; far; early; well; little; near; fast; truly; comically; badly; high; silly; loudly; happily; friendly; hard; dangerously.
Ex.6. Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets. Make changes in the degrees of comparison.
1. I like to get up early in summer. (of all) 2. We are going to stay here long. (than you) 3. She can do it quickly. (as I can) 4. Mary attends the theatre regularly. (much; than we do) 5. Anthony looked at us angrily. (than yesterday) 6. Nina sings well. (in the group) 7. We stayed far from the camp. (of all) 8. He cooks badly. (than me) 9. The Woods furnished the room beautifully (in the neighbourhood) 10. Ralf works patiently on the report. (as George) 11. You speak little. (of us) 12. They live near the bookstore. (than we do) 13. His car runs fast. (of all the race cars). 14. He visits his parents frequently. (as she does)
Ex.7. Complete the sentences with the following adverbs: absolutely, extremely, unusually, badly, widely, highly, newly, well.
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1. This house is … designed. 2. It’s … believed that he will win the match. 3. The car is … damaged. 4. The salad is … delicious. 5. Great Britain is a … industrialized country. 6. He is a … known person in our town. 7. It’s a … restored church. 8. It’s an … interesting point of view.
Ex.8. Match the parts of the sentences.
1. The higher we flew, A. the earlier you’ll arrive.
2. The more you study, B. the better you will feel.
3. The less he slept, C. the worse Edna felt.
4. The sooner you take the medicine, D. the more irritable he became.
5. The sooner you start, E. the smarter you’ll become.
6. The faster he rowed the boat, F. the farther away he got.
Ex.9. Use the correct form of the adverbs in brackets.
1. It is becoming (hard) and (hard) to find a job. 2. Can you stand a bit (far) away from the camera? 3. We have to walk (fast) than this if we want to catch the train. 4. This word is (widely) used in spoken English than in written. 5. Could you speak a bit (distinctly), please? 6. The Earth goes round the Sun (quickly) than Jupiter. 7. If you want to pass your exams, you should do your homework (regularly). 8. David plays the violin much (well) this year. 9. She always arrives at work much (early) than anyone else. 10. The children are behaving far (badly) than they normally do. 11. Of all animals in the world, which one lives (long)?
Ex.10. Use the right form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
Dear Mary,
Thanks for letting me stay in your villa in Spain last month. It was (good) holiday I have ever had. It was (much) fun than last year in France. I think Spanish people are (friendly) than French, and I could communicate (easily) in Spanish, although I still find it (difficult) than German. The weather was much (warm) than in England, where we’ve had (bad) summer in over 10 years.
Ex.11. Do the multiple choice test.
1. The boys feel … than the girls about loosing the game.
A. bad B. badly C. worse
2. Bill describes his journey ….
A. colourful B. colourfully C. more colourful
3. Tom works … than Mike.
A. more slowly B. as slowly C. the most slowly
4. He knows London … as his sister does.
A. well B. as well C. better
5. John plays the guitar ….
A. more professionally B. the most professional
C. professionally
6. She dances much … than her partner.
A. artistically B. more artistically C. the most artistically
7. You read … of all.
A. little B. less C. the least
8. Joe doesn’t look … today.
A. happily B. more happily C. happy
9. Peter works … on the project.
A. hard B. hardly C. more hardly
10. He feels … today.
A. well B. badly C. good
11. I don’t like milk ….
A. too B. also C. either
12. She hasn’t written the letter ….
A. yet B. already C. lately
13. Where … did you go last summer?
A. too B. also C. else
14. I can … recognize him.
A. hard B. hardly C. easy
15. I want to see them so ….
A. much B. many C. more
16. She threw the ball … and we couldn’t find it.
A. anywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere
17. Where did you spend the holidays? – ….
A. Nowhere B. Somewhere C. Anywhere
18. Do you go … on Saturday evenings?
A. anywhere B. elsewhere C. somewhere
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19. We cannot see our dog ….
A. anywhere B. nowhere C. somewhere
20. Tom … prefers going in for sports.
A. too B. either C. also
Ex.12. Translate into English.
1. Я люблю приключения больше, чем фильмы ужасов. 2. Он всегда разговаривает громко. 3. Она рисует хуже, чем в прошлом году. 4. Чем раньше вы получите визу, тем быстрее отправитесь в США. 5. Анна читает по-английски очень медленно. 6. Начальник приходит на работу позже своего секретаря. 7. Он знает Лондон так же хорошо, как и Джон. 8. Опасно заплывать так далеко! 9. Ты знаешь достаточно много слов, чтобы перевести этот текст без словаря. 10. Кто еще хочет пойти в театр с нами? 11. Она очень любит фрукты. 12. Он едет слишком быстро. 13. Я едва знакома с Браунами. 14. Великобритания – высокоразвитая страна. 15. Бетси живет дальше, чем я. 16. Я никогда ничего не забываю. 17. Смотри! Высоко в небе летит бумажный змей. 18. Он упорно занимается английским языком. 19. Она всегда отвечает блестяще на экзаменах. 20. К сожалению, Лора играет на пианино плохо. 21. Том обычно пишет тесты лучше всех из нас.
ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНЫЕ ИЛИ НАРЕЧИЯ
ADJECTIVES VS ADVERBS
1. I’m getting on … with the local people here.
A. nice B. good C. well
2. He is much … than his brother.
A. higher B. taller C. more
3. I must stay in bed. I feel ….
A. badly B. well C. bad
4. Sally looks …. She has won the championship.
A. happily B. happy C. luckily
5. George speaks … English.
A. good B. well C. nicely
6. They laughed ….
A. lucky B. happy C. happily
7. No wonder she’s won the scholarship. She has worked so ….
A. hardly B. hard C. hardy
8. Helen was … to pass her term exams.
A. successful B. successfully C. luckily
9. Robert thinks the exercises were rather ….
A. light B. easy C. easily
10. Paul is pretty … at tennis, isn’t he?
A. well B. best C. good
11. Ships do not travel …, but … you can relax.
A. fast; at least B. fast; at all C. fast; at last
12. I wanted to go somewhere abroad, but in the end I went nowhere ….
A. at least B. at all C. at last
13. I’m … in buying new furniture for my bedroom.
A. interesting B. interest C. interested
14. Let’s stay inside. It’s … raining.
A. already B. yet C. still
15. We haven’t heard from Ben ….
A. late B. lately C. latest
16. This car uses so much petrol, you can … run it.
A. hardly B. hard C. nearly
17. Her mother will be angry if she stays out ….
A. late B. lately C. latest
18. Have you heard the … news?
A. late B. lately C. latest
19. Let me help you. The bag is too … for you to carry.
A. heavy B. difficult C. hard
20. The idea was … to the new manager.
A. interested B. interest C. interesting
21. The Urals are not as … as the Alps.
A. tall B. long C. high
22. She works … a guide in a tourist agency.
A. as B. like C. as if
23. This white dress looks … a wedding dress.
A. as B. like C. as well
24. This is a nice material. It feels … silk.
A. as B. like C. exactly
25. I don’t know him well ….
A. also B. too C. either
26. Jane is a sensible girl. She is shy, ….
A. also B. too C. either
27. Linda is … polite to the customers.
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A. so B. such C. too
28. Fred is … a good companion.
A. so B. such C. very
29. The floor looks ….
A. cleanly B. clean C. clearly
30. Everyone thinks … of his teaching.
A. highly B. high C. higher
31. Those people are really dancing ….
A. bad B. worse C. badly
32. I always feel …. whenever I eat a cake.
A. full B. fully C. happily
33. This coffee smells ….
A. well B. badly C. good
34. She always arrives at work much … than anyone else.
A. early B. as early as C. earlier
35. Sally sings … of all.
A. beautifully B. the most beautiful C. the most beautifully
36. Mary is … than her sister.
A. well-educated B. better-educated C. more well-educated
37. He finds names … to remember than faces.
A. easily B. more easily C. easier
38. We moved … we could.
A. as quietly as B. as quiet as C. quietly
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THE NUMERAL
Именем числительным называется часть речи, которая обозначает количество или порядок предметов при счете. Имена числительные делятся на количественные (Cardinal Numerals) и порядковые (Ordinal Numerals).
Количественные числительные обозначают количество предметов и отвечают на вопрос how many? (one, twenty-three). Порядковые числительные обозначают порядок предметов и отвечают на вопрос which? (the first, the twenty-third).
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