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2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about his/her interests and hobbies.
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2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about his/her interests and hobbies.
WRITING PRACTICE
1. Write a paragraph about you enjoy doing. Use linking words and, but and because.
- Say what you like doing.
I like going to football and tennis matches...
- Say why you like doing it.
... because I think they're very exciting.
- Say if you dislike anything.
... but I can’t stand the crowds.
- Say how often you enjoy doing it.
I go five or six times a year.
2. Write an essay on the topic “How I Usually Spend My Free Time”.
LESSON 4
MY WORKING DAY
| Grammar practice: | 1. Adjectives and adverbs. Word-building: the suffixes of adjectives and adverbs 2. Degrees of comparison 3. Adverbs of frequency 4. Present Simple Tense |
| Reading and translation practice: | My Daily Routine 2. Dialogue: Student’s Working Day |
| Conversation practice: Writing practice: | 1. A Typical Working Day 1. A letter to a pen friend 2. Essay |
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
1. Form adjectives and adverbs with the given suffixes. Translate them into Russian.
| -ful | beauty, colour, peace, forget, thank, hope, use, care |
| -less | use, home, heart, leaf, end, sun, sleep, life, name |
| -ous | courage, fame, poison, danger, humour, glory, industry |
| -able (-ible) | change, eat, move, break, count, comfort, imagine, respect, read, drink, enjoy, read |
| -ent (-ant) | differ, persist, insist, import, depend, observe |
| -ic | economy, history, climate, academy, base, Olymp |
| -al | form, culture, music, nation, post, profession, continent, center, region, tradition, agriculture |
| -y | fun, noise, wind, cloud, sun, luck, salt, health |
| -ive | create, progress, act, impress, mass, impulse |
| -ly | wide, great, successful, special, usual, slow, careful |
2. Translate into Russian.
Ветреный день, Олимпийские игры, солнечная погода, профессиональный интерес, сонный ребенок, бесшумная машина, облачное небо, широко известный, полезная информация, соленая еда, континентальный климат, опасная дорога, известный ученый, дерево без листьев, идти медленно.
3. Choose the correct part of speech (adjective or adverb) to complete sentences.
1. Jane`s answer wasn`t (correct, correctly). 2. The pupils have to spell English words (correct, correctly). 3. It was (cold, coldly) in the garden.
4. Your wife looks very (cold, coldly) at my sister. 5. It was not so (warm, warmly) a day before yesterday. 6. Her husband can cook very (good, well). 7. James` idea was (good, well). 8. His neighbors never greet us (warm, warmly). 9. Barbara can translate these texts (easy, easily). 10. His task wasn`t (easy, easily).
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Degrees of comparison
(Степени сравнения)
| Положительная степень | Сравнительная степень | Превосходная степень |
| fast – быстрый | faster – быстрее | the fastest – самый быстрый |
| easy – легкий | easier – легче | the easiest – самый легкий |
| big – большой | bigger – больше | the biggest – самый большой |
| modern – современный | more modern – совре-меннее | the most modern – самый современный |
Remember!
| Положительная степень | Сравнительная степень | Превосходная степень | ||
| good – хороший |
| the best – самый лучший | ||
| bad – плохой | worse – хуже | the worst – самый плохой | ||
| little – мало | less – меньше | the least – наименьший | ||
| much, many – много | more – больше | the most – наибольший | ||
| far – далекий | farther – дальше | the farthest – самый дальний | ||
| far – далекий | further – дальнейший | the furthest – самый дальний |
4. Read sentences. Say if it is right or wrong. Correct the wrong sentences.
1. I'm busier than my little sister.
2. London is more old than New York.
3. It's the most sharp pencil I have.
4. Do you know the shortest way to the station?
5. This exercise is more difficult than that one.
6. Be active at your lessons, please.
7. She is the most pretty girl I've ever known.
8. The boy is as taller as his father.
9. He makes mоrе mistakes than you do.
10. Baseball is the popularest summer sport in America.
11. Yesterday he started to feel more bad.
12. Soon it began to get more darker and it was time to go back home.
13. He said that money was the most important to him.
14. I've got a headache. Be quieter, please.
15. Mary's answer is correcter than yours.
16. Can you come more early next time?
17. You should be carefuler.
5. Use the proper degree of comparison.
1. Jill’s a far … (intelligent) person than my brother.
2. Kate was the … (practical) of the family.
3. Greg felt … (bad) yesterday than the day before.
4. This juice is the … (good) I’ve ever tasted.
5. Jack was the … (tall) of the two.
6. Jack is the … (clever) of the three brothers.
7. If you need any … (far) information, please contact our head office.
8. The sinking of Titanic is one of … (famous) shipwreck stories of all time.
9. Please, send the books back without … (far) delay.
10. The deposits of oil in Russia are by far the … (rich) in the world.
11. Could you come a bit … (early) tomorrow?
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12. I like this song … (well) than the previous one.
13. Which of these two performances did you enjoy … (much)?
14. The fire was put out … (quickly) than we expected.
6. Insert more or less.
1. People are … intelligent than monkeys.
2. Summer holidays are … splendid than winter holidays.
3. Maths is … important than English.
4. Books are … interesting than films.
5. Writing in English is … difficult than speaking.
6. Parents are … helpful than teachers.
7. Reading is … useful than watching TV.
8. Food is … expensive than clothes.
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