Ex.3. Rewrite the following sentences using compound adjectives.

     1. The girl is two years old. 2. The meeting lasted three hours. 3. The journey takes ten days. 4. The bag weighs five kilos. 5. My engine is two litres. 6. The tunnel is sixty kilometres. 7. It’s a note for fifty pounds.

 

Ex. 4. Put each group of words into the right order.

     1. French a handmade cupboard large; 2. wooden square two tables; 3. red a dress silk beautiful; 4. cottage stone small old a; 5. winding road country long a; 6. a swivel nice wooden chair; 7. cotton long a skirt yellow; 8. of trousers a blue American modern pair; 9. cold juice a fresh glass orange of; 10. boots some old football dirty.

 

Ex.5. Write a letter of recommendation to your group-mate, colleague or a friend. Make use of some words given below.

      Efficient, diligent, helpful, creative, open-hearted, well-read, cultured, naïve, thoughtful, slow, forgetful, choosy, bossy, demanding, cooperative, provocative, flexible, sophisticated, practical, businesslike, professional, well-organized, decisive, reliable, broad-minded, ambitious, foresighted, firm, stubborn, persistent. 

 

Ex.6. Choose the right form of the adjectives.

     1. Bob is a (tall / taller) boy. 2. Today is (warmest / warmer) than yesterday. 3. It is (the more impressive / the most impressive) play I have ever seen. 4. Smolensk is much (older / elder) than Rostov. 5. She is (younger / the youngest) in the family. 6. This dress is as (modern / more modern) as that one. 7. She is twice as (young / younger). 8. I am six years (older / elder) than you. 9. Liz is as (tall / taller) as Rachel. 10. The poster is (colourful / more colourful) than the one in the hall. 11. Jane is (less / least) athletic of all the women. 12. Diana is (shorter / the shortest) of the three sisters. 13. These shoes are (cosier / the cosiest) of all. 14. It is (the most funny / the funniest) story I’ve ever heard.

Ex. 7. Form the degrees of comparison.

     Simple, deep, fat, merry, large, pretty, happy, pleasant, long, little, warm, smart, useful, light, heavy, sweet, bad, white, late, friendly, red, different, young, old, narrow, dirty, nice, short, shallow, new, free, miserable, good, active, far, thin, thick, near, tidy, clean, slim, stingy, imaginative, clever, few, important, high, energetic, usual.

Ex.8. Fill in the table.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
loving
		narrowest
	elder
		busiest
	easier
		least
useful
fat
	better
far
		largest
	thicker
bad
active

 

Ex. 9. Use the correct form of the adjectives.

1. Health and happiness are (important) than money. 2. I prefer this armchair. It’s (comfortable) than the other one. 3. The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be much (expensive). 4. She is a very (intelligent) student. She is (intelligent) student in our group. 5. This hat is too small for me. I need a (big) size. 6. The station wasn’t as (near) as I had thought. 7. Her illness was (serious) than we at first thought. 8. My salary isn’t so (high) as yours. 9. This furniture is too expensive for me. I would like to buy (cheap) furniture. 10. It’s too noisy here. Can we find a (quiet) room? 11. He is (famous) singer in the country. 12. There were no people at the bus stop. It was (early) than usual.

Ex. 10. Add “the”, “than”, “of”, “in ” where necessary.

Two weeks ago I went to the shop to buy a birthday present for my (1)___ (old) sister. You couldn’t meet a (2)___ (wonderful) person (3)___ her. She is one (4)___ (5)___ (charming) and (6)___ (funny) women I know. She is also (7)___ (generous) person I’ve ever met. (8)___ (bad) thing is that she has a (9)___ (quick) temper (10)___ me. Mother says she could also be a bit (11)___ (tidy) (12)___ she is. Anyway, the present I wanted to buy had to be (13)___ (good) I could afford. It was (14)___ (nice) scarf I had ever seen. It was (15)___ (long) (16)___ the one she already had and much (17)___ (colourful). Imagine my disappointment when I discovered the next day that Mother had bought her exactly the same scarf.

 

Ex.1 1. Complete each sentence.

1. ___ (far) we are from the city, ___ (quiet) it is. 2. ___ (near) we got to the city centre, ___ (busy) the roads became. 3. ___ (long) I had to queue at the bank, ___ (impatient) I became. 4. ___ (much) the child was naughty, ___ (angry) the mother became. 5. ___ (tall) the boy is, ___ (successful) volleyball player he is. 6. ___ (late) fashion of the dress is, ___ (expensive) it is.