II. Grammar. Exercise 1.Write the comparative.

3 You're not very tall. Your brother is…….

4 David doesn't work very hard. I work …......

5 My chair isn't very comfortable. Yours is ……

6 Your plan isn't very good. My plan is ……

7 These flowers aren't very nice. The blue ones are ……

8 My bag isn't very heavy. Your bag is ……

9 I'm not very interested in art. I'm …... in history.

10 It isn't very warm today. It was …...yesterday.

11 These tomatoes don't taste very good. The other ones tasted ……

12 Britain isn't very big. France is ……

13 London isn't very beautiful. Paris is ……

14 This knife isn't very sharp. Have you got a …….one?

15 People today aren't very polite. In the past they were ……

BEN

1 I'm 24. 2 I'm a very good swimmer. 3 I'm 1 metre 63 tall. 4 I start work at 8.30. 5 I work very hard. 6 I've got a lot of money. 7 I'm not a very good driver. 8 I'm very patient. 9 I'm a good dancer. 10 I'm not very intelligent. 11 I don't speak French very well. 12 I go to the cinema a lot.   LIZ

1 Liz is older than Ben. 7 Liz is a……........................................

2 Ben is better swimmer than Liz. 8 Ben……….........................................

3 Liz is 9 Ben.....................................................

4 Liz starts.................................... Ben. 10 Liz................................................

5 Ben 11 Liz...............................................

6 Ben has got...................................... 12 Ben...............................................

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:

1. Your brother is much ______ than mine.

2. This island used to be much ______ (green) before the forest fires.

3. Slow down! You’re ______ (fit) than me and I can’t keep up!

4. Veronica seems _____ (happy) since she moved schools.

5. It’s actually _____ (trendy) to wear your hair up this year.

6. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got (nervous).

7. Old people are often _______ (wise) than young people.

8. Why don’t you try and find a ______ (cheap) computer game and save some money?

9. Matt seems to have got even ______ (lazy) that he used to be and almost never studies.

10. If the problem gets any ______ (serious), we may need to inform the manager about it.

11. If you work ______ (quickly), you’ll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier.

12. Ben says he’s feeling much ______ (well) after his illness.

13. I have even ______ (little) free time this year than I did last year.

14. The news was much ______ (bad) than anyone had feared.

15. You’ll need to be able to run _____ (far) than this if you’re going to do the marathon.

Exercise 6. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:

1. I met my (good) friend yesterday.

2. Dorothy is (young) in her family.

3. Henry is not (strong) than his elder brother Bob.

4. – It isn’t very warm today, is it? – No, it was (warm) yesterday.

5. Your friend looked upset yesterday. I’m glad he looks (happy)today.

6. Where is the (near) post-office, please?

7. February is the (short) month of the year.

8. The Nile is one of the (long) rivers in the world.

9. There are (few) days in February than in March.

10. Robert is (tall) student in our group.

11. In winter the days are (short) than in autumn.

12. The text is (difficult) than the one you read last week.

13. I’m getting (fat) and (fat).

14. The problem was (serious) we expected.

15. Let’s go by train. It’s much (cheap).

Exercise 7. Use the adjectives (adverbs) in brackets in the suitable degrees of comparison:

1. The text of lesson 5 is (interesting) than this one.

2. I live far from the studio but my friend lives (far).

3. This sculpture group is the (beautiful) in the collection.

4. I get up early, but my grandma gets up (early).

5. I have (much) work therefore I have (little) free time than you.

6. Which is the (famous) Russian Picture Gallery?

7. This book on contemporary Art is (good) than the one you gave me last time.

8. I like summer (well) of all because it is the (warm) season.

9. In our group Oleg draws (bad) of all.

10. The Moscow State University building is the (high) in the city.

Exercise 8. Underline the comparatives those are incorrect in the following sentences. Translate into Kazakh.

1. Stretching a string more tightly gives a highest note.

2. The violin is probably the most importantest of all orchestral instruments.

3. The viols are bowed strings that are more older than the violin family.

4. The viols do not have as bright a sound the violin family.

5. The heavier the string, the low the note it sounds.

6. Small violins have short strings than full-sized instruments, but they play the same notes.

7. Andres Segovia is the more famous classical guitarist in the world.

8. It is said that a special varnish used on a violin helps to produce the more beautiful tone.

Exercise 9. Match the adjectives with the corresponding adverbs.

ADJECTIVE	ADVERB
bad	early
early	well
fast	happily
good	loudly
happy	carefully
loud	badly
late	fast
careful	late

Exercise 10. Complete the table

Exercise 11. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with adverbs:

angrily badly dangerously fast heavily quietly

Exercise 12. Write sentences with the adverb in the correct position:

subject + verb + object + adverb