1. How are you doing? Im doing pretty well, how about you?
How is it going? Just fine! What about you?
2. Guess what? We are making a new movie! Really? Thats interesting!
Are you? How very interesting!
3. Whats it about? Its a story about who .
Whats the film about?
Whats the book about?
4. Well, your film is going to be really . Do you really think so?
5. I know how to Thats good.
6. Are you saying that youre -ing? Yes, thats what Im doing.
7. Is it true that you are -ing? No, not anymore.
8. Id better get going. Good luck! Good luck to you!
!
, also, too, as well,
either.
.: I like it too. Do you also like it?
I dont like it either.
Exercise 18. Translate into English.
- .
- ?
- .
- .
- .
Exercise 19. Act out your own dialogue.
Student A: you are a film director shooting a new movie. Who is going to be in your production unit? Its funny to say that you are going to engage some world-famous filmmakers as well as your group mates!
Student B: you are a journalist conducting an interview with a film director. Ask your interviewee about the plot of his film, the budget, the cast and the production unit.
Dont forget to swap the roles!
GRAMMAR
| (Comparative) | (Superlative) | ||
| I. | big near | bigger (than) nearer (than) Nick is older thanme. | the biggest thenearest Hes the oldest in the group. |
| II. | important | moreimportant (than) My new camera is more expensive than the old one. | the mostimportant Its the most expensivecamera. |
| III. ) y B) | easy modern | easier(than) moremodern (than) | theeasiest the mostmodern |
| IV. | good / well bad / badly many / much little far | better(than) worse(than) more(than) less(than) farther (than) further(than) | the best the worst the most the least the farthest the furthest |
| V. : | bright beautiful | lessbright (than) lessbeautiful (than) | the leastbright the leastbeautiful |
VI. , ,
, :
two years younger
three times more expensive
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|
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a little / a bit longer
much / a lot / far more important
VII. (not) as as, not so as :
) as short as ,
not so / as interesting as ,
) : not nearly as as
not nearly as talented as - ,
VIII. the + , the +
, : ,
The more, the better. , .
The more exercises you do, the better the results (are).
, () .
Exercise 20. Write the opposite.
Example:bigger smaller
the most intelligent the silliest
1. heavier 2. the quickest 3. more boring 4. the youngest 5. weaker 6. better
7. the most expensive 8. more difficult 9. further 10. the cheapest 11. the most
12. shorter 13. the highest 14. less 15. the worst
Exercise 21. Complete the sentences with a comparative.
- Im not very interested in science. Im in art.
- The music isnt loud enough. Can you make it ?
- Why arent you serious? You should be .
- This furniture isnt modern. I like furniture.
- Ireland isnt a big country. Russia is Ireland.
- That chair isnt comfortable at all. This chair is that one.
- Sorry, five oclock isnt convenient to me. Six oclock is five.
- Penny doesnt work very hard. The other students work her.
- This juice doesnt taste very good. Orange juice tastes .
