Foxes, knives, desks, ladies, cats, bushes, pianos, data, sheep, seasons, pence, indices, mice, women, phenomena, videos, women-doctors, analyses, mail-boxes.
(Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Nouns).
Exercise 1. .
Hot, busy, long, narrow, wonderful, short, good, clever, far, creative, silly, great, little, interesting, red, black, white, bad, thin, common, sociable, thick, near, beautiful, modern, fat, nice, late, warm, old, cold, expensive, merry, difficult, small, tall, high, weak, strong, heavy.
Exercise 2. .
1. You are taller than me. 2. She felt as strong as her brother. 3. We started earlier than you. 4. He was more careful than I. 5. This student is the most attentive in our group. 6.1 need a warmer coat. 7. He is as tired as you. 8. He was one of the most experienced workers at the factory. 9. Better late than never. 10. She was not so attractive as her mother. 11. His work is not so difficult as mine. 12. He was the eldest in the family. 13. It is easier to swim in the sea than in the river. 14. This is the smallest room in our flat.
Exercise 3. , .
1. Which is (large): the United States or Canada? 2. What is the name of the (big) port in the United States? 3. Moscow is the (large) city in Russia. 4. The London underground is the (old) in the world. 5. There is a (great) number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia. 6. St. Petersburg is one of the (beautiful) cities in the world. 7. The rivers in America are much (big) than those in England. 8. The island of Great Britain is (small) than Greenland. 9. What is the name of the (high) mountain in Asia? 10. The English Channel is (wide) than the straits of Gibraltar. 11. Chinese is (difficult) than English. 12. Spanish is (easy) than German. 13. She is not so (busy) as I am. 14. It is as (cold) today as it was yesterday. 15. She is not so (fond) of sports as my brother is.
Exercise 4. as... as so... as.
1. Mike is... tall... Pete. 2. Kate is not... nice... Ann. 3. My room is... light... this one. 4. This book is not... thin... that one. 5. Sergey is... old... Michael. 6. She is... young... Tom's brother. 7. This woman is... good... that one. 8. Nick's English is not... good... his friend's. 9.1 am not... tall... Pete. 10. This woman is... young... that one. 11. I am... thin... you. 12. Kate is... lazy... her brother. 13. This child is not.. small.. that one.
Exercise 5. .
1. , . 2. , . 3. . 4. , . , . 5. , . 6. ? 7. , . 8. . 9. - . 10. .
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(Numerals).
Exercise 1. .
3; 8; 25; 92; 100; 168; 226; 2,809; 35602; 928,921; 4,572,712; 1.35; 26.085; 0.6; 3.01; 0.002.
Exercise 2. .
1. The exact figure is 0.005. 2. My phone number is 095-249-071. 3. Im in room 804. 4. The figure is 10,008. 5. Its somewhere between 3.489 and 3.492. 6. Its less than 5.375. 7. I only get $5.75. 8. No, I mean 21.021 not 21,021. 9. 12 + 4 = 16. 10. 20: 5 = 5.
Exercise 3. - .
1. 12 1946. 2. 31 1250. 3. 22 1874. 4. 25 1600. 5. 06. 2000. 6. 17 2134. 7. 08 2009. 8. 02 1456. 9. 31 3004.
10. 05 1297.
Exercise 4. -.
1. ⅜ . 2. ⅔ . 3. ⅔ . 4. 1 ½ . 5. 4 ½ . 6. 0,36 . 7. 2,18 . 8. 0,105 . 9. 2 ⅔ . 10. 6 ⅝ .
Exercise 5. .
1. 30% 150? 2. 0,5%. 3. 45 . 4. 465 . 5. . 6. . 7. 0,75% . 8. 5 . 9. . 10. .
(Pronouns).
