Grammar: Ways of Expressing the Future; Prepositions of Time, Place and Direction; Numerals; Adjective; Adverb; Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs, страница 10

1. Latest = newest, last = previous, final

Nearest = the shortest distance away, next = following in a series.

2. To be, to look, to feel, to sound, to taste, to smell + adjective

Other verbs + adverb

3. Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives: fast, long, early, straight, still, low, high, hard, far.

4. There are some pairs that are both adverbs but have different meanings: hard/ hardly (=almost no); near/ nearly (=almost); late/ lately (=recently); high/ highly (=very); deep/ deeply (=very, intensely); free/ freely (=without being controlled); most/ mostly (=mainly).

5. Hourly, daily, weekly and  monthly  can be either adjectives or adverbs.

36.   Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives.

1.  soft; 2. bright; 3. difficult; 4. exclusive; 5. hard; 6. large; 7. durable; 8. easy; 9. big; 10. strong; 11. early; 12. good; 13. great; 14. complex; 15. light; 16. little; 17. expensive; 18. funny; 19. real; 20. certain; 21. crowded; 22. tall; 23. successful; 24. popular; 25. long; 26. old; 27. valuable; 28. wealthy; 29. fashionable; 30. sad; 31. vast;32. Industrial; 33. wonderful; 34. electrical; 35. progressive; 36. creative;  37.   scientific; 38. new; 39. full; 40. broad; 41. late.

37.  Make the proper degrees of the adjectives in brackets.

1.  This area is becoming … (fashionable). 2. This is … (bad) film I have ever seen. 3. It was … (good) moment of my life. 4. That hill is … (high) point for miles around. 5. As it turned out, I couldn't have been … (wrong). 6. It's … (expensive) to go by train than by bus. 7. How much … (far) is there to go? 8. The place looks a bit … (tidy) now. 9. This design is … (attractive) of all. 10. The weather was getting … (good) all the time. 11. The Excalibur Hotel is … (large) hotel in the world. 12. The monument to Shevchenko is one of … (old) and (good) in Kharkiv. 13. Karazin Kharkiv National university is one of … (good) in Ukraine. 14. The Korolenko Library is … (large) than other libraries in our city. 15. This street is as … (green) as that one. 16. This building is much … (big) than the old one. 17. This park is … (beautiful) in our city. 18. This street is not so … (long) as that one. 19. The Earth is … (big) than the Venus. 20. The River Severn is … (long) in Britain.

38.  Complete the gaps in the conversation using an adjective or an adverb form instead of the adjectives in brackets.

Jane:   I must sit down on this bench for a minute.

Jill:      Are you OK, Jane? You look rather … (pale).

Jane:   I think I am OK. I … (sudden) had this … (strange) feeling. It happened so … (fast). One moment I was … (fine), and then I felt … (dizzy).

Jill:      You seem to be breathing quite … (heavy). I think you'd better sit … (quiet) for a few minutes. And may be I should call an ambulance.

Jane:   Oh no. It's very … (thoughtful) of you, Jill, but I'm OK.

Jill:      Well, I think you should see a doctor … (immediate).

Jane:   No, let's just walk … (slow) back to the main road, and I'll get a taxi.

Jill:      Well, if you're sure.

39.   Look at the information and complete the second sentence using more, most, less, least, fewer or fewest so that it has the same meaning as the first one.

1.  Workers in Ukraine don't earn as much money as those in Europe.

Workers in Ukraine … than Europeans.

2.  Harry took lots of photos at the conference. No one else took as many.

Harry … photos.

3.  There isn't as much traffic in the country as rhere is in cities.

Ther's … than in the cities.

4.  This application didn't have many bugs. All the other applications had more.

This application … bugs.

5.  No other part of Ukraine gets as much sunshine as the Republic of Crimea.

The Republic of Crimea … sunshine.