Grammar: Ways of Expressing the Future; Prepositions of Time, Place and Direction; Numerals; Adjective; Adverb; Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs, страница 9

2.  switch                     b. a set of instructions in a computer that changes a computer language known to the computer user into the form needed by the computer;

3.  symbolic notation   c. a small computer that you carry with you;

4.  to correspond to      d. an advantage or improvement, especially one achieved by planning or effort;

5.  gain                        e. making a conclusion;

6.  introduction            f. a piece of equipment that starts or stops the flow of electricity to a machine, light etc when you push it;

7.  compiler                 g. when people agree that an idea, statement , explanation etc. is right or true;

8.  acceptance              h. representation of something using characters;

9.  to reflect                 i. to make something happen;

10.  thus                        j. a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed;

k. to demonstrate according to some reasons;

the act of bringing something into use for the first time.

Adjectives and adverbs.

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Positive degree	Comparative degree	Superlative degree
One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable adjectives ending in -y
small large big happy	smaller (than) larger (than) bigger (than) happier (than)	the smallest the largest the biggest the happiest
Multi-syllable adjectives
interesting beautiful	more interesting (than) more beautiful (than)	the most interesting the most beautiful
Remember the following forms
good	better (than)	the best
bad	worse (than)	the worst
old	older (than) elder - family	the oldest the eldest
far	farther (than) - distance further (than) - time	the farthest the furthest
many/ much	more (than)	the most
little	less (than)	the least

Different ways of comparison:

1. The objects are the same – as … as. Jill is as tall as Julie.

2. The objects are different – not as … as/ not so … as. This building is not as/ so tall as that tower.

3. To describe that something is increasing or decreasing – “Comparative degree” and “Comparative degree”. Girls are getting more and more beautiful. Things are becoming cheaper and cheaper.

4. To describe the relaions between the increase or decrease of two qualities – the “Comparative degree”, the“Comparative degree”. The more we learn, the better we study.

5. To intensify the comparative degree we use the words much/ many/ far/ a little/ a bit/ a great deal. The situation is far worse than we expected.

6. To show that something is several times larger, smaller etc., we use twice/tree times/ fifty times as … as. Your task is twice as big as mine.

Degrees of Comparison of Adverbs

Positive degree	Comparative degree	Superlative degree
One-syllable adverbs and two-syllable adverbs ending in -y
hard straight early	harder (than) straighter (than) earlier (than)	hardest straightest earliest
Multi-syllable adverbs
accurately often	more accurately (than) more often (than)	most accurately most often
Remember the following forms
well	better (than)	best
badly	worse (than)	worst
far	farther (than) - distance further (than) - time	farthest furthest
many/ much	more (than)	the most
little	less (than)	the least