Write a similar fax message, changing the dates and names.

7. Translate into Russian:

Pete looks through the correspondence with Mr. Hill.

Then Pete looks through the letters of the participants.

The letters express wishes and requests of the participants.

Pete makes a note what details he should discuss.

He should discuss time, accommodation, lectures, visits and fee.

8. Write out the sentences starting with the following words and trans­late them into Russian:

I shall be staying...

I shall be leaving...

I shall be discussing...

I shall be visiting...

Сравнительные степени прилагательных (Degrees of comparison of adjectives)

Большинство прилагательных имеют сравнительную и превосходную степени сравнения. Как правило, однослож­ные прилагательные образуют сравнительную степень с помощью суффикса -ег, а превосходную — с помощью суффикса -est.

Например:

warm — warm er — warmest

Многосложные прилагательные образуют сравнительную степень с помощью слова more, а превосходную — с помощью слова most.

Например:

serious — more serious — most serious

Некоторые прилагательные образуют степени сравнения не по правилам.

Например:

good — better — best little — less — least

Bad — worse — worst much — more — most

4. Write as in the examples:

• Example	short short — shorter — shortest
	long
	cheap
	strange
	near
	poor

 

• Example	popular popular—more popular—most popular
	practical	beneficial
	expensive	sophisticated
	curious

 

• Example	short reply a shorter reply the shorter reply shorter replies the shortest reply
	long story
	big city
	large university
	high chaige

 

• Example	important event a more important event the more important event more important events the most important event
	curious custom
	sophisticated device
	expensive tour
	difficult language
	marketable goods
	mteiesting piogiamme

 

 

Степени сравнения некоторых прилагательных в английском языке, как и соответствующих им прилагательных в русском языке, образуются не по правилу:

Good better the best

хороший лучше, лучший самый лучший, (наи)лучший

Bad worse the worst

плохой худший, хуже самый плохой, (наи)худший

Little less the least

мало меньше наименьший, малейший

Much, many more the most

многобольшенаибольший

Far farther the farthest

Further the furthest

далёкий, более далёкий, самый далёкий,

дальний более дальний самый дальний

Exercise 1.Form the following adjectives in the Comparative and the Superlative Degree:

Small, long, clean, large, dark, light, rich, poor, big, quick, show, sharp, deep, high, strong, near, cheap, thin, thick, interesting, famous, easy, important, beautiful, weak, difficult, comfortable, early, happy, pale, late, lazy, expensive, sad, practical, pretty, full, bright, dirty, fresh, dangerous, nice, useful, talkative, progressive, bad, good, fat, much, wet, powerful, funny, little, far, many.

Exercise 2. Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives and adverbs.

Small, full, comfortable, old, beautiful, good, big, difficult, easy, short, long, famous, bad, rich, large, progressive, high, many, much, far, little, late, early, fast, slowly, well, badly.

Exercise 3. 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 4. Open the brackets using the adjectives in the suitable form.

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. Russia is a very (large) country.