II. Practice
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Word Order
| I | II | III | IV (place) | IV (time) | ||
| I | have had | two seminars | - | today. yesterday. | ||
| Have Had | you | - | a lecture | at the University? | - | |
| What | have had | you | - | - | in your bag? | - |
| Who | has had | - | - | practical work | at the University? | - |
Table 16.
(Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий)
| Положительная степень | Сравнительная степень | Превосходная степень | |
| Односложные и двусложные | short big easy | shorter bigger easier | (the) shortest (the) biggest (the) easiest |
| Многосложные | interesting difficult | more interesting less difficult | (the) most interesting (the) least difficult |
| Особая группа | good, well, bad, badly, much, many, little | better worse more less | (the) best (the) worst (the) most (the) least |
| than – чем (better than – лучше чем) |
A
1. Выпишите из каждой группы слов то, которое содержит указанный звук.
[æ] take, pact, main, far [
] port, code, pot, point
[e] meet, melt, metre, mile [Ù] cute, suit, bugle, fund
[i] mint, find, fight, line
2. Прочтите следующие слова.
flag, desk, plus, big, button, stamp, hint, box, lug, pocket, picnic, boss, trust, hid, held, mist, stand, desk, kiss, felt, zip, land, fond, bent, lamp, hunt, handless, kill, mantel
3. Прослушайте упражнения 1, 2 и проверьте свое произношение.
B
1. Read John Brown's time-table and write down your time-table in English.
John Brown's time-table
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 1. 8.00-9.20 2. 9.30-10.50 3. 11.00-13.15 | English Maths Statistics | History Economics Maths | Computers English Philosophy | Programming Sport Marketing | Statistics Electronics Management |
2. Write questions and answers according to examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
| Example 1: | Have you English on Monday? No, I haven't. But John has. |
| Example 2: | It is Wednesday today. When had you Statistics? I had Statistics on Monday. So had I. John had Statistics on Monday too. |
| Example 3: | What subjects have you on Monday? I have English, Maths, Statistics. |
| Example 4: | You have History on Monday. You are wrong, I have no History on Monday, I have History on Tuesday. |
| Example 5: | What have you at the first lesson on Tuesday? I have English. |
3. Write questions about the books on your subjects.
| Example: | Have you the Maths text-book with you today? No, I haven't. We have no Mathematics today. |
4. Listen to the text and repeat it after the speaker, translate it into Russian in written form.
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics has every opportunity for fruitful scientific work, studies and rest for lecturers and students alike. There are many faculties (Institutcs) here. Each faculty has its own up-to-date laboratories, libraries and computer classes. Students of the University study Statistics, Economic Information Systems, Programming, Management, Marketing, Economics and Finance.
5. Translate into English.
1. Какой сегодня день недели. Понедельник. 2. Какие у вас сегодня предметы согласно вашему расписанию? У нас сегодня нет истории, но есть английский и статистика.
3. Сколько занятий у вас было вчера и какие? 4. У вас есть книги по всем предметам?
5. Вчера у нас было 3 лекции. 6. Какой ваш любимый предмет? Экономика. Сколько факультетов в вашем университете и какие? 7. Как называется ваш факультет?