Упражнение 1. Напишите степени сравнения следующих прилагательных:
Tall, gay, kind, large, pretty, grey, loud, difficult, merry, strange, bad, rich, soft, red, good, clean, expensive, cheap, tall.
Упражнение 2. Переведите на русский язык:
1. You get up earlier than me. 2. Ben plays football best of all. 3. It is the dirtiest room in the house. 4. You are a better driver than I am. 5. London is older than Moscow. 6. The weather is wetter today. 7. Bob is the best football player. 8. This box is bigger than that. 9. This book is more expensive than that. 10. July is usually the hottest month of the year.
Упражнение 3. Сравните следующее, употребляя прилагательные в скобках:
Образец: January, February (long). – January is longer than February.
1. January, February (short). 2. December, November (cold). 3. Volgograd, Kamishin (big). 4. Volgograd, Moscow (old). 5. The Volga river, the Don river (long). 6. This cat, that dog (small). 7. Summer, spring (hot). 8. This school, that school (high). 9. This book, that book (interesting). 10. July, August (long).
Упражнение 4. Распределите следующие формы прилагательных по колонкам.
a) hotter, the longest, the shortest, clever, silly, greater, more, difficult, better, thin, the biggest, the nicest, less.
b) thick, new, the most importable, more, the fattest, the merriest, taller, weak, interesting, busier, few.
Упражнение 5. Вставьте прилагательные. Используйте сравнительную или превосходную степень. 1. It is (happy) day of my life.
2. The twenty-second of December is (short) day in a year.
3. The Neva is (deep) than the Moscva river.
4. It is (cold) day of the year.
5. The room is (small) of all the rooms in the house.
6. My rhymes are (bad) than yours.
7. Our school is (old) in our town.
8. This dictation is (easy) than that one.
9. Moscow is (large) city in Russia.
Упражнение 6. Выберите правильную форму прилагательных.
1. This book is (the most interesting, interestingest) of all I have read this year.
2. My sister speaks English (badder, worse) than I do.
3. Which is (the hottest, hotter) month of the year?
4. Which is (the beautifulest, the most beautiful) place in this part of the country.
5. A train is (faster, the fastest) than a bus.
6. Take some of these sweets: they are very (nicer, nice). They are (nicer, nice) than the sweets in that box.
7. (Tall, the tallest) trees in the world grow in California.
8. This girl is (the goodest, the best) student in our group.
9. Spanish is (the easiest, easier) than German.
10. The Thames is (short, shorter) than the Volga.
Упражнение 7. Почему их животные самые лучшие?
My cat is (big). My cat is the biggest.
My dog is (clever).
My rabbit is (fat).
My parrot is (happy).
My mouse is (pretty).
My fish is (small).
My bird is (beautiful).
Упражнение 8. Use the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences.
1) Jackets are more expensive than T-shirts. (expensive)
2) My Mum is … my Dad. (tall)
3) Dogs are … cats. (intelligent)
4. Franco is … Marco. (short)
5) My brother is … at sports … I am. (good)
6) My homework is … yours. (bad)
Упражнение 9. Use the comparative of the words in brackets and the words (a bit / a little / much / a lot / fat). Besides, you should use than where necessary.
1) It’s _______ today _______ it was yesterday (a little / warm).
2) A. Did you enjoy your visit to the museum?
B. Yes, I found it _______ I expected (far / interesting).
3) I prefer this armchair. It’s _______ the other one (much / comfortable).
4) You looked depressed this morning but you look _______ now (a bit / happy).
5) This flat is too small for me. I need something _______ (much / big).
6) It’s _______ to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken (a lot / easy).
Упражнение 10. Fill in “like” or “as”.
1) This house is beautiful. It’s _____ a palace.
2) Ann failed her driving test _____ we expected.
3) Do you think Ann looks _____ her mother?
4) He really gets on my nerves. I can’t stand people _____ him.
5) Why didn’t you do it _____ I told you to do it?
6) “Where does Bill work? He works in a band, _____ most of his friends.
7) He never listens. Talking to him is _____ talking to a wall.
8) Tom’s idea seemed a good one, so we did _____ he suggested.
Упражнение 11. Write sentences with as ___as.
1) Athens is older than Rome. Rome _______.
2) My room is bigger than yours. Your room isn’t _______.
3) You got up earlier than me. I didn’t _______.
4) We played better than them. They didn’t _______.
5) I’ve been here longer than you. You haven’t _______.
Задания по чтению базового уровня.
RSPCA
RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It began in 1822 with the Animal Protection Act, which made cruelty to cows, horses and sheep illegal. It is the oldest animal welfare organization in the world. In 1840, Quinn Victoria gave her permission for the organization to be called the RSPCA.
The RSPCA has got 328 inspectors. They investigate cases of cruelty to animals, collect money, pay visits to schools and others places and rescue thousands of animals every year.
There are also RSPCA hospitals and clinics. They treat over 270,000 animals every year, including wild animals. The RSPCA helps to find homes for over 80,000 animals a year! The RSPCA encourages pet owners to take proper care of their animals. It also works to protect farm and wild animals as well as animals that are used for research.
You can phone the RSPCA at any time, day or night, about an animal that is injured or treated cruelly. The RSPCA is a charity and is always working to raise money to help animals in need. Animal lovers сan help by becoming volunteers, or simply by making sure all the animals around them are safe, happy and healthy.
New words:
cruelty – жестокость
prevention – предотвращение
illegal – нелегальный, незаконный
permission – разрешение
investigate – исследовать, расследовать
treat – зд. обращаться (с кем-л.)
encourage – ободрять, поощрять
research – исследование
to be injured – быть раненым, ушибиться, пораниться
volunteer – доброволец
Read and write true (T) or false (F).
1) RSPCA stands for the Right Sort of Prevention and Care for Animals.
2) Quinn Elizabeth I gave her permission for the organization to be called the RSPCA.
3) There are RSPCA hospitals and clinics.
4) You can phone the RSPCA from 9–5 every day.
5) The RSPCA is a charity.
Задания по чтению повышенного уровня.
Intensive reading
Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
When the Beatles (1) _____ famous in the early 1963s, young people (2) _____ to let their hair grow and were known as hippies. Later, with songs like “All you need is love”, and “Give peace a chance”, the Beatles and hippies in general (3) _____ for peace and understanding. In America people (4) _____ this movement “Flower power”. However, in Britain skinheads (5) _____ braces, T-shirts and big Doc Marten’s boots, which some ugly people (8) _____ looked ugly, but the skinheads (9) _____ what older people thought. In fact they (10) _____ making the older generation angry.
Задания по лексике базового уровня.
Find the opposites.
light, tall, good at, easy, not many, good-looking, ugly, love, a lot of, heavy, bad at, hard, short, hate
Задания по лексике повышенного уровня.
a) Find the opposites.
light, tall, good at, easy, not many, good-looking, ugly, love, a lot of, heavy, bad at, hard, short, hate
b) Complete the text with words from exercise (a) above.
Marta is my best friend at school. She is quite tall (170 centimeters), and she’s … – she weighs only 38 kilos. I think she is very … – she’s got lovely hair and very pretty eyes. She isn’t very … maths; she thinks it’s … but I like maths so I usually help her with her homework. She’s got a Saturday job in a clothes shop – she … clothes so it’s a good place for her to work! She’s got … friends and I think I’m lucky that she’s my best friend.
Творческие задания.
Составить кроссворды по лексике модулей 11,12,13,14 учебника Opportunities Elementary.
Задания необходимо выполнить до 30 апреля.
Задания составила Никитина Л.А., учитель английского языка МОУ «Гимназия»
