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XIII. Put the adjectives and adverbs in brackets in the required degree of

comparison: -

1. Today the frost is (severe) than it was yesterday. 2. This book is (interesting)

of all I have read this year. 3. It snows (hard) this winter than it did last winter. 4.

January is (cold) month of the year. 5. My sister speaks English (bad) than I do. 6.

Which is (hot) month of the year? 7. Which is (beautiful) place in this part of the

country? 8. This nice-looking girl is (good) student in our group. 9. Does this

sportsman run (fast)

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than you? — Oh, yes, he is (fast) in our group, 10. The students, of our

group'll have (little) spare time this term and I (little) of all as I've got (much)

work at the scientific society.

XIV.

a) Read the following dialogue and copy out all the adjectives and adverbs

used in the comparative and the superlative degrees, b) Retell the dialogue in indirect

speech:

"Good evening, Mrs. Martin. Let me take your things. Put your bag on this

table." "How is Mr. Jones?"

"Quite well, thank you. He is not in yet. And how is your husband?" (

"He is coming in a moment. He is busier than ever."

"My husband usually comes home about six. Sometimes a little earlier. But he

never comes later than half past six."

"It is only a quarter past."

"Let us go into the sitting-room. Please, sit down in this armchair. It is the

most comfortable."

"I like your house very much. It is the quietest I know."

"There is very little traffic in our street."

"Your garden is so large. It is much larger than ours."

"But yours is more beautiful. Your trees are older and you have finer flowers."

XV.

Fill in prepositions or adverbs:

A. 1. Be careful! Don't splash mud ... passers-by. 2. A thick fog is spreading ...

the city and though cars and buses have put ... their lights they can only crawl ... .

3. It is pleasant to look ... the trees when the frost sparkles ... the branches. 4.

There is a

bridge ... the river. 5. The rivers and lakes freeze.....................winter. 6. I

don't like to be out-of-doors ... such bad weather. I prefer to stay ... home. 7.

Let us have a tramp ... the country lanes. 8. The new corn is just beginning to

appear ... the ground. 9. The ground is usually covered ... snow ... winter.

B. 1. The temperature is 25° ... zero ... the shade today. 2. Look ... the sky.

There is hardly a cloud ... it. 3. A heat wave will spread ... the south-west ...

Moscow. 4. It's beginning to rain. Put ... your umbrella. 5. The rain is ... and it's

clearing ... . 6. The weather is getting worse. The sun is going ... . 7. Look ...

picture ... page 25. What do you see ... the picture? 8. It's pouring. We shall be wet

... . 9. My aunt will stay ... our place ... two months.

XVI. Complete the following sentences using the words in brackets:

1. The sky will be clear if the wind ... (to stop). 2. I shall go to the country if

the weather ... (to be fine). 3. We shall go to the skating-rink if the frost ... (to be

not severe). 4. The snow will melt if the sun ... (to be hot). 5. You will feel warm

if you (to put on) a warm coat. 6. He will ring you up when he (to come) home. 7.

The days will be longer when summer (to come). 8. I shall go home if it (to rain).

9. We look forward to the time when spring (to come).

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XVII.

Choose the right word:

to stay — to remain

1. I have done three exercises and two ... . 2. The place was so nice that we

decided to ... there all the summer. 3. Few leaves ... on the trees and they are not

green any longer. 4. He was so tired that he ... in bed all day long. 5. The teacher

tried to make the boy speak but he ... silent. 6. It was raining so hard that I ... at

my friend's the whole night.

such — so

1. She was ... tired that she couldn't go on working. 2.1 never go for ... long

walks. 3. I didn't know that it was ... an interesting book. 4. The student spoke

English ... badly that the teacher couldn't give him even a satisfactory mark. 5. The

weather was ... nasty yesterday that I stayed at home all day long. 6. It rained ...

hard yesterday that I got wet through.

XVIII.

a) Respond to the following sentences. Develop them into dialogues. Use

conversational phrases and hesitation devices:

1. It looks like rain. 2. It's pouring, what shall we do? 3. What nasty weather

we are having today! 4. It's a lovely morning, isn't it? 5. Isn't it a hot day? 6. It's

wonderful weather we are having. I hope it will keep fine. 7. What a tremendous

clap of thunder! 8. Look! It's clearing up.

b) Continue the exercise suggesting your own verbal context.

XIX.

Think of stimulating phrases to which those below could be replies. Work in

pairs:

1. Very well indeed, thank you. 2. I don't know exactly. 3. Sometimes I do. 4. I

think so. 5. I've no idea, I'm afraid. 6. No,

I don't think I'll ... . 7. Yes, I'll have to change my clothes. 8. I think that's a

very good idea. 9. I don't think so. 10. I've lost my umbrella. 11. Fancy that!

XX.

Complete the following sentences and add something to develop a situation:

1. I shall go skiing if ... . 2. The pond will be frozen over when ... . 3. The

farmers will reap the corn when ... . 4. The unpleasant time comes when .... 5. We

shall go for a walk as soon as ... . 6. I'll stay out-of-doors till... . 7. She'll be able

to help you if she ... . 8. He'll make good progress if... . 9. I shall put up my

umbrella when ... . 10. Don't go out before ... .

XXI.

Team up with another student and have a friendly talk using words and word

combinations of Text2 concerning weather.

XXII.

a) Read the following text. Give a title to the story, b} Retell

the story using the vocabulary of the lesson:

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The weather in England can change very quickly. One day last week 1 went

for a walk in the country. When I started early in the morning the weather was

beautiful. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and there were no clouds at all.

In the middle of the morning a sudden change came. A cool wind started to blow,

black clouds covered the sun and in a very short time it started to rain heavily.

There were no houses in sight and I had no coat with me. So I got yery wet indeed

and very cold too. After about an hour I managed to catch a bus which took me

home. But when I arrived I was shivering and sneezing and I've had a cold ever

since. We sometimes say that England is the only country where you can have

four seasons in one day.

XXIII.

Translate the following into English:

A. 1. Сегодня не такой туман, как вчера. Вчера туман был такой густой, что я боялась

ехать на машине и предпочла идти в театр пешком. 2. Неприятно гулять, когда небо

покрыто тучами и идет дождь, а автобусы и машины забрызгивают прохожих водой и

грязью. 3. Какая сегодня скверная погода! Моросит дождь, и улицы такие грязные. 4.

Небо потемнело, и с моря начал дуть холодный ветер. Но сегодня ветер не такой

сильный, как вчера. Вчера он был гораздо сильнее. 5. Сильно подмораживает. Скоро

пруд замерзнет, и мы сможем кататься на коньках. 6. Парк выглядит

так прекрасно, когда земля покрыта снегом, а на деревьях сверкает иней.

7. Я не слышала прогноза погоды сегодня и не знаю, будет ли сегодня дождь.

Если дождя не будет, я обязательно поеду за город. 8. Погода становится

теплее, я думаю, что скоро зацветут (будут в цвету) фруктовые деревья. 9.

Зерно начинает созревать. Скоро начнется уборка. Некоторые студенты

поедут помогать убирать урожай, 10. Возьми плащ или зонт. Погода может

измениться. 11. Сегодня очень холодно. Тебе придется остаться дома. Если

ты выйдешь, ты опять простудишься и не сможешь посещать школу. 12. Я

думаю, что он вам не позвонит до того, как вернется в Москву. 13. Завтра

утром приезжает мой брат. Я не знаю, получу ли от него телеграмму, но даже

если не получу, я поеду на вокзал встречать его. Г4. Мы сможем обсудить

наши планы в понедельник. 15. Вы не должны учить это стихотворение

наизусть, пока вы не отработаете его в лаборатории. 16. Она не знает,

закончит ли свою статью сегодня. Если закончит и если сегодня не будет