2 Years, 2 kilometers, 4 years, 30 meters, 10 centimeters, 5 centimeters, 3 years,
5 Kilograms,
1. Our street is .................... than your street (long)
2. This bag is ..._................... than that bag (heavy).
3. My brother is .......... .......... than me (tall).
4. This skirt is .................... than that one (short).
5. My father is .................... than my mother (old).
6. My brother is .......... .......... than me (young).
7. My friend is ............... .... than me (old).
8 Our flat is .......... ·······than your flat.(large).
Exercise 85. Open the brackets using the adjective in superlative degree.
1. It's ..........., day I've ever had (happy) .
2. It's ........... news I've ever heard. (sad).
3. It's ........... film I've ever seen (good).
4. It's ........... car I've ever driven (nice).
5. It's ........... poem I've ever read (long).
6. It's ............, bag I've ever carried (heavy).
7. It's ..... ..... mistake I've ever made (bad).
8. It's ........... story I've ever heard (funny).
9. It's .......... dinner I've ever had (bad).
10. It's ........... man I've ever .met (rich).
11. It's ...... ..........question I've ever answered .(difficult) .
12. It's ..... ........... woman I've ever -spoken to (beautiful).
13. London is...... city in Great Britain (large).
14. Hollywood stars are ......... actors in the world (good).
Exercise 86. Translate the sentences into English.
1. Эта звезда на небе больше, чем ты думаешь.
2. Мой вес меньше, чем ты думаешь. ,
З. Этот журнал новее, чем тот.
4. Эта поэма длинее, чем та.
5. Этот штраф больше, чем прошлый.
6. Эта идея хуже, чем мой план.
7.Твоя история интереснее, чем :эта статья.
8. Мои черные брюки на 3 сантиметра длиннее, чем серые.
9. Моя сестра на 5 сантиметров выше, ·чем я.
10. Моя сестра на 2 года младше меня.
11. Мой дядя ·на пять лет старше моей тети.
12. Мой стол на 10 сантиметров выше, чем стол моего коллеги.
13. Это лучший загородный дом, который я когда-либо видел.
14. Это .самое длинное стихотворение, которое я когда-либо выучил наизусть.
15. Это лучший театр, в котором я когда-либо был.
16.. Это худшая ошибка в моей жизни.
17. Это худший кофе, который я когда-либо пил.
18. Это самый трудный текст, который я ког,да-либо пере.водил.
19. Это самое странное письмо, которое я коrда-либо получал.
20. Самый лучший фильм, который я когда-либо видел.
Additional Text. Brotherly Love?
Exercise 1. a) You are going to read a true story about two brothers. Work in pairs and look at the photos. How may the following words be significant?
an argument a business a nickname a shoemaker a wild cat
the 1932 Olympic games
b) Now read the article and check your ideas.
Exercise 2. Read the article again .Write true (T) or false (F) .
The Dasslers' father was a sportsman .
The brothers first made sports shoes at home.
They argued about the shoes.
They decided to start their own companies .
Puma sells more shoes than Adidas .
People in the town have now forgotten the argument.
Exercise 3. Find the words in the story which mean the following:
provided a product (paragraph 1)
created (an institution/ company, etc.) (paragraph 4)
moved permanently to a different place (paragraph 5)
one or more of the most successful companies (paragraph 6)
Exercise 4. In turns retell the story using the words/phrases from exercise 1 and
the verbs from exe rc ise 3.
