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3.Grammar The Impersonal it

Subject

Predicate

Adverbial modifier

It

is cold

today

It

is not cold

today

Is

it

cold

today

It

is easy

is difficult

is impossible

to get there

XI. Practice

Exercise 1. Express your surprise and give short affirmative (negative) answer as in the model.

M

It is windy today.

Is it really windy today?

Yes, it is. No, it is not.

odel:

1. It is rainy in November. 2. It is easy to learn French. 3. Is it warm in the room? 4. It is cold in winter. 5. It is warm in winter in the Crimea. 6. It is necessary to speak English every day. 7. It is bad weather today.

Exercise 2. Object to the sentences. Use the phrases: No, it is not so. I’m afraid you are wrong. I can’t agree with you.

M

It is two o’clock.

No, it is not. It is not 2 o’clock.

It is ten minutes past two.

odel:

1. It is winter now. 2. It is raining now. 3. It is easy to do this. 4. It is 10 below zero. 5. It is dark in the corridor. 6. It is interesting to read this book.

Exercise 3. Translate into English.

1. В кімнаті холодно. 2. Тут темно. 3. Тепло. 4. Цікаво читати цю книгу. 5. Зараз йде дощ. 6. Взимку часто йде сніг. 7. Мені важко перекласти цей текст. 8. Необхідно прочитати цю статтю. 9. Неможливо зрозуміти, що він хоче сказати.

4. Grammar. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

Positive degree

Comparative degree

Superlative degree

long

big

easy

longer

bigger (than)

easier

the longest

the biggest

the easiest

beautiful

difficult

more beautiful

more difficult

the most beautiful

the most difficult

good (well)

bad (badly)

much, many

little

better

worse

more (than)

less

the best

the worst

the most

the least

as … as – такий … як (так само … як)

not so … as - не такий … як ,( не так …як)

the more …. the better - чим більше … тим краще

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences:

1. You are taller than me. 2. We started earlier than you. 3. He was more careful than she. 4. This student is the most attentive in our group. 7. Better late than never. 8. She was not so attractive as her mother. 9. His work is as difficult as mine. 10. The more we learn, the more we know.

Exercise 2. Fill in as…as, so …as or than

1. Our house is not … big … yours. 2. The new cinema is much bigger … the old one. 3. This text is easier … that one. 4. The house I live in is … old … yours. 5. My composition is not … long … hers. 6. Mike is … tall … Peter.

I. Practice

Exercise 1. Object to the following sentences as in the model. Use the phrases: I don’t agree with you… On the contrary. It’s not quite so.

This text is as interesting as that one.

I don’t agree with you. This text is not so interesting as that one. This text is duller than that one.

Model:

1. In Kislovodsk it is as hot as in Sochi. 2. This boy is as tall as that one. 3. The weather is as cold today as it was yesterday. 4. This lesson is as difficult as that one. 5. Our flat is as large as yours. 6. Books in Ukraine are as expensive as books abroad. 7. I am busy today as you are. 8. This story is as long as that one.

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