Сборник упражнений по английскому языку. Часть 2

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2. Which witch wished which wicked wish?

3. The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day;

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!

Module 9

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1.

Exercise 2. Match the words in column A with the words in column B. Find the opposites.

II. Grammar section

Comparative and superlative adjectives.

Exercise 1. Find adjectives in the following table. How many can you see? Circle them. Then make up sentences with them.

Exercise 2. Put these adjectives in the correct column of the table according to their comparative and superlative forms.

Long, old, slow, small, bad, warm, useful, difficult, good, expensive, short, funny, interesting, important, hot, friendly, uncomfortable, fast, happy.

Exercise 3. Give the original form of the following comparative and superlative adjectives.

Bigger, longest, oldest, more important, shortest, hotter, most comfortable, worst, more difficult, funnier, easiest, more expensive, slower, most attractive, smaller, cheapest, better.

Exercise 4. Choose the right forms of adjectives in these sentences.

1. Your record is (worse/worst) than mine.

2. My flat is (small/smaller) than yours.

3. She is (better/best) now.

4. It’s the (older/oldest) building in the city.

5. Today is (hot/hotter) than it was yesterday.

6. His poems are (popular/more popular) than his novels.

7. Your hair is (longest/longer) than your brother’s.

8. This test is the (more difficult/most difficult).

Exercise 5. Make two sentences for each item as in the example.

Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 9.

1. Этот текст труднее того, который мы читали на прошлом уроке. 2. Это самая большая и самая удобная квартира в нашем доме. 3. Это самый легкий путь до озера. 4. Он больше занят, чем ты. 5.