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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 sittingroom. Please, sit down in this arm
chair. 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 ... passersby. 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 outofdoors ... 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
o
... zero ... the shade today.
2. Look ... the sky. There is hardly a cloud ... it. 3. A heat wave
will spread ... the southwest ... 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 pour
ing. We shall be wet ... . 9. My aunt will stay ... our place ... two
months.
