Exercise 19 Give the comparative and superlative degrees of comparison and translate the adjectives.
Model: old – older – the oldest
Expensive, sunny, comfortable, noisy, cheap, dangerous, far, long, nice, little,
much, sweet, good, fresh, bad, important, safe, young, near.
Exercise 20 Use the adjective or adverb in brackets either in the
comparative or superlative degree. Write a similar true story about
yourself.
I am in my first year at the Academy and I think it is one of (important) periods
in my life. Of course, it is (difficult) to study at the Academy than at school. I
spend (much) of my time at the Academy and have (little) free time for rest or
entertainment. But Alex who is one of my (good) friends is even (busy). He lives
(far) from the Academy than I do, and has (little) free time. Anyway he finds
time to go in for sports, to visit theatres and to read a lot. And at seminars he is
always (brilliant).
Exercise 21 Fill in the gaps with the conjunctions as or than.
1. Athens is older ... Rome. 2. I don’t watch television as much ... you. 3. You
get up earlier ... I do. 4. Your friend isn’t as clever ... he thinks. 5. France is
smaller ... Germany. 6. Mexico isn’t as big ... Canada. 7. He can’t wait longer ...
an hour. 8. He knows physics better ... you

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