Give the right form of possessive pronouns.
1. Would you like to see some of (her, hers) poems?
2. (Their, theirs) knowledge of the subject is not much superior to (our, ours).
3. You take care of (your, yours) things and I’ll take care of (my, mine).
4. All (our, ours) clothes were dirty, and (my, mine) especially so.
5. (Their, theirs) boat was fasten than (our, ours).
6. I’m afraid they will take (your, yours) word against (her, hers).
7. (Their, theirs) home is pretty but (our, ours) is prettier.
6. Use demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, those.
1. All … is very interesting.
2. … exercises are very easy.
3. … will do.
4. … chair is very comfortable.
5. … is my English book.
6. Try one of … .
7. … are the TV sets of the latest type.
8. … office at the end of the hall is the administration office.
9. … books are over there on the table.
Self-study practice
Replace the italicized nouns by the personal pronouns.
1. Please give the money to Sandy. –
2. Call on Mike and his brother. –
3. My sister and I are twins. –
4. We gave some Kittikat to the cats. –
5. Ann and her sister live in a flat. –
6. Phone me and my brother tomorrow. –
7. Can you give the book to my husband? –
8. Mr. and Mrs. Snowdon aren’t from Scotland. –
9. Jane Smith sent a letter to her granny. –
10. Do your wife and you go with us to the party? –
Choose the right answer.
1. I often see (they, them) in the bus.
2. We visit (she, her) very seldom.
3. (My, mine) family lives in Kiev.
4. She works near (us, ours).
5. (This, these) exercises are very easy.
6. This is (their, theirs) flat.
7. There are letters for you and (I, me).
8. I’m (I, me) and not somebody else.
9. I’d like to buy (that, those) flowers.
10. Yellow is (my, mine) favourite colour.
Имя прилагательное. Наречие. Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий
Workout
Find adverbs in the following sentences. Translate into Russian.
1. We usually go for a walk in the park on Sunday.
2. He has always prepares his lessons.
3. He is planning to visit us at our home tonight.
4. Nobody ever has a bad word to say about Nick.
5. He promised to give me an answer in the morning.
6. My friend goes to St. Petersburg on business trips.
7. She is always late for the lessons.
8. He is often too busy to eat lunch.
9. I never go for a walk on Sunday.
Give the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives and adverbs.
Example: pretty – prettier – (the) prettiest
Short, cold, wide, early, big, near, late, fast, small, old, nice, young, large, kind, long, quick, easy.
3. Use more, (the) most to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
Example: important – more important – (the) most important.
interesting, carefully, comfortable, progressive, efficient, clearly, beautiful, difficult, beautifully, regularly, prominent, brightly, especially, wonderful, realistic, remarkable, special, dependent, attentively.
Use the right comparative forms.
1) Mount Everest is (high) mountain in the world.
2) Cindy is (clever) girl in the class.
3) My football socks are (dirty) than yours.
4) I find French (interesting) than history.
5) The new hotel is (modern) building in our town.
6) Tony is (intelligent) boy in our class.
7) Good health is (good) than money.
8) This is (wonderful) place for a holiday.
9) Sherlock Holmes was (good) detective in London.
10) Go and pick an apple from (near) tree.
11) Tokyo is (big) city in the world.
12) Rebecca is (nice) than Jane.
13) Mrs. Brown is (tall) than Mrs. Taylor.
14) I think English is (easy) than French.
15) John is (bad) skier in the school.
16) This is (funny) joke I know.
Open the brackets using the degrees of comparison
1. My sister is much (young) than my brother.
2. He’s doing as (well) as he can.
3. Have you heard (late) news?
4. Are there (many) than two rooms in your new flat?
5. This is (large) classroom in our school.
6. My brother is three years (old) than I am.
7. The weather becomes (bad) and (bad) everyday.
8. She is (old) of our friends.
9. Your handwriting is now (good) than it was last year.
10. After the party I was as (sick) as a dog.
Correct the mistakes.
1. I’m cleverest than my brother.
2. New York is moderner than London.
3. Mary is pleasanter than Jannet.
4. Junnet is politer than Mary.
5. They are busyer than we are.
6. Please, be quieter!
7. My sentence is correcter than yours.
8. This exercise is more easy than that one.
9. You must be more carefuller.
10. I was most surprised than he was.
11. This machine is the simplest than the others.
12. He gets stupider every day.
13. Can you come more early next time?
14. I am handsomer than my brother.
15. Spain is driest than Britain.