Exercise 17. In pairs make up and act out your own mini-dialogues on the patterns

1. How are you doing? – I’m doing pretty well, how about you?

How is it going? – Just fine! What about you?

 

2. Guess what? We are making a new movie! – Really? That’s interesting!

Are you? How very interesting!

 

3. What’s it about? – It’s a story about … who … .

What’s the film about?

What’s the book about?

 

4. Well, your film is going to be really … . – Do you really think so?

 

5. I know how to … – That’s good.

 

6. Are you saying that you’re …-ing? – Yes, that’s what I’m doing.

 

7. Is it true that you are …-ing? – No, not anymore.

 

8. I’d better get going. Good luck! – Good luck to you!

 

 

Обратите внимание!

тоже, также в утвердительных предложениях и в вопросах – also, too, as well,

в отрицательных предложениях – either.

Напр.: I like it too. Do you also like it?

I don’t like it either.

Exercise 18. Translate into English.

  1. Я тоже ничего не хочу.
  2. Вы тоже сейчас ищите натуру?
  3. Мы тоже не пишем музыку.
  4. В настоящее время они тоже не снимают.
  5. Я тоже учусь на первом курсе.

Exercise 19. Act out your own dialogue.

Student A: you are a film director shooting a new movie. Who is going to be in your production unit? It’s funny to say that you are going to engage some world-famous filmmakers as well as your group mates!

Student B: you are a journalist conducting an interview with a film director. Ask your interviewee about the plot of his film, the budget, the cast and the production unit.

Don’t forget to swap the roles!

GRAMMAR

 

СТЕПЕНИ СРАВНЕНИЯ ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНЫХ И НАРЕЧИЙ

  Положительная Сравнительная (Comparative) Превосходная (Superlative)
I. слово состоит из одного слога   big near bigger (than) nearer (than)   Nick is older thanme. the biggest thenearest   He’s the oldest in the group.
II. слово состоит из трёх или более слогов important moreimportant (than) My new camera is more expensive than the old one. the mostimportant It’s the most expensivecamera.  
III. слово состоит из двух слогов и А) заканчивается на “y” B) заканчивается на другую букву     easy modern       easier(than) moremodern (than)     theeasiest the mostmodern
  IV. ИСКЛЮЧЕНИЯ   good / well bad / badly many / much little far better(than) worse(than) more(than) less(than) farther (than) further(than) the best the worst the most the least the farthest the furthest
V. независимо от количества слогов:   bright beautiful lessbright (than) lessbeautiful (than) the leastbright the leastbeautiful

 

VI. если сравнительную степень нужно уточнить, то уточнение ставится перед ней,

и неважно, по какой модели она строилась:

two years younger – на два года младше

three times more expensive– в три раза дороже

a little / a bit longer – немного длиннее

much / a lot / far more important–гораздо важнее

 

VII.конструкция(not) as … as, not so … as … :

А) asshort as … – такой же короткий, как и …

not so / asinteresting as … – не такой интересный, как …

В) если отрицание надо усилить: notnearly as … as …

notnearlyastalented as … - далеко не такой талантливый, как …

VIII. конструкция the + сравнительная степень, the + сравнительная степень

показывает, что второе зависит от первого: чем …, тем …

 

The more, the better.– Чем больше, тем лучше.

The moreexercises you do, the betterthe results (are). –Чем больше делаешь

упражнений, тем лучше (бывает) результат.

Exercise 20. Write the opposite.

Example:bigger – smaller

the most intelligent – the silliest

 

1. heavier 2. the quickest 3. more boring 4. the youngest 5. weaker 6. better

7. the most expensive 8. more difficult 9. further 10. the cheapest 11. the most

12. shorter 13. the highest 14. less 15. the worst

Exercise 21. Complete the sentences with a comparative.

 

  1. I’m not very interested in science. I’m … in art.
  2. The music isn’t loud enough. Can you make it … ?
  3. Why aren’t you serious? You should be … .
  4. This furniture isn’t modern. I like … furniture.
  5. Ireland isn’t a big country. Russia is … Ireland.
  6. That chair isn’t comfortable at all. This chair is … that one.
  7. Sorry, five o’clock isn’t convenient to me. Six o’clock is … five.
  8. Penny doesn’t work very hard. The other students work … her.
  9. This juice doesn’t taste very good. Orange juice tastes … .