1. Put the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in brackets.
Last week I went into a town to buy a birthday present for my 1)…..(old) sister. You couldn’t meet a 2)….(wonderful) person …her. She is one of 3)….(charming) and 4)….(funny) women I know. She is also 5)….(generous) person I’ve ever met. 6)….bad thing is that she has a 7)….(quick) temper ..... me. Mother says she could also be a bit 8)….(tidy)… she is. Anyway, the present I wanted to buy her had to be9)…(good) I could afford. Eventually, I came across 10)…(beautiful) scarf I had ever seen. It was 11)….(long)…the one she already had and much 12)….(colorful). Imagine my disappointment when I discovered the next day that mother had bought her exactly the same scarf.
2. Dear Kate.
I was(1.Extremely, completely, slightly) sorry to hear about your accident. Accidents are (2. Much, too, very) dangerous nowadays . I hope you won’t have to stay (3. Too, totally, absolutely) long in hospital. I’m going to send to a (4. Pretty, awfully, too) good present.
I’ve been working (5. Very, slightly, fairly) hard at the office lately. I get (6.slightly, totally, a lot) exhausted. My work is (7. Terribly, pretty, totally) boring.
I hope you get better quickly .
All my love.
Betty.
3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
- We’d like to find out young people’s (views, looks) on religion.
- Modern farming methods have (made/done) considerable harm to the countryside.
- You marry if your parents (permit, forbid) you to do it.
- Children have the right to (protection/ addiction).
- A successful businessman has to be (aggressiveness, aggressive).
- My father was a (violence, violent) and dangerous man.
- Children (develop, development) very rapidly.
- Television (violence, violent) can encourage aggression in children.
- Doctor Thompson is one of the best experts in child (develop, development).
10. Laws have got to be tougher to stop (discrimination, demonstration) against the disabled.
4. Choose the correct item.
1. I want him … back at 5.
a) to come b) come c) coming
2. Ann like us … to the museum.
a) going b) go c) to go
3. I didn’t expect them … this difficult question
a) answer b) to answer c) answering
4. Did you hear Sally … at the party?
a) to sing b) singing c)sang
5. Mother watched the children … in the garden.
a) playing b) played c) to play
6. The law forbids teenagers … alcohol.
a) drink b) to drink c)drinking
7. I wouldn’t like you … late.
a) returned b) to return c)return
8.Most of European governments … nuclear tests.
a) made stop b)are made stop c) are made to stop
9. Teachers usually don’t want … too noisy.
a) their students be b)their students to be c) that their students to be
10. The law permit … full-time, if you have left school.
a) you to work b)your to work c)you work
11. Who will make … on time?
a) she come b)her to come c) her come
12.Can you hear a child …?
a) crying b)to cry c) cried
Keys
№1
1. Eldest
2. More wonderful, than
3. The most charming
4. Funniest
5. The most generous
6. The worst
7. Quicker, than
8. Tidier, than
9. The best
10. The most beautiful
11. Longer, than
12. More colorful
№2
1. Extremely
2. Very
3. Too
4. Pretty
5. Very
6. Totally
7. Terrible
№3
1. Views
2. Done
3. Permit
4. Protection
5. Aggressive
6. Violent
7. Develop
8. Violence
9. Development
10. Discrimination
№4
1. A 12.A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
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