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Grammar:

The Degrees of Comparison

Exercise 1. Warm Up!

When the weather is wet

We must not fret, –

When the weather is cold

We must not scold.

When the weather is warm

We must not storm, –

But be thankful together

Whatever the weather.

Exercise 2. Topical Vocabulary:

1. awake – ояну

2. fill – толтыру

3. cut – кесу

4. harvest time – науқан кезеңі

5. orchards – жеміс бағы

6. oblige – міндеттеу

7. indoors – үй ішінде

8. out of doors – сыртта, көшеде

9. sleet – қарлы жауын

10. stream – ағыс

11. bad – нашар, жаман

12. begin – бастау

13. best of all – ең тәуірі

14. better – жақсырақ

15. brightly – ашық, жарық

16. hail – бұршақ

17. best – ең жақсы

18. weather – ауа райы

19. field – егістік

20. fruit – жеміс

21. ground – жер, топырақ

22. holiday – мереке

23. holidays – демалыс

24. hot – ыстық

25. which – қай, қайсы

26. cold – суық

27. wet – ылғал, дымқыл

28. cool – қоңыр салқын

29. super – керемет

30. wonderful – ғажап, таңғажайып

Exercise 3. Read the text and retell it:

Seasons and Weather

The year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In spring nature awakens from her long winter sleep. The trees are filled with new life, the earth is warmed by the rays of the sun, and the weather gets gradually milder. The fields and the meadows are covered with fresh green Grass. The woods and forests are filled with the songs of the birds. The sky is blue and cloudless. All night, millions of stars shine in the darkness.

When summer comes the weather gets warmer still and sometime its very hot. It’s the farmer’s busy season – he works in his fields from morning till night. The grass must be cut and the hay must be made, while the storms with thunder, lightning and hail starts.

Autumn brings with it the harvest – time the crops are gathered in the orchards. The days get shorter and the nights are longer. The woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall from the trees. And ground is covered with them. The sky is often grey, and often it rains.

When winter comes, we are often obliged to spend more time indoors because out-of-doors it’s cold. We may get fog, sleet and frost. Pond, lakes, rivers and streams are frozen, and the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or deep snow. The trees are bare. Bitter north winds have stripped them off all their leaves.

Exercise 4. Comprehension check:

1. How many seasons are there in a year?

2. What season is your favourite one?

3. Why do you prefer this season to others?

4. What is the weather like in summer?

5. When are the days get shorter and the nights longer?

6. Which season is the hardest time for country time?

7. When is the ground white with snow?

Exercise 5. Translate the first passage into your own language:

Exercise 6. Speak about your favourite season of the year:

Exercise 7. Underline the days, Circle the months, Put a box around the seasons. Put a wavy line under the kinds of weather:

Cloudy, Monday, January, summer, hot, August, winter, wet, Tuesday, December, Spring, June, sunny, autumn, cold, Thursday, foggy, April, March, October, Wednesday, February, Friday, May, Saturday.

Exercise 8. Work out the secret message and write an answer in code:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

23/8/9/3/8 19/5/1/19/15/14 9/19 20/8/5 3/15/12/4/5/19/20 ?

Exercise 9. Put the adverbs in brackets in the required degree of comparison:

1. Today the frost is (severe) than it was yesterday.

2. It snows (hard) this winter than it was last winter.

3. January is (cold) month of the year.

4. Which is (hot) month of the year?

5. Who is (tall) student it our group?

Exercise 10. Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big) than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.

3. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.

4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.

5. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?

6. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.

7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.

8. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?

9. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.

10. He was the (clever) thief of all.

Exercise 11. Find a picture on the topic «Season and weather» for your discussion in class:

Exercise 12. Prepare 8-10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe the picture:

13. Match an adjective with its opposite:

Which adjectives describe life in the city?

Which describe life in the country?

Exercise 14. Make sentences comparing life in the city and country:

Exercise 15. Complete the conversations with the correct form of the adjectives:

A. Life in the country is slower than the city life. (slow)

B. Yes, the city is much faster. (fast)

A. New York is __________________ London. (safe)

B. No, it isn’t. New York is much ______ ______ (dangerous)

A. Paris is ______ ______ Madrid. (big)

B. No, it isn’t. It’s much ________. (small)

A. Madrid is ______ ______ _____ Rome. (expensive)

B. No, it isn’t. Madrid is much ______. (cheap)

A. The buildings in Rome are_______the buildings in New York. (modern)

Exercise 16. Open the brackets using the right form of adjectives:

1. Winter is (cold) season of the year.

2. Moscow is (large) than St. Petersburg.

3. Which is (long) day of the year?

4. The Alps are (high) mountains in Europe.

5. Even (long) day has an end.

6. It is one of (important) questions of our conference.

7. Your English is (good) now.

8. Who knows him (well) than you?

9. We have (little) interest in this than you.

10. Health is (good) than wealth.

11. Your son worked (well) of all.

12. Today you worked (slowly) than usually.

Exercise 17. Translate the sentences:

1. This book is not so interesting as that one.

2. The Baltic Sea is not so warm as the Black Sea..

3. The more you read the more you know.

4. My brother is not as tall as you are.

5. The earlier you get up, the more you can do.

6. Today the wind is as strong as it was yesterday.

7. Your room is as light as mine.

8. John knows Russian as well as English.

9. Mary is not so lazy as her brother.

10. The longer the night is, the shorter the day.

11. The less people think, the more they talk.

Exercise 18. Make up comparative and superlative forms of the listed below adjectives and adverbs:

I. large, tall, long, easy, hot, big, cold, nice, bad, strong, short, wide, good, happy, high, low, busy well, little, many, far.

II. Wonderful, necessary, quickly, interesting, comfortable, popular, active, famous, pleasant, beautiful, slowly, clearly

Exercise 18. Read and write using as…as:

1. Mike is… tall … Pete. 2. Kate is … nice … Ann. 3. My room is … light …this one. 4. This book is … thin …that one. 5. Marat Omarov is … old … Alibek Torgaev. 6. She is … young … Asem’s sister. 7. This woman is … beautiful …that one. 8. Pete knows English … well … his friend. 9. I live …far … Kate. 10. He lives …near … our teacher.

Exercise 19. Read and write using not so … as:

1. I am … tall …Pete. 2. She is …nice … Karligash. 3. My mother is … young …yours 4. The minute hand runs … fast …the second hand. 5. The mechanic lives … far … the agronomist. 6. His father is … old … Nick’s. 7. I am … thin … you.. 8. This child is … small … that one. 9. My daughter is …tall … yours. 10. Ablaikhan street is … long…Seifullin avenue.

Exercise 20. Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.

1. Health and happiness are (important) than money. 2.1 prefer this armchair. It's (comfortable) than the other one. 3. The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be much (expensive). 4. She is a very intelligent student. She is (intelli-gent) student in our school. 5. This hat is too small for me. I need a (big) size. 6. The station wasn't as (near) as I had expected. 7. Her illness was (serious) than we at first thought. 8. It's (funny) story I've ever heard. 9. My salary isn't so (high) as yours. 10. This furniture is too expensive for me. I would like to buy (cheap) furniture. 11. It's too noisy here. Can we go somewhere (quiet)? 12. He is (famous) singer in the country. 13. A big car is (expensive) to run than a small car. 14. I'm getting too old. This job is for a (young) man. 15. Children nowadays seem to be much (noisy) than they used to be. 16. You certainly look (happy) than you did yesterday. 17. When the children get a bit older they will need a (big) house. 18.1 know the exams are (difficult) time of the year for students. 19. He was much the same as I had remembered him, though he had grown (heavy) and (thickset). But his hair was even (curly) and he had a (pleasant) expression. 20. They were suspicious of us at first but eventually they became (friendly) and (relaxed). 21. Considering everything you have done for them, they ought to be (willing) to help. 22. He's one of (stupid) people I've ever met. He parked his car in (narrow) street in the village, and when another driver complained, he just got angry and awkward. In the end, a policeman came and fined him. Perhaps he'll be (careful) in future.