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FOOD AND TALK
Last week at a dinner party the hostess (ask) me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. She (be) a large unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She (not look) up when I (take) my seat beside her. Her eyes (be fixed) on her plate and in a short time she (be) busy eating. I (try) to make conversation.
"A new play is coming to the Globe soon," I said, "Will you be seeing it?"
"No," she answered.
"Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?" I asked.
"No," she said.
"Will you be staying in England?" I asked.
"No," she answered.
In despair I (ask) her whether she (enjoy) her dinner. "Young man," she answered, "if you eat more and talk less, we shall both enjoy our dinner."
(After "An Elementary Course" by L. G. Alexander)
Ex 44 Rewrite (or retell) in narrative form the following passage from the text. From: "As soon as the train started..." up to: "... I am from Poland."
Degrees of Comparison of Adverbs
Ex 45 Study the following chart.
| Positive degree | Comparative degree | Superlative degree |
| late early | later earlier | latest earliest |
| exactly beautifully | more exactly more beautifully | most exactly most beautifully |
| often quickly slowly | oftener more often quicker more quickly slower more slowly | oftenest most often quickest most quickly slowest most slowly |
| well badly much* little | better worse more less | best worst most least |
Ex 46 Make up sentences, using the adverbs given in the chart according to thefollowing model.
Model: Nick speaks French well, Ann speaks French better than Nick, and Peter speaks French best (of all).
Ex 47 Translate the following sentences, using 'much', 'far', 'a great deal', 'still' with the adverbs in comparative degree.
1. Мой брат говорит по-французски намного лучше, чем по-английски. 2. Некоторым людям гораздо больше нравится путешествовать зимой, чем летом. 3. По воскресеньям я встаю намного позднее обычного. 4. Перед экзаменами студенты, как правило, значительно больше и усерднее занимаются. 5. Моя сестра гораздо чаще меня ходит в театр. 6. Вчера наши спортсмены играли еще быстрее. 7. Со словарем Вы переведете статью намного точнее. 8. Сегодня солнце светит гораздо ярче, чем вчера.
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