Degrees of comparison
A.
1. Find in the text all phrases with comparative degree of comparison. Make a table.
| simple adjectives | complex adjectives | irregular form |
Form the comparative degree of following adjectives:
cold, warm, powerful, active, happy, good, popular, strong, little, low, famous, busy
Do the same using the superlative degree.
2. Make up phrases with following expressions:
e.g. food of good quality – food of better quality - food of the best quality
1) high prices 3) a long shopping list
2) a near shop 4) an empty basket
B.
1. Make up comparative sentences using the example:
e.g. right queue / short/ left queue – The right queue is shorter than the left one
1) fresh food / good/tinned food
2) this supermarket / convenient / that shop
3) prices in big city / high / prices in the country
4) a wire basket / heavy / a plastic basket
5) the choice in the store / wide / choice in the shop
2. Make up the sentences this superlative degree of adjectives using the example:.
e.g. The service in this shop is good. – The service in this shop is the best in the city.
1. The shop-assistants in this supermarket are very attractive.
2. The house agents here are rather expensive.
3. The queue at this cash-desk is always long.
4. The lift in this store is very dangerous.
5. The shelves of this supermarket are always clean.
C.
1. Fill in the right form of the adjectives. Pay attention to the spelling.
1. At the butcher`s I always ask to cut the meat in (small) pieces.
2. As a rule I prefer a basket and don`t take a trolley because it is (heavy).
3. My mom often goes round the shop and looks for (low) prices.
4. We never go to that store because it is (far) from our house.
5. Today the queue at the cash-desk is (long an slow).
2. Compare two big supermarkets of your city: size, prices, choice, service, quality of food, position, etc.
Module 6
Vocabulary: How did people meet?
Grammar: Past Simple
Reading: Distant love
Warm-up
A.
Read and translate these words.
1. message [`mesıdз] 2. fiancee [fı`α:nseı]
screen [`skri:n] wedding [`wedıη]
to send [`send] to propose [prә`pәυz]
to type [`tαıp] to be engaged [ın`geıdзd]
B.
What is the idea of the text? From this list find two common words for the columns A and B and make up two phrases (for example: column 1- computer, column 2- lovestory, the phrase is computer love story ).
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dictionary love radio romance friendship email parents internet photo
C. Answer the questions: Do you believe in distant love? Why? Do you remember the stories of happy or unhappy internet love? After reading the text think of the title.
Reading
DISTANT LOVE
They exchanged computer messages for nine months. Then they realized they were in love. One day John sent a message to Ashley. It said, 'I love you. Why don't we get married?' On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean she typed her answer and 'Yes!' appeared on John's screen. They were engaged.
This week 28-year-old John travelled from his home in Britain to the United States to see his fiancйe for the first time. He also proposed again - this time on one knee. The 26-year-old teacher said 'yes' again.
John explained, 'This is love in the twenty-first century. I feel I know Ashley very well. The advantage of a computer romance is that you get to know the real person who is far away from you.'
Ashley said, 'John's a true English gentleman. I knew that from his messages on the screen and it's great to see him.'
John and Ashley 'met' through their home computers in March last year. John is going to live in the United States after the wedding next year. Until then, John will return to Britain. 'Sadly, we’re going back to computer love. Happily, we know each other much better now.'
Follow-up
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