Ex 43 Open the brackets and paraphrase the dialogue for Reported Speech.

 

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 Frenchwell, Ann speaks Frenchbetter than Nick, and Peter speaks Frenchbest (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-французскинамного лучше, чем по-английски. 2. Некоторым людямгораздо больше нравится путешествовать зимой, чем летом. 3. По воскресеньям я встаюнамного позднее обычного. 4. Перед экзаменами студенты, как правило,значительнобольше и усерднее занимаются. 5. Моя сестрагораздо чаще меня ходит в театр. 6. Вчера наши спортсмены играли еще быстрее. 7. Со словарем Вы переведете статьюнамного точнее. 8. Сегодня солнце светитгораздо ярче, чем вчера.

The Article

 

(a) With names of natural phenomena