Лекция: Degrees of Comparison
| Положительная степень | Сравнительная степень | Превосходная степень | |
| 1. Односложные прилагательные | long длинный easy big | longer более длинный easier bigger | (the) longest самый длинный (the) easiest (the) biggest |
| 2. Многослож- ные прилагатель- ные | important важный | more important более важный | (the) most important самый важный |
| 3. Особая группа прилагательных и наречий | good хороший well хорошо bad плохой badly плохо many много much много little маленький, мало far далекий | better лучше worse хуже more less farther | (the) best самый учший (the) worst наихудший (the) most (the)least (the) farthest |
12. Read and translate:
new – newer – (the) newest; young – younger – (the) youngest; wide – wider – (the) widest; thick – thicker – (the) thickest; low –lower –(the) lowest; early – earlier – (the) earliest; near – nearer – (the) nearest; late – later – (the) latest; difficult – more difficult – (the) most difficult; necessary – more necessary – (the) most necessary; typical – more typical – (the) most typical; practical – more practical – (the) most practical; good – better – (the) best; many – more – (the) most; little – less – (the) least.
| the +comparative degree the +comparative degree – «чем … тем» |
13. Translate paying attention to the...the:
a) the more …, theless …(чем больше...., тем меньше…)
the more different …, the better …
the higher …, the colder …
the smaller …, the better …
b) The more we study, the more we know.
The more we know, the more we forget.
The more we forget, the less we know.
The less we know, the less we forget. Why study?
The more experiments are made, the better results are received.
The more people know about the nature, the better they can control it.
The more people learn about the Solar system, the more they know about it.
14. Form the comparative & superlative degrees of the following adjectives & adverbs.
1. large, tall, long, easy, hot, big, cold, nice, bad, strong, short, wide, good, happy, high, low, busy, well, little, many, far
2. wonderful, necessary, quickly, interesting, comfortably, popular, active, famous, pleasant, beautiful, slowly, clearly.
| As…as – так(ой ) же, каки … | (not) so … as – не так(ой ) же, как |
My brother is as tall as yours. – Mой брат такой же высокий, как твой.
This student isn’t so good asthat one. – Этот студент не такой успешный, как тот.