Focus on nominals: practice grammar book for intermediate learners of English. Бочарова М.В - 86 стр.

5. Tom is ______(bored) by the lecture than Mike.
6. The red dress was _______(expensive) than the green one.
7. His car is ________(fast) than mine.
8. Tony is__________(polite) than his brother Jack.
9. In real life Liz seemed to be _________(beautiful) than in the photo. She was
absolutely stunning!
10. Ann is _______(romantic) than Derek. It’s not surprising! He’s a man.
11. He was _____(old) than I remembered him.
12. He drove _________(carefully) than he should have.


TASK 117. Composition time. Write a short composition comparing the lives of
two people doing very different jobs: a farm labourer and a bank clerk perhaps,
or a shop assistant and a teacher. Write about the hours they work, the money
they earn, their working condition, their holiday. Use the prompts: well paid/low
paid, stressful, dangerous, hard, long hours, flexible, part-time/full-time etc.


TASK 118. Find out some of the following things and write sentences.
Who: sings best/worst, cooks better/worse than you, can run fastest, gets up ear-
liest/latest, goes to bed later/earlier than you, gets better/higher grades, works
hardest, speaks more/less fluently/distinctly than you, dresses better, laughs
loudest, misses classes most often etc.


                                   2.3. REVISION


TASK 119. Spot the mistakes (1–3 in each sentence) and correct them.
1. More women are involved in the politics than in every country in world.
2. To get to leisure centre, go along the Coronation Avenue and take first right.
3. Anyone can have look at church even if they don’t go to the church on Sun-
   days.
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