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| Положительная | Сравнительная | Превосходная |
| He is fat. | He is fatt ER than his brother. | He is the fatt EST of all. |
| Двусложные прилагательные: | ||
| clever,narrow,happy,simple | cleverer, narrower, happier, simpler | the cleverest, the narrowest the happiest, the simplest |
| Многосложные прилагательные | ||
| She is beautiful. | She is MORE beautiful than her sister. | She is the MOST beautiful in the class. |
| Исключение: | ||
| good bad much/many little far | better worse more less farther/further | the best
the worst
 the most
the least
the farthest/ the furthest
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| 1. AS... (positive degree)...AS 2. NOT SO/AS...(positive degree)...AS 3. NOT SUCH A(AN)/ SO...AS Tom isn’t such a good player as Dick. 4. THE+comparative..., THE+comparative The more we are together, the happier we are. 5. PREFER V-ING/NOUN + TO + V-ING/NOUN I prefer drinking tea to drinking coffee. I prefer books to TV. 6. LESS (positive degree)...THAN 7. THE LEAST.. (positive degree)...OF/IN The red car is less expensive than the blue one. 8. WOULD PREFER + TO INF+ RATHER THAN + INF.without to I would prefer to go out rather than stay at home. |
Ä Useful tips
− You can use these Comparatives and Superlatives when you are talking about changes in aviation, when you compare your aircraft and flights in the past and nowadays.
! Exercise 2.
Compare the aircraft you flew when you started your career with the aircraft you fly now.
º Exercise 3.
Listen to the tape about Concorde and find comparisons in the recorded text.
4. Make sure you know how to use Conditional sentences.
| Условные предложения | ||
| Реальное | Нереальное | |
| If...Present tense...will+ V-1 | If...Past Simple...would + V-1 | If...Past Perfect...would + have + V-3 |
| If the weather is fine we’ll take off on time. | If the weather were fine today, we would take off. (There are strong wind and heavy rain) | If the weather had been fine yesterday, we would have taken off. (There were strong wind and heavy rain) |
| Если….то | Если бы…..то | Если бы….то |
WISH - для выражения сожаления, неосуществленного желания. На русский язык переводится как «жаль, что...», «мне бы хотелось»
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| настоящему времени | будущему времени | прошедшему времени |
| I wish...Past Simple | I wish...would (could) + V-1 | I wish...Past Perfect |
| I wish it weresunny now. (= It’s a pity it isn’t sunny now) Как бы мне хотелось, чтобы сейчас была солнечная погода. (Жаль, что сейчас не солнечная погода) | I wish they could come to see me tomorrow. I shan’t be here again till the weekend. Как жаль, что они не смогут прийти ко мне завтра. Потом меня не будет до конца недели. | I wish I had phoned yesterday. (= It’s a pity I didn’t phone him yesterday). Как жаль, что я не позвонил ему вчера. |
Ä Useful tips
− You can use these grammar structures when you are talking about the reasons for the accidents and incidents and the things you are sorry about.
For example:
− If the controller hadn’t forgotten he had given clearance the incident wouldn’t have occurred.
− If the pilot’s English pronunciation had been better, air traffic controller would not have failed to understand distress calls.
− If pilots and controllers spoke English perfectly, miscommunication would not occur.
− As for me I wish I had learnt English better at school …..
− I wish I were an Englishman and …
º Exercise 4.
− Listen to the tape about the Kegworth crash.
− Write down your own conditional sentences to the text.
