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Note. The conjoint form of the possessive pronoun stands before a noun. The absolute form is used instead of a noun not to repeat it.
1. This is (my, mine) bag. 2. This bag is (my, mine). 3. Is (her, hers) family large or small? 4. (Her, hers) skates are better than (your, yours). 5. Whose hat is this? - It's (my, mine). 6. Is he a friend of (your, yours)? 7. Don't stay at (their, theirs) house; stay at (our, ours). 8. She is in bed in (her, hers) room. 9. (My, mine) pen won't write, please give me (your, yours). 10. She's an old friend of (my, mine). 11. Is this dictionary (my, mine) or (your, yours)? 12. (Her, hers) is the best composition.
Степени сравнения прилагательных
26. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives.
cold, young, old (2), difficult, good, far (2), bad, beautiful, weak, little, easy, near (2), strong, late (2), interesting, pretty, great, quick, important, warm, happy, early, deep, large, hot, long, simple, thin, much, wide, small, many.
27. Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives:
old, bad, cold, yellow, loud, clean, large, cosy, comfortable, green, modern, long, red, dark, good, small, interesting, difficult, important, easy.
28. Study the following sentences.
1. Tom is older than Richard. 2. Fred is not so old as Tom. (Fred is not as old as Tom.) 3. Nick is as old as Fred. 4. Tom is the oldest of the four.
Put in as...as' ('so...as'), 'than', 'of'.
1. Margaret is older... Elizabeth. Catherine is not... old... Margaret. Margaret is the oldest... the three.
2. This book is better... that. This book is not... good... that. This book is the best... the three.
3. That exercise is more difficult... this one.
4. Ruth is... pretty... Kate.
5. Ruth's hair is... long and fair... Kate's.
6. This stick is not... long... this one.
7. This is the best... the three knives.
8. He has more money... I have.
9. A man is... old... he feels.
10. The weather is worse today... it was yesterday.
11. It was not... bad yesterday... it is today.
12. Today's weather is the worst... the week.
Change the following sentences as shown on the model.
M o d e l s: 1. Tom is as clever as Jim.
2. Tom is not as clever as Jim.
Tom is not so clever as Jim.
1. The Thames is as long as you say. 2. She is as proud as her sister. 3. My pen is as good as yours. 4. This armchair is as comfortable as that one in Father's study. 5. The film is as interesting as the play. 6. My bag is as heavy as hers. 7. A tram is as quick as a bus. 8. She is as beautiful as her mother. 9. The furniture in her bedroom is as modern as in the sitting-room. 10. My dressing-table is as small as yours.
Change the negative sentences you have written in the following way.
M o d e l s: 1. Tom is not (as, so) clever as Jim.
2. Jim is cleverer than Tom.
