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Example: My mother earns (little) less than he does.
1. This is (interesting) ______ book I have ever read in my life.
2. You looked really upset yesterday. I’m glad you look (happy) ______ today.
3. Oil is (light) ______ than water.
4. Buy some of these flowers: they are very (nice) ______.
5. My brother worked (hard) ______ and (hard) ______ as the end of the term came nearer.
6. Which is (beautiful) ______ place in the world?
7. Asia is (large) ______ than Australia.
8. Lisa met her (good) ______ friend yesterday.
9. He is as (tired) ______ as you.
10. Let’s go by bus. It’s much (cheap) _______.
11. The grass is always (green) ______ on the other side.
12. My cold is (bad) _______ today than it was yesterday.
13. Athens is (far) ______ from London than Rome is.
14. She is not so (busy) ______ as he is.
15. Ann is (clever) ______ girl in the class.
16. The weather is (fine) ______ today than it was yesterday.
17. My cat is as (good) ______ as yours.
18. Mr. Brown is (rich) ______ than Mr. Green, but I don’t think he is (happy) ______ than Mr. Green.
19. This exercise is (difficult) ______ than the first one.
20. My grandfather was one of (experienced) ______ workers at the factory.
IV. THE PRONOUN
The personal pronoun
I. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой личных местоимений.
Example: This is Jack’s camera. I’ll give it to him.
1. He is very handsome. I envy ______.
2. They are not reliable. He doubts______.
3. I taught her._____ learned it from_____.
4. We asked for his advice. ______ advised _______ not to come.
5. He dislikes her, and she hates _______; it's evident.
6. You should be there on time; I want ______ to come on time.
7. She is English; _______ gave me lessons in English.
8. They are our friends. We invited ______ to the party.
9. It was he who wrote this letter. I recognized ______ by handwriting.
10. Did you see the snake? - Yes, I saw _____and _____ saw_____.
11. Where's Tom? - That's ______ over there.
12.Where's my map? - I left ______ on the desk.
13.Look at that bird._____ always comes to my window.
14.What time is _________? - ______ is four sharp.
15.Who is that?-_____ 's me.
16. Hi, it is so nice to see______ again.
17.______ doesn't matter.
18.______ is not a boy, ______ is a girl.
19. You object to our visiting ______, don't you?
20. You are not guilty of ____, are you?
The possessive pronoun
II. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой притяжательных местоимений.
Example: You have made some mistakes in your dictation.
1. This book belongs to me. This is______ book.
2. Whose book is that? It is not _____.
3. The cat ate ______ food.
4. She took out _______ purse and gave it to me.
5. A friend of ______ gave me that toy.
6. This is their car. That car is ____, too.
7. May I introduce one of _____ colleagues to you?
8. Have you lost ____ books here?
9. Every season is beautiful in ______ own way.
10. They would like to have a house of ______ own.
11. I'll try ____ best, I promise.
12. Each country has ____own customs.
13. He is going to be late. Would you mind _____ coming a bit later?
14. Lend me _____ pen, I've lost _______.
15. They like it. It's ______ favourite habit.
