Exercise 5. Choose the right variant. 1. Martin was the (more talented/most talented) of the two brothers.
2. Of the three shirts I like the blue one (better/best).
3. My dog is the (prettier/prettiest) of the two.
4. This summary is the (better/best) of the two presented.
5. There are nine planets in our solar system and Pluto is the (farther/farthest).
6. Mary is the (tallest/ taller) of the two girls.
7. The boss likes my plan (better/ best) of the two.
8. This is the (less difficult/least difficult) of the four cases.
9. This knife is the (sharpest/ sharper) of the two.
10. Mother was the (more/most) beautiful of seven daughters.
Exercise 6. Make up sentences according to the example. Example: life/becoming/hard — Life is becoming harder and harder. life/becoming/difficult — Life is becoming more and more difficult. 1) people/living/long
2) going abroad/becoming/popular
3) crime/becoming/common
4) the light in the rooms/becoming/dim
5) computers/becoming/expensive
6) factories/employing/few/workers
7) his heart/beating/hard
8) Astana/becoming/beautiful
9) his voice/becoming/weak
10) nights in winter/becoming/long
Exercise 7. Give the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1. The Pan-American Highway is (long) road in the world.
2. The Beatles were (successful) pop group.
3. Japan has (crowded) railways in the world.
4. This is our (old) national airline.
5. The Chrysler Building was once (tall) in the world.
6. Is English (useful) language to learn?
7. This is one of (expensive) stores in the city.
8. The Queen must be (rich) woman in the world.
9. Unfortunately, I haven't heard (late) news. I think it was very interesting.
10. Is the Mona Lisa (valuable) painting in the world?
11. His house is (far) in the street.
12. February is (snowy) and (cold) month of the year here.
13. (dangerous) spider is the black widow, whose bite can kill a man in a few minutes.
14. The world's (expensive) perfume costs $550 per bottle.
15. (deep) part of the Pacific Ocean is 11 km below the sea-level.
16. I wonder what his (near) step is going to be.
17. Who are (old) members of the club?
18. It was (late) thing I expected of him.
19. The diamond is (hard) mineral in the world.
20. His house is (far) in our street.
