1. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:
1. Your brother is much than mine.
2. This island used to be much (green) before the forest fires.
3. Slow down! You‟re (fit) than me and I can‟t keep up!
4. Veronica seems (happy) since she moved schools.
5. It‟s actually (trendy) to wear your hair up this year.
6. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got (nervous).
7. Old people are often (wise) than young people.
8. Why don‟t you try and find a (cheap) computer game and save some money?
9. Matt seems to have got even (lazy) that he used to be and almost never studies.
10. If the problem gets any (serious), we may need to inform the manager about it.
11. If you work (quickly), you‟ll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier.
12. Ben says he‟s feeling much (well) after his illness.
13. I have even (little) free time this year than I did last year.
14. The news was much (bad) than anyone had feared.
15. You‟ll need to be able to run (far) than this if you‟re going to do the marathon.
Lionel Messi was born in June 1987 in the city of Rosario, in Argentina. He has two brothers and a sister. Two of his cousins are also footballers. His father's family comes from Italy, but the ancestors moved to Argentina in 1883.
Messi stared playing football when he was 5 years old. His father, a factory worker, was his first coach. Messi's grandmother wanted him to become a footballer and she herself brought Lionel to sport club trainings. Later on Lionel often devoted his first goals to her.
When the boy was 11 his family moved to Barselona. At 13 Lionel became a member of "Barselona" club team to which he belongs up to now.
Lionel Messi is married and has two sons.
Together with his team he won a lot of Europian and World Championships.
As the best player he was awarded 5 times the prize "The Gold Ball" and one prize "The Diamond Ball". The newspapers wrote: "...His legs are like Maradona's, his speed is like Crowford's and he passes like Ronaldinio"
Мой любимый спортсмен - Лионель Месси, который является одним из лучших футболистов современности и одним из лучших игроков всех времен! Он был лучшим игроком в мире в 2009-2012 годах.Лионель Месси родился в июне 1987 года в городе Росарио, в Аргентине. У него есть два брата и сестра. Двое его кузенов также футболисты. Семья его отца родом из Италии, но предки переехали в Аргентину в 1883 году.Месси начал играть в футбол, когда ему было 5 лет. Его отец, рабочий фабрики, был его первым тренером. Бабушка Месси хотела, чтобы он стал футболистом, и она сама водила Лайонела на спортивные тренировки клуба. Позже Лионель часто посвящал ей свои первые голы.Когда мальчику было 11 лет, его семья переехала в Барселону. В 13 лет Лионель стал членом команды клуба "Барселона", которому он принадлежит до сих пор.Лионель Месси женат и имеет двух сыновей.Вместе со своей командой он выиграл много чемпионатов Европы и мира.Как лучший игрок он был награжден 5 раз премией "Золотой мяч" и призом "Бриллиантовый мяч". Газеты писали: "...его ноги, как у Марадоны, его скорость, как у Кроуфорда и его пассы как у Рональдинио"
Я надеюсь, что вы уже знаете, что такое passive verbs, и вам просто лень это делать самим. На всякий случай, я оставлю тут определение: это просто страдательные глаголы.
Exercise 1
1. The child is washed every evening.
2. These textbooks were brought to me yesterday.
3. We will be invited to the party by Mary.
4. The students are being asked by the professor now.
5. The window was opened by somebody.
Exercise 2
1. The room has been reserved in the hotel in Spain.
2. My friends were invited to our party last week.
3. We are being shown this historical monument by the guide now.
4. Bread was bought in the shop near our house yesterday.
5. They are served in the restaurant in their hotel every day.
6. The story about this town will be told tomorrow.
Во втором упражнении они везде дают вам время, чтобы понять, какую форму глагола использовать -- большую часть времени в обычной речи берется из контекста.
Надеюсь, мой ответ вам решить, а главное, понять задачу!