Вставить пропущенные формы существительных. Для этого нужно вспомнить формы единственного и множественного числа существительных, которые образуются не по правилам. No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn. I sometimes wonder how we manage to communicate at all! We'll begin with a box and the plural is . But the plural of ox should be , not oxes. Записать ответы в виде вставленных слов БЕЗ ЗНАКОВ ПРЕПИНАНИЯ, ТОЛЬКО ЧЕРЕЗ ПРОБЕЛ: СЛОВО СЛОВО

A

1. I was able to  finish my homework before 7 pm yesterday.

2. My son could talk when he was only 18 months old.

3.Could you  play piano before you came to our school? I couldn'tplay very well.

4. We were able to  get ready for the performance in spite of the lack of time.

5. When my sister was only five years old, she could swim very well.

One day she was able to swim across our river.

B.

1. I used to play tennis, but now I am fond of basketball.

2. One day when I was 5, my father took me to the Zoo.

3. When I was a little boy, I used to watch cartoons on TV every day.

4. Once when I was 14, I won a school running competition.

I was so proud of myself.

5. When I was a child, our family lived in Samara, but then

we moved to Novgorod.

6. When we were younger, we used to spend a lot of time outdoors,

but now we are too busy for that.

C.

1. My term results are very encouraging .

2. I was very impressed by the performance.

3. When people get  frightened, they turn pale and start trembling.

4. We’ve been skiing for three hours. It’s such a  tiring experience.

5. Have you heard any surprising news lately?

D.

1. 7.30am Tim was having breakfast at 7.30 am.

2. 12 am Tim was writing a history test

3. 3.15 pm Tim was having a dinner

4. 4.30 pm Tim was having music

5.7 pm Tim was doing homework

E.

1. C. had

2. A. take

3. C. develop

4. B. up with

5. D. over

6. D. boring

7. B. terrified

8. D. could

9. B. was able to

1. The most beautiful (нет сравнения, в прилагательном больше двух слогов, следовательно для превосходной степени используем the most)

2. The longest (нет сравнения, в прилагательном один слог, следовательно для превосходной степени добавляем суффикс est)

3. Better (есть сравнение "... Than ...", а good исключение)

4. More expensive (аналогично с предыдущим, только interesting сложное прилагательное: больше двух слогов, поэтому вместо суффикс слово more)

5. More interesting (есть сравнение, но не явное. Они болтают о чем-то, но один предложил поговорить о чем-то БОЛЕЕ интересном)

6. The hottest

7. The richest

Последние два: сравнения нет, прилагательное простое: один слог, добавляем суффикс est и артикль the

При превосходной степени:

*В скобках суффикс прилагательного

Простые прилагательные (adj.): the + adj(est)

Сложные прилагательные: thé + most + adj

При сравнительной степени:

Простые прилагательные: adj(er)

Сложные прилагательные: more + adj